
1 
This Order may be cited as the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1991.
2 
In this Order–
 “the Act” means the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990.
3 
The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, and described by reference to subject matter in column 2 of that Schedule, shall, in so far as they are not then in force, come into force on 3rd June 1991, but, where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.
4 
The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order, and described by reference to subject matter in column 2 of that Schedule, shall, in so far as they are not then in force, come into force on 15th August 1991, but, where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd May 1991
SCHEDULE 1
Article 3

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Section 24 Rights of audience in Court of Session, House of Lords, Judicial Committee of Privy Council and High Court of Justiciary
Section 30 Regulation of right of English, Welsh and Northern Irish practitioners to practise in Scotland
Section 33 Complaints in relation to legal services
In section 34–subsections (2) to (8) Powers and jurisdiction of Scottish legal services ombudsman
Section 43 Functions of Director General of Fair Trading in relation to certain rules
Section74 Amendments and repeals Only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedules 8 and 9 specified or referred to in column 1 below
In Schedule 8 – paragraphs 27(1) and (2), 29(1) to (4), (8) to (14), (15)(a) and (e), (16) and (17), and 38 Amendments
In Schedule 9 – the repeals specified in the Table below Repeals

TABLE
Chapter Short Title Extent of Repeals
1980 c. 46 The Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 In section 20(1), the word “and”.Section 31(3).In section 63(1), the words “and to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month”.In Schedule 4, in paragraph 1, the words “appointed by the Lord President” following sub-paragraph (b), and in paragraph 17, the words from “also” to “before the order” and the words from “and in such other manner” to the end.
SCHEDULE 2
Article 4

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Section 74(2) Repeals Only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 9 referred to in column 1 below
In Schedule 9 – the repeals specified in the Table below Repeals

TABLE
Chapter Short Title Extent of Repeals
1975 c. 24 The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 In Schedule 1, the words “lay observer appointed under section 49 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980”.
1980 c. 46 The Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 Section 49.In section 65(1), the definition of “lay observer”.Schedule 5.