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[^f00001].

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).

Signed

MAIRI GOUGEON — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 7th October 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2020, asp 17.