
2025 No. 49 (C. 5)
Food
The Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2 (Amendment) and Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2025
Made 20th February 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 24th February 2025
Coming into force 10th March 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 28(2) of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022.
Citation, commencement, and interpretation
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2 (Amendment) and Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 10 March 2025.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022.
Amendment of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2024
2 
In the table in schedule 2 (provisions of the Act coming into force on 30 June 2025) of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2024—
(a) omit the fourth row (section 21 – independence of the Commission),
(b) omit the seventh row (schedule, paragraph 3 – powers),
(c) in the first column of the eighth row (schedule, paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 – procedure), for “4, 5, 6, 7 and 8” substitute “6 and 7”.
Appointed day
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(1) 10 March 2025 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that table).
(2) Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the table in the schedule in relation to any provision specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule, that provision comes into force on 10 March 2025 only for that purpose.
MAIRI GOUGEON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th February 2025
SCHEDULE
Provisions of the Act coming into force on 10 March 2025
Regulation 3


Table
Column 1 Provisions of the Act Column 2 Subject Matter Column 3 Purpose
Section 19 Establishment of Scottish Food Commission For the purpose of paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 8 of the schedule
Section 21 Independence of the Commission 
Section 26 Ancillary provision 
Schedule, paragraph 3 Powers 
Schedule, paragraphs 4, 5 and 8 Procedure 