(1)A power to make regulations conferred by this Act includes the power to make—
(a)different provision for different purposes or areas, and
(b)incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(2)This section does not apply to section 38.
(1)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision they consider appropriate for the purposes of, or in connection with or for giving full effect to this Act or any provision made under it.
(2)Regulations under this section may modify any enactment (including this Act).
(3)Regulations under this section—
(a)are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act (including this Act), but
(b)otherwise are subject to the negative procedure.
In this Act—
“exceptional market conditions” is to be construed in accordance with section 14(2),
“exceptional market conditions declaration” has the meaning given in section 14(1),
“financial support” is to construed in accordance with section 6(4),
“payment entitlement” is to be construed in accordance with section 17(2),
“rural support plan” is to be construed in accordance with section 2(9),
“support” is to be construed in accordance with section 6(4),
“third party scheme” is to be construed in accordance with section 7(2).
(1)This section and sections 35, 36, 37 and 39 come into force the day after Royal Assent.
(2)The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint.
(3)Regulations under this section may—
(a)make different provision for different purposes or areas,
(b)include transitional, transitory or saving provision.
The short title of this Act is the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024.