{"id":606,"date":"2021-09-24T16:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/funeral-industry\/?p=606"},"modified":"2021-09-24T16:06:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:06:43","slug":"covid-19-certification-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/funeral-industry\/2021\/09\/24\/covid-19-certification-update\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Certification Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mandatory vaccine certification will be introduced in regulations under the Coronavirus Act 2020 and supported by guidance. The scheme will come into force on Friday 1 October (from 5 am) onwards, until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme will apply in the following higher risk settings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>late night venues with music, alcohol and dancing<\/li>\n<li>live events: indoors unseated 500+ in the audience<\/li>\n<li>live events: outdoors unseated 4,000+ in the audience<\/li>\n<li>all live events: 10,000+ in the audience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exemptions to the certification scheme and more information can be found on the Scottish Government website <a title=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-certification-update-23-september-2021\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-certification-update-23-september-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandatory vaccine certification will be introduced in regulations under the Coronavirus Act 2020 and supported by guidance. 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