EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023. Regulation 2 substitutes the date on which sections 3 (requirement to lay proposed plan before the parliament), 7 (reporting) and 8 (review and revision of plan) of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 come into force. Sections 3, 7 and 8 will come into force on 30 June 2024, instead of on 31 December 2023.