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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 422 (C. 55)

Tribunals And Inquiries

The Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2015

Made

9th December 2015

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

11th December 2015

Coming into force

8th January 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 83(2) of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2015 and comes into force on 8th January 2016.

Appointed day

2.  8th January 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 13(1) and (2)(b)(i) of schedule 9 to the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 (amendment of section 2(1)(c) of the Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013(2)).

PAUL WHEELHOUSE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

9th December 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 8th January 2016 paragraph 13(1) and (2)(b)(i) of schedule 9 to the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 (the “2014 Act”) which provides for the amendment of section 2(1)(c) of the Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013.

The 2014 Act received Royal Assent on 15th April 2014. Section 83(1) of the 2014 Act brought sections 82 to 84 into force on the following day.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.S.I. Number
Sections 1 to 31st April 20152015/116
Section 4(1) to (3)14th July 20142014/183
Section 4(4)1st April 20152015/116
Section 4(5) (partially)14th July 20142014/183
Section 4(5) (for all remaining purposes)1st April 20152015/116
Sections 5 to 76(3)1st April 20152015/116
Sections 78 to 811st April 20152015/116
Schedules 1 to 81st April 20152015/116
Schedule 9 (except for paragraph 13)1st April 20152015/116
Schedule 101st April 20152015/116
(3)

Section 77 of the 2014 Act was never in force and was repealed by the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), schedule 4, paragraph 8.