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Paragraph 9 Investing in rural businesses and enterprisesI1I2

Scotland

(1)

Assisting persons to—

(a)

start a business or enterprise (whether or not for profit)—

(i)

relating to agriculture, food production or processing, forestry, nature restoration or other rural land use activity, or

(ii)

otherwise, in or for a rural area or community,

(b)

develop, sustain or change such a business or enterprise (including improving productivity or diversifying into other activities),

(c)

improve the resilience of such a business or enterprise,

(d)

recover from or adapt to events which have (or may have) a negative impact (including exceptional adverse events such as a natural disaster or the outbreak of a disease or pests) on such a business or enterprise or the activities of such a business or enterprise.

(2)

For the purposes of this paragraph, “enterprise” includes co-operative societies and similar organisations.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 9 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 38(2)

I2

Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 16.6.2025 by S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1)