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The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 2014

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Title and introductory text

2014 No. 2753 (S. 3) Constitutional Law Devolution, Scotland Agriculture The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 2014 Made 13th October 2014 Laid before Parliament 15th October 2014 Coming into force 1st March 2015 The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 106 and 112(1) of the Scotland Act 1998. In accordance with section 106(4) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers.

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1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st March 2015. (2) In this Order— “the EU Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008; “Scottish farmer” means a farmer (within the meaning of Article 2 of the EU Regulation) whose holding is situated wholly or partly in Scotland, and “holding” has the same meaning as in Articles 2 and 91 of the EU Regulation; and “specified function under EU law” means any function which— relates to the implementation of any legislative instrument of the European Union adopted in pursuance of the common agricultural policy of the European Union established in accordance with Title III of Part Three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; and applies in relation to an agricultural area or an agricultural activity by reference to a holding, and “agricultural area” and “agricultural activity” have the same meaning as in Article 2 of the EU Regulation.

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2 Agriculture

So far as a specified function under EU law, or a function to which section 53(2)(a) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, is exercisable by a Minister of the Crown in relation to a Scottish farmer, it may be exercised separately.

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