The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2020
| Year | 2020 |
2020 No. 190
Public Health
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2020
Made 26th June 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 26th June 2020
Coming into force 29th June 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 1(1) of schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act 20201(“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 commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 29 June 2020.
Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2020
2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 20202are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4 (further restrictions and closures)—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (2)—
(i) for “carrying on a business not listed in Part 3 of schedule 1 and which offers goods for sale or hire in a shop or provides” substitute “providing”,
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), omit “carry on that business or”,
(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), omit “carry out its business or”,
(iv) in sub-paragraph (c), omit “carry on its business or”,
(b)
(b) in paragraph (3)—
(i) omit sub-paragraph (a),
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “any business which takes” substitute “taking”,
(iii) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“(c)
“(c) a library at, or associated with, a college or university which provides library services to members of staff of the college or university or individuals undertaking postgraduate study, where it is not reasonably possible for those services to be accessed by those persons from the place they are living.”.
(3) For regulation 6 (restrictions on gatherings) substitute—
“Restrictions on gatherings
6. (1) No person may participate in a gathering in a public place except—
(a)
(a) where all the persons in the gathering are members of no more than three households,
(b)
(b) where the gathering is essential for work purposes,
(c)
(c) to attend a funeral,
(d)
(d) where reasonably necessary—
to facilitate a house move,
to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person,
to provide emergency assistance,
to participate in legal proceedings or to fulfil a legal obligation, or
(e)
(e) in relation to a marriage ceremony or civil partnership registration, where all the persons in the gathering (other than the approved celebrant or authorised registrar and any interpreter) are members of no more than three households.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
“approved celebrant”—
(a) in relation to a civil partnership, has the meaning given by section 94A(4)(a) of the Civil Partnership Act 20043,
(b) in relation to a marriage, has the meaning given by section 8(2)(a) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 19774,
“authorised registrar”—
(a) in relation to a civil partnership, has the meaning given by section 87 of the Civil Partnership Act 20045,
(b) in relation to a marriage, has the meaning given by section 8(2)(b) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977,
“gathering” means a...
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