# The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Order 2020, Article 2: Specification of functions


(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the functions exercisable by the Scottish Ministers under the provisions mentioned in paragraph (2) are specified for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998.
(2) The provisions are—
(a) the following sections of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978—
(i) section 1 (general duty of the Scottish Ministers),
(ii) section 1A (duty of the Scottish Ministers to promote health improvement),
(iii) section 37 (prevention of illness, care and after-care),
(iv) section 43 (control of spread of infectious disease),
(v) section 47(2) (educational and research facilities), and
(b) section 1 of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (duty of Scottish Ministers to protect public health).
(3) Paragraph (1) has effect only where a function specified by that paragraph is exercised in connection with the Joint Biosecurity Centre.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/777/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-agency-arrangements-specification-coronavirus-no-2-order-2020/article-2
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