Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

United Kingdom

In these Regulations—

“functions” and “confer”, in relation to functions, have the same meaning as in section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (interpretation)^f1;
“legislative competence” is to be read in accordance with section 29 of that Act (legislative competence);
“pre-commencement enactment” has the meaning given by section 53(3) and (3A) of that Act (general transfer of functions)^f2;
“Section F1” means Section F1 in Part 2 of Schedule 5 to that Act (reservation of social security schemes)^f3.

Annotations

f1: 1998 c. 46.
f2: Section 53(3A) was inserted by section 32(3) of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) and the meaning of “pre-commencement enactment” is modified for purposes relevant to these Regulations by section 32(1) and (2) of that Act.
f3: Section F1 was amended by sections 22 to 28 of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11); of particular relevance to these Regulations, exceptions 1 and 2 of Section F1 were inserted by section 22(2) and exception 4 was inserted by section 23(2) of that Act.