Explanatory Notes

Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021

2021 asp 16

5 May 2021

The Act

Part 3 – Final provisions

Section 24 – Commencement

157.Section 24 provides that section 21 and Part 3 come into force on the day after Royal Assent. All other provisions are to come into force on a day appointed by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers, and those regulations may make transitional, transitory or saving provision related to commencement and may make different provision for different purposes.