{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-scotland-act-2020/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-scotland-act-2020/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2020/7",
  "legislation_title": "Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Expiry",
  "text": "(1) Part 1 expires at the end of 30 September 2022.\n(2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 13.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (1) so as to replace “31 March 2022” with “30 September 2022”.\n(5) Regulations under subsection (3) are subject to the affirmative procedure.\n(6) At the same time as laying a draft Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (3) before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 29(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, the Scottish Ministers must lay before the Parliament a statement of their reasons why the regulations should be made.\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(9) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the expiry under subsection (1) of any provision of this Act.\n(10) Regulations under subsection (9)—\n(a) may make different provision for different purposes or areas,\n(b) are subject to the negative procedure.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1) substituted (5.8.2021) by Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 19), ss. 1(2), 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1) substituted (30.3.2022) by The Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment of Expiry Dates) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/113), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 12(3) substituted for s. 12(3)(4) (5.8.2021) by Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 19), ss. 1(3), 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(6) substituted (5.8.2021) by Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 19), ss. 8(2), 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 12(7)(8) repealed (30.9.2021 at the end of the day) by Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 19), ss. 8(3), 11(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/7/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:50.051449+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}