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These Regulations are the second set of commencement regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under section 51 of the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 (“the Act”) and bring into force certain provisions of the Act on 1 October 2021.
Regulation 2 brings Chapter 2 of Part 2 and schedules 1 and 2 of the Act into force.
Chapter 2 of Part 2 and schedules 1 and 2 of the Act provide for a new system of environmental governance for Scotland and establishes a new Scottish public body, Environmental Standards Scotland, and gives it a range of functions and powers.
The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 29 January 2021. In accordance with section 51(1) of the Act, sections 48 to 53 came into force the following day.
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