The Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023

Made: 15th June 2023

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 16th June 2023

Coming into force: 30th June 2023

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 28(2) of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022[^f00001].

Citation, commencement, and interpretation

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 30 June 2023.

• (2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022.

Appointed days

2

30 June 2023 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

• (a) section 1 (requirement to produce plan),

• (b) section 2 (preparation of plan: principles),

• (c) section 4 (preparation of plan: consultation),

• (d) section 5 (preparation of plan: consideration of international instruments),

• (e) section 9 (publication of documents: inclusive communications).

3

30 June 2024 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

• (a) section 3 (requirement to lay proposed plan before the parliament),

• (b) section 7 (reporting),

• (c) section 8 (review and revision of plan).

Signed

SHONA ROBISON — A member of the Scottish Government — 15th June 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations bring sections 1, 2, 4, 5 and 9 of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (“the Act”) into force on 30 June 2023. These Regulations bring section 3, 7 and 8 of the Act into force on 31 December 2023.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 26 July 2022. Sections 24, 25, 27, 28 and 29 came into force on the following day.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2022 asp 5.

Editorial notes

[^key-a25ee2253359179916e718373fbfd401]: Reg. 1 in force at 30.6.2023, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-59b37a75b29f5cbf7b194c10b1fa37cf]: Reg. 2 in force at 30.6.2023, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-b62e1854f30486e1e35fcf5521b0592c]: Reg. 3 in force at 30.6.2023, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-8537c5d2d42bcaca4b7fa3444bd02e18]: Words in reg. 3 substituted (14.12.2023) by The Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/362), regs. 1, 2(2)