Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st April 2017.

(2) In this Order "the Act" means the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into force, insofar as not already in force, of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that table) is 1st April 2017.

Article 2

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 1st April 2017 for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 ("the Act") to the extent that they are not already in force-

• sections 20 to 22

• sections 24 to 29

• sections 31 to 34

• schedule 2

Those provisions relate to the making and determination of participation requests under Part 3 of the Act.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 24th July 2015. Sections 141 to 143, 145 and 146 came into force the following day.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.