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Scottish Statutory Instruments
AGRICULTURE
Made
29th May 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
2nd June 2025
Coming into force
16th June 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38(2) and (3) of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024( 1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 16 June 2025.
(2) In these Regulations “ the Act” means the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024.
2.—(1 ) 16 June 2025 is the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 1 to 34 of the Act and schedules 1 and 2 of the Act.
(2) Schedule 2 of the Act comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1), with the exception of the repeals specified in the table in the schedule of these Regulations.
MAIRI GOUGEON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
29th May 2025
Regulation 2(2)
Enactment | Extent of repeal |
---|---|
Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911 | Section 4. |
Section 6. | |
Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 | Section 1. |
Section 3. | |
Section 4. |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force on 16 June 2025 the substantive provisions of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (“ the 2024 Act”) so far as not already in force.
Schedule 2 of the 2024 Act is commenced partially in that the following repeals or revocations remain to be brought into force:
(a) sections 4 and 6 of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911,
(b) sections 1, 3 and 4 of the Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988.
The Bill for the 2024 Act received Royal Assent on 30 July 2024. By virtue of section 38(1) of the 2024 Act, sections 35 to 39 came into force on the day after Royal Assent.