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The Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998

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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Scotland Act 1998.

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2.—(1) All the provisions of the Act, so far as not then in force, shall come into force on 1st July 1999, except the provisions specified in Schedule 5 to this Order.

(2) The provisions of the Act, specified in column 1 of any of the Schedules to this Order and the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that Schedule shall, so far as not then in force, come into force on the day appointed in relation to that Schedule in the Table below but, where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.

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ScheduleAppointed day
125th January 1999
21st April 1999
36th May 1999
420th May 1999
51st April 2000

Principal Appointed Day

3.  The principal appointed day is 1st July 1999.

Donald C Dewar

Secretary of State for Scotland

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

16th December 1998

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