Introductory text

AGRICULTURE

Made 11th December 2025

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020^f1 (the “2020 Act”), Article 46(9)(b) and (c) and Article 70(4) of Regulation (EU) No1307/2013^f2, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 2(3) of the 2020 Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1: 2020 asp 17, as amended by the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11).
f2: EUR 2013/1307, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2022/279, S.I. 2020/91 and EUR 2017/2393. EUR 2013/1307 was incorporated into domestic law on exit day by section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c. 2). Article 46(9) confers a power on the “appropriate authority” which for Scotland, is the Scottish Ministers (through the operation of the definitions of “appropriate authority” and “relevant authority” in Article 4 of Regulation EUR 2013/1307).