
1 
This Order may be cited as the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory Provision) Order 2013 and comes into force on 15th February 2013.
2 
15th February 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 33(15) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (minor and consequential amendments).
3 
Until 1st April 2013, paragraph 33(15)(b) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 is to be read as if the words “or paragraph 7A(8) or 7B(4) of schedule 4” were omitted.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th February 2013