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.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2022 No.

Public Health

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

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 2020(1) (“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.

Citation and commencement

1.  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.

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

2.  In regulation 19(1) (expiry) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021(2), for “28 February” substitute “24 September”.

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.

(1)

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.

(2)

S.S.I. 2021/277, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.