2020 No. 211
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 8) Regulations 2020
Approved by the Scottish Parliament
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
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 M1 (“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.
Citation and commencementI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 8) Regulations 2020.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 15 July 2020.
3
Regulation 2(5)(d) and (f) to (h) comes into force on 22 July 2020.
Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2020I2I32
I21
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 M2 are amended as follows.
I22
In regulation 3 (requirement to close premises and businesses)—
a
omit paragraphs (1) to (3),
b
in paragraph (5), for “5, 6, 8, 9 or 10” substitute “
6, 8 or 9
”
,
c
in paragraph (6)—
i
omit “1 or”,
ii
for “(1)” substitute “
(4)
”
.
I23
In regulation 4 (further restrictions and closures)—
a
in paragraph (1)—
i
for “paragraphs (2), (4), (6), (8) and (9)” substitute “
paragraph (8)
”
,
ii
after “who is responsible for” insert “
a place of worship,
”
,
b
omit paragraphs (2) to (7) and (9) to (10),
c
in paragraph (11), for the definition of “premises” substitute—
“premises” includes any building or structure and any land,
I24
In regulation 6 (restrictions on gatherings)—
a
in paragraph (1)—
i
for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—
c
to attend a funeral, marriage ceremony or civil partnership registration,
ii
in sub-paragraph (d)—
aa
in head (ii), for “education” substitute “
childcare, education
”
,
bb
omit head (ix)(aa),
iii
for sub-paragraph (e) substitute—
e
to attend a place of worship.
b
for paragraph (2) substitute—
2
In paragraph (1), “gathering” means a situation where two or more people are present together in the same place in order to engage in any form of social interaction with each other.
5
In schedule 1 (businesses subject to restriction or closure)—
I2a
omit Part 1 (restaurants, cafes, bars and public houses),
I2b
omit paragraph 5 (cinemas),
I2c
omit paragraph 10 (museums and galleries),
d
omit paragraph 13 (spas),
e
for paragraph 14 (nail, beauty, hair salons and barbers) substitute—
14
Nail and beauty salons (except beauty salons where the only service provided is the use of sunbeds, and for the purposes of this paragraph “sunbeds” has the meaning given by section 108 of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 M3).
f
omit paragraph 14,
g
omit paragraph 15 (massage parlours),
h
omit paragraph 16 (tattoo and piercing parlours),
i
omit paragraph 23 (auction houses).
2020 c.7.