1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) In this Order–
“franchise agreement” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Transport Act 2000(1); and
“the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998.
(3) In this Order, any word or expression used in referring to any enactment and which is also used in the enactment has the same meaning as it has in the enactment.
2000 c. 38. Section 254 of that Act provides that expressions used in Part IV of that Act and in the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43) and are given a meaning for the purposes of the Railways Act 1993, or Part I of the Railways Act 1993, are to have the same meaning in Part IV of the Transport Act 2000. The Railways Act 1993 provides a definition of “franchise agreement” at section 23(3).