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The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Notifiable Diseases and Notifiable Organisms) Amendment Regulations 2020

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2020-02-20

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department Queen's Printer for Scotland

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Made: 20th February 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 21st February 2020

Coming into force: 22nd February 2020

In accordance with section 122(3) of that Act the Scottish Ministers have consulted such persons as they consider appropriate.

Citation and commencement

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(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

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(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)”.

Signed

JEANE FREEMAN — A member of the Scottish Government — 20th February 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend Part 1 and 2 of schedule 1 of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 to add coronavirus disease 2019 to the list of notifiable diseases and to add severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 to the list of notifiable organisms.

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