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Originally Posted by jfman

You’ve misinterpreted the post Chris made.

All Coronavirus restrictions require legislation - the Coronavirus Act 2020 and Coronavirus (Scotland) Act and associated secondary legislation are the legislative vehicles for the restrictions that are in law.

However the UK Parliament can, at any time, legislate on a matter considered devolved with or without the consent of the Scottish Parliament. By convention this is not normally done without consent and a process exists whereby the Scottish Parliament can give consent for the UK Parliament to do so - usually on matters uncontroversial to save time and reduce complexity.

Separately, the Civil Contingencies Act (as opposed to public health regulations) could have been used which can give greater power to the UK Government and it’s Ministers during the pandemic.

I'd bet a fiver that the Guvmin considered using the Civil Contingencies Act but concluded that sticking with England only would avoid a whole shower of shit from certainly the whinging SNP if they disagreed with anything.