Part 4Public health functions of health boards
Compensation
I156Compensation for voluntary compliance with request
1
A health board must compensate any person who, although not subject to an order mentioned in subsection (2), suffers any loss caused by complying with a request by the board to the person to—
a
be quarantined in a place specified by the board;
b
be excluded from entering or remaining in a place, or type of place, so specified; or
c
refrain from carrying on any activity, or type of activity, so specified.
2
The orders referred to in subsection (1) are—
a
an exclusion order;
b
a restriction order;
c
a quarantine order.
3
A request by a health board under subsection (1)—
a
is to be made by notice in writing given to the person; and
b
must specify the matter mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or, as the case may be, (c).
4
Subsection (1) does not apply where the loss is attributable to the fault of the person claiming the loss.
5
Any dispute as to—
a
a person's entitlement to compensation under this section; or
b
the amount of such compensation,
is to be determined by a single arbiter appointed by agreement between the board and the person claiming loss or, if such agreement cannot be reached, by the sheriff.
6
The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, make further provision about compensation to which this section applies.