Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Notifiable Diseases and Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 22 February 2020.

Amendment of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

2.—(1) The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In schedule 1 (lists of notifiable diseases and notifiable organisms)—

(a) in Part 1 (notifiable diseases) after “Clinical syndrome due to E.coli 0157 infection” insert “Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)”, and

(b) in Part 2 (notifiable organisms) after “SARS-associated coronavirus” insert “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)”.

JEANE FREEMAN

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

20th February 2020