{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-and-rural-communities-scotland-act-2024/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-and-rural-communities-scotland-act-2024/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2024/11",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-and-rural-communities-scotland-act-2024",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Delegation",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may delegate functions relating to the providing of support to any other person.\n(2) Functions delegated under subsection (1) may—\n(a) include the giving of guidance, or\n(b) permit the exercise of discretion in relation to a function.\n(3) The delegation of functions under subsection (1) does not—\n(a) affect the Scottish Ministers’ responsibility for the performance of the function, or\n(b) prevent the Scottish Ministers from performing the function themselves.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 38(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at 16.6.2025 by S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/11/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:06.474435+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}