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Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers and laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 6(3) of schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament within 28 days beginning with the day on which the Regulations were made, not taking into account any period of dissolution or recess for more than 4 days.
Scottish Statutory Instruments
Public Health
Made
24th March 2021
Coming into force
25th March 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
13th May 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 1(1) of schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act 2020( 1) (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of coronavirus in Scotland.
The Scottish Ministers consider that the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.
In accordance with paragraph 6(2) and (3) of schedule 19 of the Act, the Scottish Ministers are of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make these Regulations without a draft having been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 18) Amendment Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 25 March 2021.
2. In regulation 1 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 18) Regulations 2021( 2)—
(a) in paragraph (2), for “regulation 8” substitute “the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (3) and (4)”,
(b) after paragraph (3) insert—
“(4) Regulation 7(2), (3), (4)(a)(i), (5)(a)(i) and (6)(a)(i) comes into force on 25 March 2021. ”.
MICHAEL RUSSELL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
24th March 2021
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 18) Regulations 2021 (“the principal regulations”), with the effect that the amendments made by the principal regulations in relation to places of worship are to come into force on 25 March 2021.