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As the delegated powers memorandum explains, the power in section 7 is necessary to permit the Scottish ministers to amend the bill to take account of inevitable changes to Government spending plans during the financial year.
The grazed area will still exist even if livestock are not grazing on it, but will then be accounted for as ‘other’ agricultural biomass within the natural capital accounts.