“the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29);

“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43);

“common services agency” means the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service;

“contamination” has the meaning given by section 1(5);

“dwellinghouse” has the meaning given by section 26(4);

“exceptional detention order” means an order under section 45(1);

“exclusion order” means an order under section 37(2);

“health board” means a board constituted by an order under section 2(1)(a) of the 1978 Act;

“health board competent person” means a person designated by a health board under section 3(1);

“health care professional” has the meaning given by section 33(4);

“health risk state” has the meaning given by section 14(7);

“infectious disease” has the meaning given by section 1(5);

“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39);

“local authority competent person” means a person designated by a local authority under section 5(1);

“NHS identifier” has the meaning given by section 13(8);

“notifiable disease” has the meaning given by section 12(1);

“notifiable organism” has the meaning given by section 12(1);

“prescribed” means prescribed by the Scottish Ministers by regulations;

“protecting public health” has the meaning given by section 1(2);

“public health investigation” has the meaning given by section 21(1);

“quarantine order” means an order under section 40(1);

“restriction order” means an order under section 38(2);

“short term detention order” means an order under section 42(1) or 43(1); and

“special health board” means a board constituted by an order under section 2(1)(b) of the 1978 Act.