The Act Part 3: Powers to modify existing legislation relating to support
124.This Part amends the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (“ARELDS”).(19) The intention of doing so is to provide the Scottish Ministers with the ability to adjust and use the existing CAP rules beyond 7 May 2026. This enables the continuation and adjustment of existing payment rules and schemes. As noted elsewhere, this facilitates the transition to the new payment framework.
125.Since ARELDS was passed, the UK Parliament has passed the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. Among other things, that changes the status of, and restrictions on, the body of law now known as ‘assimilated law’ and allows the Act to provide for a wider range of modifications to be made to that law.