Appointed day
2.—(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 specified in paragraph (2) is 23 December 2020.
(2) The provisions are—
(a)section 7 (duty to have regard to island communities),
(b)section 8 (island communities impact assessment),
(c)section 9 (reviews of decisions relating to island communities impact assessments),
(d)section 10 (compliance with section 7 duty),
(e)section 11(1) (guidance about section 7 duty),
(f)section 12 (reporting regarding section 7 duty),
(g)section 13 (preparation of island communities impact assessment by Ministers), and
(h)section 14 (duty of the Scottish Ministers to have regard to request for retrospective island communities impact assessment).