Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 23 December 2020.

Appointed day

2.-(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 specified in paragraph (2) is 23 December 2020.

(2) The provisions are-

(a) section 7 (duty to have regard to island communities),

(b) section 8 (island communities impact assessment),

(c) section 9 (reviews of decisions relating to island communities impact assessments),

(d) section 10 (compliance with section 7 duty),

(e) section 11(1) (guidance about section 7 duty),

(f) section 12 (reporting regarding section 7 duty),

(g) section 13 (preparation of island communities impact assessment by Ministers), and

(h) section 14 (duty of the Scottish Ministers to have regard to request for retrospective island communities impact assessment).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring sections 7 to 10, 11(1) and 12 to 14 of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 ("the Act") into force on 23 December 2020. The Act makes provision for duties of certain authorities in respect of policies, strategies and services, the requirement to report on compliance with duties, the preparation of island communities impact assessments, making regulations about reviews of decisions relating to island communities impact assessments and duties on the Scottish Ministers to have regard to requests for retrospective island communities impact assessments.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 6 July 2018. Sections 1, 2 and 30 to 32 came into force the following day.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.