Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021

5 Report on certain matters relating to Act

(1) The Scottish Ministers must no later than one month after the day of Royal Assent lay before the Scottish Parliament a report of—

(a) progress being made towards marriage ceremonies and civil partnership registrations and associated celebratory events being able to be held without restrictions arising from the spread or incidence of coronavirus,

(b) their view of the effect of this Act on—

(i) the measures in place to help businesses to deal with the effects of disruption attributable to coronavirus,

(ii) live music and live music venues,

(iii) social security support available for carers,

(iv) support available to persons who are required to self-isolate for a reason relating to coronavirus, and

(v) social care services, and

(c) the use of fiscal fines (that is, conditional offers of fixed penalties under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) during the period beginning on 7 April 2020 and ending on the day of Royal Assent.

(2) The report must in particular include—

(a) information on the restrictions remaining in place as respects the holding of marriage ceremonies and civil partnership registrations and associated celebratory events,

(b) information on the measures in place to help businesses deal with the effect of disruption attributable to coronavirus and any plans for further measures the Scottish Ministers propose to put in place to help businesses,

(c) information on the social security support to help carers put in place for a reason related to coronavirus and any plans for further social security support to help carers the Scottish Ministers propose to put in place for such a reason,

(d) information on the support available to persons who are required to self-isolate for a reason relating to coronavirus and any plans for further support for such persons the Scottish Ministers propose to put in place,

(e) information on the measures in place to restore social care services to their level as at 1 March 2020 and any plans for further measures the Scottish Ministers propose to put in place to secure this, and

(f) information on—

(i) the numbers of fiscal fines issued for each level on the scale during the period mentioned in subsection (1)(c), and

(ii) the numbers of fiscal fines issued for each level of the scale in the period ending on 6 April 2020 which is of the same length as the period mentioned in subsection (1)(c).

(3) In this section—

• “carer” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016,

• “coronavirus” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020,

• “the scale” means the scale in the schedule of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Fixed Penalty Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/108) (as it had effect at the time).