# The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (Coronavirus) Order 2020, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies functions of the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998. Section 93(1) allows the Scottish Ministers to make arrangements for any of their specified functions to be exercised on their behalf by a Minister of the Crown.
This Order, which extends to the whole of the United Kingdom, is concerned solely with enabling Ministers of the Crown and the Scottish Ministers to enter into agency arrangements in the particular circumstances detailed below.
Article 2 paragraph (1) specifies the functions mentioned in paragraph 2 (in the circumstances set out in paragraph (3)) of the Scottish Ministers under sections 1 (general duty of the Scottish Ministers), 1A (duty of the Scottish Ministers to promote health improvement), 37 (prevention of illness, care and after-care) and 43 (control of spread of infectious disease) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and section 1 (duty of Scottish Ministers to protect public health) of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008.
The specification of the above functions in connection with application software (an “app”) developed by, or on behalf of, the Secretary of State, will allow the Scottish Ministers and Secretary of State to enter an agency arrangement so the Secretary of State can use those functions to operate that app in Scotland. The app has been designed with a number of functions in mind, including the notification of users where they may have been exposed to coronavirus and the provision of advice on what to do next. It will also enable users to report that they appear to have developed symptoms of coronavirus disease and to request a test for coronavirus.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/776/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-agency-arrangements-specification-coronavirus-order-2020/note
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