The Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 Commencement Order 1987

5.  The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order shall, in so far as they are not then in force, come into force on 1st April 1989 but, where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 2 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.