Subsection (2) applies in relation to the exercise by a member of the Scottish Government within devolved competence of a function to make, confirm or approve subordinate legislation.
If a pre-commencement enactment makes provision—
the provision shall have effect, so far as it relates to the exercise of the function by a member of the Scottish Government within devolved competence, as if any reference in it to Parliament or either House of Parliament were a reference to the Scottish Parliament.
Where—
the provision shall have effect, so far as it relates to the exercise of the function by that authority, as if any reference in it to Parliament or either House of Parliament were a reference to the Scottish Parliament.
Where—
the provision shall have effect, so far as it relates to the exercise of the function by that person within devolved competence, as if any reference in it to Parliament or either House of Parliament were a reference to the Scottish Parliament.
If a pre-commencement enactment applies the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 as if a function of the kind mentioned in subsection (3) or (4) were exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, that Act shall apply, so far as the function is exercisable as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) or (as the case may be) (4), as if the function were exercisable by the Scottish Ministers.