2017 No. 294 (C. 22)
Public Health

The Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36(2) and (3) of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 20161.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st October 2017.

Appointed day2.

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 specified in column 1 of the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the schedule) is 1st October 2017.

(2)

Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of that schedule, a provision mentioned in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.

AILEEN CAMPBELL
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

Column 1

Provisions of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016

Column 2

Subject matter

Column 3

Purpose

Section 21

Incident which activates duty of candour procedure

Only for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made.

Section 22

Duty of candour procedure

Only for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made.

Section 23

Apologies

Only for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made under Part 2 of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016.

Section 25(1)

Interpretation of Part 2

Only for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made under Part 2 of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016.

Section 26

Care worker offence

Section 27

Care provider offence

Section 28

Meaning of “care worker” and “care provider” etc.

Section 29

Disclosure of conviction for offence under section 26

Section 30

Power to order offence to be remedied or publicised

Section 31

Remedial and publicity orders: prosecutor’s right of appeal

Section 32

Penalty for ill-treatment and wilful neglect of mentally disordered person

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force provisions in Part 2 (duty of candour) and Part 3 (ill-treatment and wilful neglect) of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (“the Act”) on 1st October 2017.

The Part 2 provisions are brought into force for the purpose of making regulations setting out the duty of candour procedure.

The whole of Part 3 is commenced.

Sections 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Act came into force on 7th April 2016, which was the day after Royal Assent.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Act were brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations:

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.I.No.

Section 1

6th February 2017

2017/12

Section 2 for the purpose of making regulations

6th February 2017

2017/12

Section 2 for all other purposes

1st April 2017

2017/12

Section 3

1st April 2017

2017/12

Section 4 for the purpose of making regulations

6th February 2017

2017/12

Section 4 for all other purposes

1st April 2017

2017/12

Sections 5 to 7

1st April 2017

2017/12

Section 8 for the purpose of making regulations

6th February 2017

2017/12

Section 8 for all other purposes

1st April 2017

2017/12

Section 9(1) for the purpose of making regulations

6th February 2017

2017/12

Section 9(1) for all other purposes

1st April 2017

2017/12

Section 9(2), (3) and (4)

1st April 2017

2017/12

Section 10 for the purpose of making regulations

6th February 2017

2017/12

Section 10 for all other purposes

1st October 2017

2017/12

Section 11

1st October 2017

2017/12

Section 12

1st April 2017

2017/12

Section 13

6th February 2017

2017/12

Section 14

1st April 2017

2017/12

Section 15(1), (2), (9), (10) and (11)

1st April 2017

2017/12

Section 15(3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8)

1st October 2017

2017/12

Section 16

6th February 2017

2017/12