
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st September 2016.
2 
1st September 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016—
(a) section 8 (family liaison charter);
(b) section 12 (places at which inquiries may be held);
(c) section 16(4) (power to make provision about preliminary hearings);
(d) section 18 (agreement of facts before an inquiry);
(e) section 27(4) (specification of fee and period for request for a copy of the transcript);
(f) section 36 (power to regulate procedure etc.) in so far as not already in force;
(g) section 39(2) (modification of enactments) for the purpose of bringing into force paragraph 16 of schedule 2; and
(h) paragraph 16 of schedule 2 (modification of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014).
3 
The reference to an “inquiry” in section 8(2) of the 2016 Act includes a reference to an inquiry under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, provided the inquiry was applied for under section 1 or 1A of that Act on or after 1st September 2016.
ANNABELLE EWING
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th June 2016