Part 6: Nature and Biodiversity Section 116: Use of forest risk commodities in commercial activity
Section 116 introduces Schedule 17, which sets out requirements on prescribed businesses using forest risk commodities in their UK commercial activities to tackle illegal deforestation in their supply chains. ‘Forest risk commodities’ are defined in Schedule 17 as agricultural commodities whose production is associated with wide-scale conversion of forest.
	Subsection (1) of this section lays out what each part of Schedule 17 makes provision for. Part 1 of the Schedule makes provision on the use of forest risk commodities in commercial activity, Part 2 contains enforcement provisions, and Part 3 contains a requirement to review the effectiveness of the Schedule, and definitions of terms used in the Schedule.
	Subsection (2) specifies which regulations made under Schedule 17 are subject to the affirmative procedure. These are regulation specifying the commodities in scope, additional categories of relevant local law, regulated persons in scope, setting exemption thresholds, and details on enforcement provisions.
	Subsection (3) specifies which regulations made under Schedule 17 are subject to the negative procedure. These are details on the due diligence system and annual report, as well as information required when giving a notice for exemption to the enforcement authority.