Overview and Background
3.This Act provides for:
	the introduction of a power to enable Scottish Ministers to continue to keep devolved law in line with EU law so far as appropriate following the end of the implementation period provided for in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, which was when, under that Act, EU law ceased to apply in the United Kingdom as a consequence of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU;
	the introduction of the guiding principles on the environment into Scots law; and
	the formation of Environmental Standards Scotland, and its functions and powers.