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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-good-food-nation-specified-functions-and-descriptions-scottish-ministers-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2025/9780111063972",
  "legislation_title": "The Good Food Nation (Specified Functions and Descriptions) (Scottish Ministers) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-good-food-nation-specified-functions-and-descriptions-scottish-ministers-regulations-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations specify functions and descriptions for the purposes of section 6 (effect of plan) of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (“the Act”). Section 6 of the Act places a duty on the Scottish Ministers to have regard to the national good food nation plan when exercising a specified function or a function which falls within a specified description. The Regulations come into force on 23 December 2025.\nRegulation 2 provides that the specified functions are set out in schedule 1 of the Regulations.\nRegulation 3 provides that the specified descriptions are set out in schedule 2 of the Regulations.\nRegulation 4 modifies on a transitional basis the application of section 6 of the Act to the function specified in paragraph 12 of schedule 1 of these Regulations until such time as specified. Section 6 of the Act will not apply to the function listed in paragraph 12 of schedule 1 of these Regulations until after the fourth land use strategy has been published in accordance with section 57 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. This is because the fourth land use strategy is expected to be published shortly after these Regulations come into force and it would not be possible for Scottish Ministers to comply with their ‘have regard’ duty in section 6 of the Act.\nNo business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations as no impact upon business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111063972/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:28:20.242338+00:00"
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  "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."
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