The Animals, Food and Feed (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
These Regulations are made in exercise of powers under the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”) and powers conferred by paragraphs 1(1) and (3) of schedule 2 and paragraph 21(b) of schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“the 2018 Act”). These Regulations make amendments before IP completion day to secondary legislation made under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.