The Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 395 (C. 22)

Constitutional Law

Devolution, Scotland

The Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Made

27th March 2023

The Secretary of State for Scotland makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72(4) and (6) of the Scotland Act 2016(1).

Citation

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

Amendment of the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017

2.  In the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017(2) for regulation 3 (provision coming into force on 1 April 2023) substitute—

“Provision coming into force on 1st April 2024

3.   Subsection (5) of section 23 of the Scotland Act 2016 (payment of benefits for maternity, funeral and heating expenses in or as regards Scotland) comes into force for remaining purposes on 1st April 2024.”.

Alister Jack

Secretary of State

Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

27th March 2023

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/455), which are the fifth set of Regulations commencing provisions of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11).

These Regulations provide that the commencement date on which subsection (5) of section 23 of the Scotland Act 2016 (payment for maternity, funeral and heating expenses in or as regards Scotland) comes into force for remaining purposes is 1st April 2024 instead of 1st April 2023 as provided for in S.I. 2022/409 (C. 13).

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Provision	Date of commencement	S.I. Number
Sections 3 to 8	18th May 2017	2017/608 (C. 54)
Section 9	Section 9 comes into force immediately after the bringing into force of sections 3 to 8 and 10 to 12	2017/608 (C. 54)
Sections 10 to 12	18th May 2017	2017/608 (C. 54)
Section 13	30th November 2016	2016/1161 (C. 79)
Section 20	1st April 2017	2016/1178 (C. 82)
Section 21	1st April 2017	2016/1178 (C. 82)
Section 22(3) and subsection (1) insofar as it relates to subsection (3)	5th September 2016	2016/759 (C. 55)
Section 23 (subsection (1), for remaining purposes and subsections (2) and (4)	17th May 2017	2017/455 (C. 40)
Section 23(3) and subsection (1) insofar as relates to subsection (3)	5th September 2016	2016/759 (C. 55)
Section 23 (subsection (1), for remaining purposes, subsections (2) and (4), and subsection (5), for the purpose of making regulations)	17th May 2017	2017/455 (C. 40)
Section 23 (subsection (5), for remaining purposes)	1st April 2023	2022/409 (C. 13)
Section 24	5th September 2016	2016/759 (C. 55)
Section 25	1st April 2017	2016/759 (C. 55)
Section 26	5th September 2016	2016/759 (C. 55)
Section 27	8th February 2019	2018/1364 (C. 96)
Sections 28 to 35	5th September 2016	2016/759 (C. 55)
Sections 47 and 48	9th February 2018	2018/163 (C. 18)
Section 49	29th November 2017	2017/1157 (C. 109)
Section 58 for the purpose of making certain regulations	1st December 2017	2017/1157 (C. 109)
Section 58 (so far as not already in force)	1st April 2018	2017/1157 (C. 109)
Section 59 for the purpose of making regulations	1st December 2017	2017/1157 (C. 109)
Section 59 (so far as not already in force)	1st October 2018	2017/1157 (C. 109)
Section 60 (for the purpose of making regulations)	1st December 2017	2017/1157 (C. 109)
Section 60 (so far as not already in force)	1st October 2018	2017/1157 (C. 109)
Section 62	1st April 2017	2017/300 (C. 28)
Section 65	18th August 2016	2016/759 (C. 55)
Section 67	1st April 2017	2016/1178 (C. 82)

(1)

2016 c. 11.

(2)

S.I. 2017/455 (C. 40). Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1438 (C. 51) and S.I. 2022/409 (C. 13).