EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring sections 1, 2, 4, 5 and 9 of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (“the Act”) into force on 30 June 2023. These Regulations bring section 3, 7 and 8 of the Act into force on 31 December 2023.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 26 July 2022. Sections 24, 25, 27, 28 and 29 came into force on the following day.