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The Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Revocation and Amendment) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/409 · Made 28 March 2022

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Constitutional Law

Devolution, Scotland

Made 28th March 2022

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:

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Footnotes

f1

2016 c. 11.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Revocation of the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
  3. 3Amendment of the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Revocation and Amendment) Regulations 2022.

2Revocation of the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

The Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Amendment) Regulations 2019f1 are revoked.

3Amendment of the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017

In the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017f1 for regulation 3 (provision coming into force on 1st April 2020) substitute—

“Provision coming into force on 1 April 2023

3.

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 2023.”.

Signature

Alister Jack

Secretary of State

Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

Dover House, London

28th March 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/455 (C. 40)), which are the fifth set of Regulations commencing provisions of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) (“the No. 5 Regulations”).

These Regulations extend the commencement date on which subsection (5) of section 23 of the Scotland Act 2016 (payments for maternity, funeral and heating expenses in or as regards Scotland) comes into force for remaining purposes to the later date of 1st April 2023.