Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 (Reports) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 29 May 2020.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018, and

“relevant authority” means a public authority listed, or described, in the first column of the table in schedule 1 of the Act, for which the Scottish Ministers are the appointing person.