P ART 5 F INAL PROVISIONS 15 30 Regulations (1) A power to make regulations conferred by this Act includes the power to make— (a) different provision for different purposes or areas, and (b) incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision. (2) This section does not apply to section 33. 20 31 Ancillary provision (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision they consider appropriate for the purposes of, or in connection with or for giving full effect to this Act or any provision made under it. 25 (2) Regulations under this section may modify any enactment (including this Act). (3) Regulations under this section— (a) are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act (including this Act), but (b) otherwise are subject to the negative procedure. 30 32 Index of defined terms In this Act— “exceptional market conditions” is to be construed in accordance with section 12(2), 17 Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Part 5—Final provisions “exceptional market conditions declaration” has the meaning given in section 12(1), “financial support” is to construed in accordance with section 4(4), “payment entitlement” is to be construed in accordance with section 15(2), 5 “rural support plan” is to be construed in accordance with section 2(9), “support” is to be construed in accordance with section 4(4), “third party scheme” is to be construed in accordance with section 5(2). 33 Commencement (1) This section and sections 30, 31, 32 and 34 come into force the day after Royal Assent. 10 (2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers 1 may by regulations appoint. (3) Regulations under this section may— (a) make different provision for different purposes or areas, (b) include transitional, transitory or saving provision. 15 34 Short title The short title of this Act is the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024. 18 Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Purposes of support Part 1—General SCHEDULE 1 (introduced by section 4) P URPOSES OF SUPPORT P ART 1 5 G ENERAL Application 1 (1) The purposes described in this schedule are the purposes for which support may be provided under section 4. (2) Support may be provided for any combination of purposes that the Scottish Ministers 10 consider appropriate. 1 (3) Without limit to the generality of section 30(1), support may be provided for the purposes of assisting— (a) different descriptions of person, (b) different types of activity, 15 (c) activity on different types of land or land with different properties or characteristics, and (d) activity on land in different areas.