Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 3248
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND
FOOD
The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 2006
Made
14th December 2006
Laid before Parliament
8th January 2007
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
8th January 2007
Coming into force
29th January 2007
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 93(3) and 113(2) and (4) of the Scotland Act 1998( 1 ), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 2006 and shall come into force immediately after the articles mentioned in article 1(3) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc. ) (No. 3) Order 2006( 2 ) come into force.
Specification of functions
2. The functions exercisable by the Scottish Ministers under regulations 5(2), 10(4) and 14(2) of the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005( 3 ) are hereby specified for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998.
Modifications of enactments
3. In the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 1999( 4 )–
(a) in article 1(3) (citation, commencement and interpretation) omit the words “NHS Trust” and “family credit”;
(b) in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (Functions of the Scottish Ministers) omit the words “an NHS Trust or” and “and for dried milk sold to family credit beneficiaries at a reduced price”; and
(c) in paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 for the words “an NHS Trust or” substitute “a”.
Meriel McCullagh
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council
S.I. 2006/3258 .
S.I. 2005/3262 , as amended by S.I. 2006/589 and S.I. 2006/2818 . Functions under regulations 5(2), 10(4) and 14(2) were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) (No. 3) Order 2006.
S.I. 1999/1512 .