Crown Estate Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 April 2020. 2 In these Regulations, “the 2019 Act” means the Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019. Appointed Days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2019 Act specified in column 1 of the table in schedule 1 (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that table) is 1 April 2020. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2019 Act specified in column 1 of the table in schedule 2 (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that table) is 1 October 2020. Saving provisions – General 3 1 Where paragraph (2), (4), (6) or (8) applies, section 36(7) of the Scotland Act 2016 continues to have effect in relation to the relevant asset on and after 1 April 2020 as it had effect immediately before that date. 2 This paragraph applies where a Scottish Crown Estate asset has been disposed of prior to 1 April 2020. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (2), an asset is treated as having been disposed of at the point at which missives for the disposal of the asset were fully executed. 4 This paragraph applies where a servitude right has been granted in or over a Scottish Crown Estate asset prior to 1 April 2020. 5 For the purposes of paragraph (4), a servitude right is treated as having been granted in or over the asset at the point at which an agreement to grant the servitude right was fully executed. 6 This paragraph applies where a Scottish Crown Estate asset is subject to an options agreement concluded prior to 1 April 2020. 7 For the purposes of paragraph (6), an options agreement is treated as having been concluded at the point at which it was fully executed. 8 This paragraph applies where a Scottish Crown Estate asset is subject to an agreement for lease concluded prior to 1 April 2020. 9 For the purposes of paragraph (8), an asset is treated as being subject to a concluded agreement for lease at the point at which the agreement was fully executed. 10 Paragraph (4), (6) or (8), as the case may be, ceases to apply to a right or agreement if that right or agreement is extended or varied on or after 1 April 2020. 11 In this regulation “options agreement” means an agreement that either- a gives a party to it the option to purchase an asset at an agreed price within a stated period of time; or b gives a party to it the option to purchase an asset and contains a method for determining a price at a specified point in time. Saving provisions – Right to remove wild kelp from the seabed 4 1 Section 15 of the 2019 Act does not apply to a right granted by Crown Estate Scotland prior to 1 October 2020 to remove wild kelp from the seabed. 2 For the purposes of paragraph (1), a right is treated as having been granted at the point at which the document conferring the right was fully executed. 3 Paragraph (1) ceases to apply to a right if that right is extended or varied on or after 1 October 2020. ROSEANNA CUNNINGHAM A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 11th March 2020