The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 Designation of Competent Persons Regulations 2009
The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (“the Act”) provides that each health board (section3) and each local authority (section5) must designate a sufficient number of persons to be known as health board and local authority competent persons for the purpose of exercising specified public health functions under the Act. In each case the Scottish Ministers have the power to prescribe the qualifications and training of such persons in regulations.