EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force further provisions of the Public Health (etc.) Scotland Act 2008 (“the Act”.)
Article 2(1) and schedule 1 bring Part 8 of the Act (regulation of provision of sunbeds) into force on 1st December 2009 in so far as it is not already in force.
Article 2(2) and schedule 2 make a consequential amendment to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. In consequence, a savings provision included in the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2, Savings and Consequential Provisions) Order 2009 is revoked by article 3 at the same time.
Article 2(3) and schedule 3 bring Part 2 (notifiable diseases, notifiable organisms and health risk states) and Schedule 1 (list of notifiable diseases and notifiable organisms) of the Act into force on 1st January 2010, together with various repeals and revocations.
Article 2(4) and schedule 4 bring a further repeal and revocation into force on 1st January 2010. The repeal of section 275(7)(a) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is consequential on the repeal of section 32 of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897. The Public Health (Notification of Infectious Diseases) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989/2250 are revoked in consequence of the commencement of Part 2 of the Act.