Commentary on Provisions Part 1 – Retained EU law Section 6 – Power to modify CAP legislation on public intervention and private storage aid
116.This section provides for the Scottish Ministers to be able, by regulations, to modify the CAP legislation governing public intervention and private storage aid,(23) as specified in subsection (3).
117.The power in section 6 of the Act allows these measures to be dis-applied temporarily or permanently, or to be otherwise simplified and improved.
118.The Scottish Ministers are able to decide whether regulations made under this section are to be subject to the negative or affirmative procedure (see paragraph 104 in that respect).