Coronavirus Acts: second report to Scottish Parliament (August 2020)

2. Background

2.1. The UK Act received Royal Assent on 25 March 2020. The Scottish Parliament gave its consent to the provisions of the UK Act as far as they relate to devolved matters on 24 March 2020.

2.2. Section 97 of the UK Act sets out the requirements for the UK Government to report on the status of non-devolved provisions within the UK Act every two months.

2.3. The UK Act does not set out an equivalent statutory requirement for reporting by the Scottish Government or other Devolved Administrations. However, as per the approach in the first report to the Scottish Parliament, in this second report we have included information on the provisions of the UK Act for which the Scottish Parliament gave legislative consent, in a manner which is consistent with the reporting arrangements for Part 1 of both of the Scottish Acts.

2.4. In the first report to the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Ministers were satisfied that the status of the provisions under Part 1 of the first Scottish Act, and the provisions of the UK Act for which the Scottish Parliament gave legislative consent, was appropriate at that time.