Scottish Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 214
Public Health
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (Early Expiry of Provisions) Regulations 2021
Made 24th May 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 26th May 2021
Coming into force 30th June 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(1) of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2020 asp 7.

Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (Early Expiry of Provisions) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 30 June 2021.

Expiry of provisions of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020
2. 30 June 2021 is specified as the day on which the following provisions in schedule 7 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 expire—
(a) paragraph 19 (land registration: period of effect of advance notice),
(b) paragraph 31 (business improvement districts: extension of certain arrangements).
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
24th May 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations expire the following provisions in schedule 7 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020. The expiry takes effect on 30 June 2021—
paragraph 19, which protected advance notices in conveyancing while the Land Register of Scotland and the Register of Sasines were not fully open. The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland declared 1 March 2021 as the date on which the registers are fully open for the making or recording of entries.
paragraph 31, which extended to 31 March 2021 the duration of certain business improvement district arrangements (BIDs) as provided for by the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.