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<Text>The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the enactment specified in column 1 of the table below for the purpose specified in column 2.</Text>
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<tbody><tr><td>The <Citation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/11" id="c00002" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2003" Number="11">Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003</Citation> (“<Term xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" id="term-the-2003-act">the 2003 Act</Term>”), schedule 2 (as inserted by 
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</td><td>Changing or clarifying the method for determining the additional amount of compensation payable to a tenant under section 17(4A) of the 2003 Act (as inserted, or to be inserted, by 
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<Text>Regulations under subsection (1) may be made before section <InternalLink Ref="section-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/21" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/21">21</InternalLink> of this Act comes into force so that the modifications the regulations make to schedule 2 of the 2003 Act come into force at the same time as section <InternalLink Ref="section-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/21" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/21">21</InternalLink> of this Act inserts that schedule.</Text>
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<Text>No regulations may be made under subsection (1) after the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the day after Royal Assent.</Text>
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