Scottish Statutory Instruments
Animals
Made
14th September 2023
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
19th September 2023
Coming into force
3rd October 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 31(2) of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023(1).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 3 October 2023.
2. 3 October 2023 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023, so far as not already in force(2).
MAIRI GOUGEON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
14th September 2023
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations appoint 3 October 2023 as the day on which all of the provisions contained in the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 (“the Act”) will come into force, other than sections 26, 31 and 32 of the Act (which came into force on 8 March 2023 by virtue of provision made in section 31(1) of the Act).
Sections 26, 31 and 32 came into force on 8 March 2023 by virtue of provision made in section 31(1) of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023.