# The Release of Prisoners (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement, application and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Release of Prisoners (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 and come into force immediately after they are made.
(2) These Regulations apply to all prisons in Scotland.
(3) In these Regulations, any reference to a person being released under section 1(1) of the 1993 Act includes a person who is released under that section as applied by section 6(1)(a) of that Act.
(4) In these Regulations—
“the governor’s veto” means the power of the governor of a prison, under paragraph 19(3)(b) of schedule 4 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, to prevent the early release of a person from that prison under these Regulations,
“health care professional” has the same meaning as it is given in section 17CA of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/138/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/release-of-prisoners-coronavirus-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-1
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