Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2017 and comes into force on 20th December 2017.

Appointed day2.

20th December 2017 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”):—

(a)

section 56 (duties of Licensing Boards to produce Annual Reports) insofar as not already in force;

(b)

section 87 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) insofar as not already in force; and

(c)

Part 3 of schedule 2 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals relating to Part 3 of the 2015 Act).

MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh