Resumption of duties in relation to reports and documents
10(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, a Scottish public authority have made a decision under paragraph 8(2) to postpone complying with a duty.
(2)The Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, the Scottish public authority must comply with the duty as soon as reasonably practicable.
(3)Sub-paragraph (4) applies where—
(a)the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, a Scottish public authority made a decision under paragraph 9(2) not to comply with a duty, and
(b)they consider or it considers that there is no longer a significant risk of the transmission of coronavirus.
(4)The Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, the Scottish public authority must—
(a)in a case where the duty is to lay a document before the Scottish Parliament, comply with the duty as soon as reasonably practicable,
(b)in any other case—
(i)take such steps as they consider or it considers necessary to comply with the duty, or
(ii)publish a statement indicating that they are or it is not complying and setting out the reasons for not doing so (such as having done so by electronic means).