(1)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations provide that an application may not be made under section 18—
(a)if the person who carried out the abuse was of a specified description,
(b)if the abuse was carried out in circumstances of a specified description,
(c)if the person who was abused came to be resident in the relevant care setting concerned in specified circumstances, or
(d)if the person who was abused was resident in the relevant care setting concerned for a specified purpose.
(2)In subsection (1), “specified” means specified in the regulations.