This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2000 and subject to paragraph (2) shall come into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.

Article 2 of this Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

In this Order–

• “the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998; and

• “the principal Order” means the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 19992.

In this Order, any word or expression used in referring to any enactment and which is also used in the enactment has the same meaning as it has in the enactment.