Part 10Miscellaneous and general
General
134Short title and commencement
1
This Act may be cited as the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
2
Sections 103, 109, 132 and 133 and this section come into force on Royal Assent.
3
Sections 14 to 30 and schedules 5, 6 and 7 cease to have effect 5 years after the date on which those sections and schedules (or the last of them) come into force.
4
But the Scottish Ministers may by order extend, or (on one or more occasion) further extend, the period for which those sections and schedules have effect.
5
An order made under subsection (4)—
a
must be made before the end of the period referred to in that subsection, and
b
has the effect of extending, or further extending, that period for the period of 5 years beginning with the day the order is made.
6
Where, by virtue of subsection (3) (or that subsection read with subsection (4)) sections 14 to 30 and schedules 5 to 7 cease to have effect, that repeal does not affect any order made under section 14 or 17(1).
7
The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint.
8
An order bringing into force section 3, 130 or 131 or schedule 2 or 3 may not be made before the expiry of the period of 12 months beginning with Royal Assent.