Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Public Services Reform (Corporate Insolvency and Bankruptcy) (Scotland) Order 2017.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on 1stAugust 2017.

3

Articles 2 to 5 come into force—

a

on 1st October 2017 insofar as they enable the making of—

i

rules under section 411 of the 1986 Act; or

ii

any other subordinate legislation under the 1986 Act; and

b

insofar as not already in force, on the day appointed for the coming into force, for all remaining purposes, of section 122 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 20153 in Scotland.

4

In this Order—

a

“the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 19864; and

b

“the 2016 Act” means the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 20165.