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The Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017

S.I. 2017/455 · Made 20 March 2017 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Constitutional Law

Devolution, Scotland

Made 20th March 2017

The Secretary of State for Scotland makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72(4) and (6) of the Scotland Act 2016f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2016 c. 11.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 17th May 2017
  3. 3Provision coming into force on 1st April 2024
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1CitationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017.

2Provisions coming into force on 17th May 2017I1

The following provisions of Part 3 of the Scotland Act 2016 (welfare benefits and employment support) come into force on 17th May 2017—

(a)

in section 22 (disability, industrial injuries and carer’s benefits)—

(i)

subsection (1), for remaining purposes;

(ii)

subsections (2) and (4).

(b)

in section 23 (benefits for maternity, funeral and heating expenses)—

(i)

subsection (1), for remaining purposes;

(ii)

subsections (2) and (4);

(iii)

subsection (5), for the purpose of making regulations.

3Provision coming into force on 1st April 2024F1

Subsection (5) of section 23 of the Scotland Act 2016 (payment of benefits for maternity, funeral and heating expenses in or as regards Scotland) comes into force for remaining purposes on 1st April 2024.

Signature

David Mundell

Secretary of State

Scotland Office

20th March 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force provisions in Part 3 of the Scotland Act 2016 which relate to—

  • disability, industrial injuries and carer’s benefits (section 22), and

  • benefits for maternity, funeral and heating expenses (section 23).

The amendments made by provisions commenced by regulation 2 are subject to transitional provision made by the Scotland Act 2016 (Transitional) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/444).