{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-retained-eu-law-and-data-scotland-act-2020/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-retained-eu-law-and-data-scotland-act-2020/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-retained-eu-law-and-data-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Power to simplify, improve or update relevant CAP legislation",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify or restate, to any extent, the relevant CAP legislation.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may only make modifications under subsection (1)—\n(a) that they consider would simplify or improve the operation of the provisions of the legislation;\n(b) that they consider appropriate to take account of—\n(i) changes in technology, or\n(ii) developments in scientific understanding.\n(2A) A restatement under subsection (1) may make any change to the legislation that the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate—\n(a) for the purposes of—\n(i) resolving ambiguity,\n(ii) removing doubt or an anomaly,\n(iii) facilitating improvements in the clarity or accessibility of the law (including by omitting anything which is legally unnecessary),\n(b) to take account of—\n(i) changes in technology, or\n(ii) developments in scientific understanding.\n(2B) A restatement under subsection (1) may use words or concepts that are different from those used in the provision being restated.\n(3) Regulations under this section are (if they have not been subject to the affirmative procedure) subject to the negative procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1) substituted (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), ss. 22(3)(a), 38(2); S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(2) renumbered as s. 2(2)(a) (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), ss. 22(3)(b)(i), 38(2); S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 2(2)(b) inserted (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), ss. 22(3)(b)(ii), 38(2); S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 2(2A)(2B) inserted (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), ss. 22(3)(c), 38(2); S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 2 heading substituted (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), ss. 22(4), 38(2); S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 5.11.2020 by S.S.I. 2020/315, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/17/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:42.527116+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."
}