2013 No. 136 (C. 10)
The Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Order 2013
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(2) and (3) of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 20131.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Order 2013.
2
This Order comes into force on 31st May 2013.
3
In this Order, “the Act” means the Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013.
Appointed day2
31st May 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the Act, so far as not already in force.
Transitional provision3
The coming into force of section 5 (time limit for proceedings) of the Act is of no effect in relation to offences under section 65 (offence of altering etc. records with intent to prevent disclosure) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 20022 committed before 31st May 2013.
(This note is not part of the Order)