
2025 No. 167 (C. 15)
AGRICULTURE
The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025
Made 29th May 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd June 2025
Coming into force 16th June 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38(2) and (3) of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 16 June 2025.
(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024.
Appointed Day
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(1 ) 16 June 2025 is the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 1 to 34 of the Act and schedules 1 and 2 of the Act.
(2) Schedule 2 of the Act comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1), with the exception of the repeals specified in the table in the schedule of these Regulations.
MAIRI GOUGEON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
29th May 2025
Schedule
Repeals not coming into force on the Appointed Day
Regulation 2(2)


Enactment Extent of repeal
Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911 Section 4.
 Section 6.
Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 Section 1.
 Section 3.
 Section 4.