15Short title, commencement and extent
(1)This Act may be cited as the Community Service by Offenders (Scotland) Act 1978.
(2)This Act shall come into force on such a day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed under this subsection for different provisions of this Act or for different purposes, or for the purposes of the same provision in relation to different classes of case.
(3)Any order under subsection (2) above may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into force.
(4)Subject to subsection (5) below, this Act extends to Scotland only.
(5)Section 6(3) and this section and paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 of Schedule 1 extend to England and Wales.