Coronavirus Act 2020

Duty to have regard to public health advice S

7 (1) A relevant authority must have regard to any advice relating to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus from the Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Administration or such other person as may be designated for the purposes of this paragraph by the Scottish Ministers. S

(2) Before giving a direction under paragraph 8, 10 or 11, the Scottish Ministers—

(a) must have regard to any such advice, and

(b) must be satisfied that giving the direction is a necessary and proportionate action in response to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus.

(3) In this paragraph—

• “relevant authority” means—

  (a)

  a relevant operator of an educational establishment;

  (b)

  a relevant manager of school boarding accommodation (within the meaning given by paragraph 10(5);

  (c)

  a relevant manager of student accommodation (within the meaning given by paragraph 11(5);

• “relevant operator”, in relation to an educational establishment, is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 8(6) to (8).