Citation and interpretation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2005.

2.  In this Order “the Act” means the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005.

Appointed days

3.  The days appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act are:–

(a)17th October 2005 for the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of schedule 1 to this Order but, where a particular purpose is specified in column 3 of that Schedule in relation to that provision, that provision shall only come into force, for the purpose specified in that column;

(b)1st November 2005 for the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of schedule 2 to this Order but, where a particular purpose is specified in column 3 of that Schedule in relation to that provision, that provision shall only come into force, for the purpose specified in that column;

(c)19th December 2005 for section 35;

(d)26th March 2006 for sections 1 to 10 and Schedule 1, in so far as those provisions are not already in force, and those provisions shall come into force on 0600 hours on that day; and

(e)1st April 2006 for the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of schedule 2 to this Order but, where a particular purpose is specified in column 3 of that Schedule in relation to that provision, that provision shall only come into force, for the purpose specified in that column.