{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016-transitional-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016-transitional-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/444",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 2016 (Transitional) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016-transitional-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“functions” and “confer”, in relation to functions, have the same meaning as in section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (interpretation);\n“legislative competence” is to be read in accordance with section 29 of that Act (legislative competence);\n“pre-commencement enactment” has the meaning given by section 53(3) and (3A) of that Act (general transfer of functions);\n“Section F1” means Section F1 in Part 2 of Schedule 5 to that Act (reservation of social security schemes).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.5.2017, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/444/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:17.693144+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}