Scottish Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 315 (C. 27)

Agriculture

The Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020

Made

7th October 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

9th October 2020

Coming into force

5th November 2020

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 26(2) of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020(1).

Citation and Commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 5 November 2020.

Appointed Day

2.  5 November 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020-

(a) section 1 (Defined terms),

(b) section 2 (Power to simplify or improve CAP legislation),

(c) section 3 (Power to provide for the operation of CAP legislation beyond 2020), and

(d) section 4 (Power to modify financial provision in CAP legislation).

MAIRI GOUGEON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

7th October 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 on 5 November 2020.

The Bill for that Act received Royal Assent on 1 October 2020. Section 5 and sections 21 to 27 came into force on the day after that.