91.Section 18 sets out when the provisions of the Act come into effect as a matter of law. It provides that certain sections (that is, sections 6, 7 and 15 to 19) take effect on the day after Royal Assent. The other sections of the Act will take effect in accordance with regulations made by the Scottish Ministers. Those regulations may include transitional, transitory or saving provision and may make different provision for different purposes.
Text created by the Scottish Government to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Acts of the Scottish Parliament except those which result from Budget Bills.
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