12Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent
(1)This Act may be cited as the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993.
(2)Expressions used in this Act and in the 1985 Act shall have the same meaning in this Act as they do in that Act.
(3)The following provisions shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed, namely—
section 8;
section 9;
this section; and
paragraphs 22(5), 23 and 31(4) and (5) of Schedule 1 and, so far as relating to those paragraphs, section 11.
(4)Subject to subsection (3) above, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different purposes and for different provisions.
(5)An order under subsection (4) above may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force (whether wholly or partly) by the order.
(6)Notwithstanding anything in an order made under subsection (4) above, nothing in any provision commenced by such an order shall have effect as regards any sequestration in respect of which the petition is presented before such commencement.
(7)Subject to subsection (8) below, this Act extends to Scotland only.
(8)The amendment by this Act of an enactment which extends to England and Wales or Northern Ireland extends also to England and Wales or, as the case may be, Northern Ireland.