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The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2022

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Draft 2022, ISBN 9780111053508

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Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 6(1) of schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Public Health

Made 2022

Coming into force 27th February 2022

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 1(1) of schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act 2020f1 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of coronavirus in Scotland.

The Scottish Ministers consider that the requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.

In accordance with paragraph 6(1) of schedule 19 of the Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2020 c. 7. Section 89(1) of the Act provides that the Act expires at the end of the period of two years beginning with the day on which it is passed, subject to subsection (2) and section 90. That period is prospectively amended by S.S.I. 2022/40.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 27 February 2022.

2Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

In regulation 19(1) (expiry) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021f1, for “28 February” substitute “24 September”.

Signature

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (“the Principal Regulations”). These Regulations come into force on 27 February 2022.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 19(1) (expiry) of the Principal Regulations by extending the date on which they expire from 28 February 2022 to 24 September 2022.