Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020

12 Expiry

(1) Part 1 expires on 30 September 2020.

(2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 13.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations—

(a) amend subsection (1) so as to replace “30 September 2020” with “31 March 2021”,

(b) further amend subsection (1) so as to replace “31 March 2021” with “30 September 2021”.

(4) The power conferred by subsection (3)(b) may be used only after 30 September 2020.

(5) Regulations under subsection (3) are subject to the affirmative procedure.

(6) Before 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.

(7) Subsection (8) applies if the regulations are made in accordance with paragraph 23 of schedule 7.

(8) The Scottish Ministers must, at the same time as laying the regulations before the Parliament in accordance with paragraph 26 of that schedule, lay before the Parliament a statement of their reasons for making the regulations.

(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.

(10) Regulations under subsection (9)—

(a) may make different provision for different purposes or areas,

(b) are subject to the negative procedure.