Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 27 April 2020.

Appointed day

2.  27 April 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018-

(a)section 1 (success fee agreements),

(b)section 2 (enforceability of success fee agreements),

(c)section 3 (expenses in the event of success),

(d)section 4(3) to (5) (cap on success fees),

(e)section 6(1) to (7), (9) and (10) (personal injury claims), and

(f)section 7(1) and (2) (form and content of success fee agreements).

Transitional Provision

3.  The provisions listed in regulation 2 of these Regulations apply to success fee agreements entered into on or after 27 April 2020.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 of these Regulations brings into force certain provisions of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 ("the 2018 Act").

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4(3) to (5), 6(1) to (7), (9), (10), 7(1) and (2) relate to success fee agreements and come into force on 27 April 2020.

Regulation 3 is a transitional provision which disapplies the above provisions to agreements entered into before 27 April 2020.

The Bill for the 2018 Act received Royal Assent on 5 June 2018. Sections 24 to 28 came into force on the following day and section 23 came into force on 5 August 2018.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.