2018 No. 163 (C. 18)
Constitutional Law
Devolution, Scotland
The Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2018
Made 6th February 2018

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 72(4)(c) of the Scotland Act 2016.
2016 c.11.

1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2018.

2 Provisions coming into force on 9th February 2018
The following provisions of Part 4 of the Scotland Act 2016 (other legislative competence) come into force on 9th February 2018—
(a) section 47 (onshore petroleum); and
(b) section 48 (onshore petroleum: consequential amendments).
David Mundell Secretary of State Scotland Office 6th February 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force sections 47 and 48 of the Scotland Act 2016 (c.11) which relate to onshore petroleum. These sections are brought into force on 9th February 2018.
These commencement Regulations are the eighth Regulations to be made in respect of commencement of the Scotland Act 2016.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The following provisions of the Scotland Act 2016 (c.11) have been or are to be brought into force by commencement Regulations made before the date of these Regulations:
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Sections 3 to 8	18th May 2017	2017/608
Section 9	Section 9 came into force immediately after the bringing into force of sections 3 to 8 and 10 to 12	2017/608
Sections 10 to 12	18th May 2017	2017/608
Section 13	30th November 2016	2016/1161
Section 20	1st April 2017	2016/1178
Section 21	1st April 2017	2016/1178
Section 22 (partially)	5th September 2016	2016/759
Section 22 (so far as not already in force)	17th May 2017	2017/455
Section 23(3) and subsection (1) of that section in so far as it relates to subsection (3)	5th September 2016	2016/759
Section 23(1) for remaining purposes, subsections (2) and (4) and subsection (5) for the purpose of making regulations	17th May 2017	2017/455
Section 23(5) (so far as not already in force)	1st April 2020	2017/455
Section 24	5th September 2016	2016/759
Section 25	1st April 2017	2016/759
Section 26	5th September 2016	2016/759
Sections 28 to 35	5th September 2016	2016/759
Section 49	29th November 2017	2017/1157
Section 58 for the purpose of making certain regulations	1st December 2017	2017/1157
Section 58 (so far as not already in force)	1st April 2018	2017/1157
Section 59 for the purpose of making certain regulations	1st December 2017	2017/1157
Section 59 (so far as not already in force)	1st October 2018	2017/1157
Section 60 for the purpose of making certain regulations	1st December 2017	2017/1157
Section 60 (so far as not already in force)	1st October 2018	2017/1157
Section 62	1st April 2017	2017/300
Section 65	18th August 2016	2016/759
Section 67	1st April 2017	2016/1178