Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

Closes 26 Nov 2025

Opened 31 Oct 2025

Contact

Joanne McNaughton

(Clerk for the Committee)

Finance and Public Administration Committee

0131 348 5000

fpa.committee@parliament.scot

Overview

About the Bill

Part 1 of the Bill as introduced will make it illegal to provide certain types of procedures to people under the age of 18.

It will only be legal to provide these services from properties that meet certain requirements.

The procedures covered by the Bill are ones that:

  • pierce or penetrate the skin,
     
  • are not provided as part of the health service,
     
  • are not provided by a health care provider for the purposes of treating illness, and
     
  • are not regulated under a type of licensing scheme set out in the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.

These types of procedure might be done for cosmetic or for wellbeing purposes. They could include a dermal filler injection or a stronger chemical peel.

A full list of the procedures covered is contained in schedule 1 of the Bill. The Bill includes a power for this list to be changed in the future.

The Bill also allows the Scottish Government to introduce more restrictions and requirements for these types of procedure in the future. This could include: 

  • saying who can provide them,
     
  • what sort of training or qualifications are needed to provide them,
     
  • how the rules around them are enforced.

Part 2 of the Bill changes the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011. If passed, it will:

  • change when someone can request a review of a medical certificate of cause of death, and when a request for a review can be rejected.
     
  • remove the need for authorisation of applications for cremation when someone dies outside of Scotland, but in another part of the UK, and is going to be cremated in Scotland.

Current Status of the Bill 

The Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on 8 October 2025.

Read and find out more about the Bill

Stage 1 

The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee has been designated as the lead Committee for the Bill. A separate call for views on the Bill’s policy provisions has been issued by the lead Committee and published on this consultation platform.

Read and respond to the separate call for views

Financial Memorandum 

As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM). 

Read the FM published alongside this Bill

Making a Submission

Before making a submission, please read our Privacy Notice about submitting your views to a Committee. This tells you about how we process personal data. 

Please note that in most cases your submission will be published on the Scottish Parliament's website and may be quoted in the Committee's report or in Committee meetings (which are public and broadcast). 

Questions in this call for views

  1. Did you take part in any consultation exercise preceding the Bill and, if so, did you comment on the financial assumptions made?  
  2. If applicable, do you believe your comments on the financial assumptions have been accurately reflected in the FM?  
  3. Did you have sufficient time to contribute to the consultation exercise?
  4. If the Bill has any financial implications for you or your organisation, do you believe that they have been accurately reflected in the FM? If not, please provide details. 
  5. Do you consider that the estimated costs and savings set out in the FM are reasonable and accurate?  
  6. If applicable, are you content that your organisation can meet any financial costs that it might incur as a result of the Bill? If not, how do you think these costs should be met?  
  7. Does the FM accurately reflect the margins of uncertainty associated with the Bill’s estimated costs and with the timescales over which they would be expected to arise? 

The deadline to submit your views is 26 November 2025.
 
We welcome written views in English, Gaelic, Scots or any other language. Due to the time required to process and analyse evidence, late submissions will only be accepted with the agreement of the Committee Clerk. 

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Interests

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