Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2012.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), this Order comes into force on 1st April 2013.

(3) Articles 2(a) and 3 come into force on the day on which section 71 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012( 2 ) comes into force.

(4) Articles 2(b) to (d) and 4 come into force on the day on which section 119 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 comes into force.

(5) In this Order “the 2005 Act” means the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005( 3 ).

Specification of offices

2. The following offices are specified for the purposes of section 126(8)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998 (offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices)—

(a) Her Majesty’s inspector of constabulary appointed undersection 71(2) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012;

(b) Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service appointed under section 43A(1)(a)( 4 ) of the 2005 Act;

(c) Her Majesty’s Inspector of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service appointed under section 43A(1)(b) of the 2005 Act; and

(d) Assistant Inspector of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service appointed under section 43A(2) of the 2005 Act.

Revocations

3. In the Schedule to the Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 1999( 5 ), the following entries in column 1, together with the corresponding entries in column 2, are revoked—

(a) the entry relating to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary; and

(b) the entry relating to Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary.

4. The Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2005( 6 ) is revoked.