The Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2018

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2018-02-08
State In force
Jurisdiction Scotland
Department Queen's Printer for Scotland
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Made: 8th February 2018

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 12th February 2018

Coming into force: 1st April 2018

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36(2) of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st April 2018.

Appointed day

2

1st April 2018 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 specified in column 1 of the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the schedule) in so far as not already in force.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 Provisions of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 Column 2 Subject matter
Section 21 Incident which activates duty of candour procedure
Section 22 Duty of candour procedure
Section 23 Apologies
Section 24 Reporting and monitoring
Section 25 Interpretation of Part 2

Signed

SHONA ROBISON — A member of the Scottish Government — 8th February 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations bring into force on 1st April 2018 Part 2 (duty of candour) of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (“the Act”) so far as it is not already in force.

The provisions in Part 2 of the Act relate to the duty of candour procedure.

Sections 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Act came into force on 7th April 2016, which was the day after Royal Assent.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2016 asp 14.

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