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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 15th June 2017.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1976 Act” means the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976; and
 “the 2016 Act” means the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016.
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15th June 2017 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the 2016 Act, in so far as not already in force.
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References to an “inquiry” in sections 30 to 35 of the 2016 Act (further inquiry proceedings) include reference to an inquiry under the 1976 Act.
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(1) Despite the repeal of the 1976 Act by section 39(1) of the 2016 Act, the 1976 Act and the Fatal Accident and Sudden Deaths Inquiry Procedure (Scotland) Rules 1977 continue to have effect in relation to any inquiry applied for under section 1(1) or 1A(4)(b) of the 1976 Act before 15th June 2017.
(2) Paragraphs 1 to 15 of schedule 2 of the 2016 Act (modification of enactments) do not apply to inquiries to which the 1976 Act continues to apply by virtue of paragraph (1).
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An inquiry under the 2016 Act is to be held into a death occurring before 15th June 2017 where—
(a) section 1(1)(a) or (b) or 1A(1) of the 1976 Act applies to the death; and
(b) no inquiry has been applied for under section 1(1) or 1A(4)(b) of the 1976 Act.
ANNABELLE EWING
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
16th May 2017