Legislation – The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Extension of Temporary Justice Measures) Regulations 2024

These Regulations modify the expiry dates for certain temporary justice measures which are contained in the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”).

Regulation 2 modifies the expiry date in section 52(1) of the 2022 Act so that it reads “30 November 2025” rather than “30 November 2024”. The effect of this regulation is that all of the temporary justice measures which remain in force after 29 November 2023 will not expire at the end of 30 November 2024 but instead will be extended for 12 months, expiring at the end of 30 November 2025.

A Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment for these Regulations is available online at www.legislation.gov.uk.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment was published for the Bill which led to the 2022 Act and is available on the Scottish Government’s website: Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill: business and regulatory impact assessment – gov.scot (www.gov.scot).