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Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024

  • Legal

Jurisdiction: Scotland

Commencement: 31st July 2024

Amends: New Legislation

Mini Summary

Scottish Ministers are provided with powers to support rural land management and the environment. For information only, there are no direct compliance duties for organisations under this Act.

Summary

This Act provides a framework for Scottish Ministers to support agriculture, rural communities and the rural economy, including through the facilitation of on-farm nature restoration, climate mitigation and adaptation.

Scottish Ministers may support rural land management and the environment for the purposes given in Part 5 of Schedule 1. This can include providing assistance to people to:

  • promote, protect or improve plant and soil health;
  • preserve or protect land and water;
  • monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
  • adapt to or mitigate against climate change;
  • monitor, preserve, protect, improve and restore biodiversity; and
  • compensate for costs incurred and lost income due to environmental improvement measures.

Duties

There are no direct compliance duties for organisations under this Act.

 

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