The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2016

Transitory provision: function of the Commission and members of the Commission

3.—(1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply for the period beginning with 1st November 2016 and ending with 31st March 2017.

(2) The function of the Commission is to make such preparations and arrangements as are appropriate and practicable so that the Commission may perform its functions under section 6 of the Act from 1st April 2017.

(3) The function of any member of the Commission appointed during the period referred to in paragraph (1) is to make such preparations and arrangements as are appropriate and practicable so that that member may perform his or her functions under section 22 or, as the case may be, 24 of the Act from 1st April 2017.

(4) For the purposes of—

(a) sections 7(1)(a)(i), 15(4) and 17(1)(a), (2) and (3) of the Act, the references to the functions of the Commission in those provisions are to be read as if they were to the function set out in paragraph (2);

(b) sections 7(1)(a)(ii) and (iii), 13(2)(e) and 17(1)(b) and (c) of the Act, the references to the functions of the members of the Commission in those provisions are to be read as if they were to the function set out in paragraph (3); and

(c) sections 14(1)(b) and 17(5)(b) of the Act, the references to the functions of the Commission and the members of the Commission in those provisions are to be read as if they were to the functions set out in paragraphs (2) and (3) respectively.