The New Support Framework
11.The powers in the Act will enable Ministers to make new payments and create new payment schemes. Collectively, this will form a framework of support for agriculture, forestry and in respect of rural communities more generally. The intention is for the transition from the support provided under retained/assimilated EU law CAP rules to new schemes under this Act. However, this will take time, and it is expected that some CAP schemes will continue to operate over a transition period with a minimum two to three-year duration. The Act therefore also contains powers to enable the Scottish Ministers to modify the existing CAP rules to the extent they remain in force.