Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022

5 Preparation of plan: consideration of international instruments

(1) In preparing the national good food nation plan, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the international instruments listed in subsection (2).

(2) Those instruments are—

(a) Article 11 (so far as it concerns adequate food) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,

(b) Article 24(2)(c) (so far as it concerns the provision of adequate nutritious foods) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,

(c) Articles 27(1) and (3) (so far as they concern nutrition) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,

(d) Article 12(2) (so far as it as concerns adequate nutrition during pregnancy and lactation) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the list in subsection (2) so as to add, remove or vary a reference to an international instrument.

(4) The provision which may be made by regulations under subsection (3) includes—

(a) limiting the extent of an international instrument to a particular matter,

(b) providing that a reference to an international instrument is a reference to that instrument as it has effect—

(i) at a particular time, or

(ii) as amended from time to time.