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The Personal Protective Equipment (Temporary Arrangements) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Protective Equipment (Temporary Arrangements) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1 February 2021.

(2) These Regulations apply in Scotland.

(3) In these Regulations—

“the 2018 Regulations” means the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018(1),

“Covid PPE” means PPE that—

(a)

is necessary for protection against the coronavirus disease, and

(b)

requires conformity assessment by an approved body in accordance with Article 19 of the PPE Regulation,

“CE marking” has the meaning given to it in Article 3(18) of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC(2) (as it has effect in EU law),

“EHSR” means the essential health and safety requirements applicable to the Covid PPE as set out in Annex 2 to the PPE Regulation,

“the HSE” means the Health and Safety Executive(3),

“notified body” means a conformity assessment body that is not an approved body, that has been assigned an identification number under Article 29 of Regulation 2016/425 (as it has effect in EU law),

“the PPE Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC(4).

(4) Expressions in these Regulations which are not defined in paragraph (3) and which appear in the PPE Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the PPE Regulation.

(1)

S.I. 2018/390, as relevantly amended, with effect from IP completion day, by S.I. 2019/696.

(2)

OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p.51.

(3)

The HSE was established by section 10 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c.37).

(4)

EUR 2016/425, as amended with effect from IP completion day by S.I. 2019/696. S.I. 2019/696 was amended by S.I. 2019/1246 and S.I. 2020/852.

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