PART 9Final provisions

79Commencement

1

This Part comes into force on the day after Royal Assent.

2

The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint.

3

Regulations under subsection (2) may include transitional, transitory or saving provision.

4

Regulations under subsection (2) appointing the day that section 1 is to come into force may—

a

amend the following enactments so that, instead of referring to the day on which section 1 comes into force, they specify the date that section 1 actually comes into force—

i

section 12(1A) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988,

ii

section 31A(1)(a) of that Act,

iii

section 3B(1)(a) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984, and

b

repeal section 8(5) on the day that section 1 comes into force.