Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013

PART 8 Final provisions

Ancillary provision

67 Ancillary provision

(1) The Scottish Ministers may, by order, make such incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitory, transitional or saving provision as they consider appropriate for the purposes of, in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, any provision made by or under this Act.

(2) An order under subsection (1) may modify any enactment (including this Act).

Subordinate legislation

68 Subordinate legislation

(1) Any power conferred by this Act on the Scottish Ministers to make an order or regulations includes the power to make—

(a) different provision for different cases or descriptions of case or for different purposes,

(b) such incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Scottish Ministers consider necessary or expedient.

(2) Orders and regulations under the following provisions are subject to the affirmative procedure—

(a) section 5(4),

(b) section 24(1) (but only the first order),

(c) section 27(3),

(d) section 49(2),

(e) section 50(2),

(f) section 52(2),

(g) section 53(1),

(h) section 54(2),

(i) section 59(9),

(j) paragraph 8 of schedule 1,

(k) paragraph 3 of schedule 19 (but only the first order),

(l) paragraph 7(1) of that schedule.

(3) Orders and regulations under the following provisions which add to, replace or omit the text of any Act (including this Act) are also subject to the affirmative procedure—

(a) section 17(2),

(b) section 47(1),

(c) section 56(1),

(d) section 67(1).

(4) An order mentioned in subsection (5)—

(a) must be laid before the Scottish Parliament, and

(b) ceases to have effect on the expiry of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which it is made unless, before the expiry of that period, it is approved by resolution of the Parliament.

(5) The order is a second or subsequent order under—

(a) section 24(1), or

(b) paragraph 3 of schedule 19.

(6) In reckoning any period of 28 days for the purposes of subsection (4)(b), no account is to be taken of any period during which the Scottish Parliament is—

(a) dissolved, or

(b) in recess for more than 4 days.

(7) All other orders and regulations under this Act are subject to the negative procedure.

(8) This section does not apply to an order under section 70(2).

Crown application

69 Crown application

Nothing in this Act affects Her Majesty in Her private capacity.

Commencement and short title

70 Commencement

(1) This section and sections 54, 55, 67, 68, 69 and 71 come into force on the day of Royal Assent.

(2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may, by order, appoint.

(3) An order under subsection (2) may contain such transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Scottish Ministers consider necessary or expedient.

71 Short title

The short title of this Act is the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013.