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    Technical Notes 2026, Issue 5 - Call for views on The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Non-surgical Procedures) Order 2026

    • Report by:

      Evonne Bauer, Executive Officer – Community Services

    • TN Number:

      005-26

    • Subject:

      Call for views on The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Non-surgical Procedures) Order 2026

    • Responsible Officer:

      Kenny MacDonald, Team Leader, Environmental Health

    • Publication:

      This Technical Note will be published on the Council’s website following circulation to Members. Its contents may be disclosed or shared outwith the Council.

    • The purpose of this Technical note is to update Elected Member’s in relation to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee seeking views on The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Non-surgical Procedures) Order 2026, which was laid by the Scottish Government on 10 December 2025
    • The Scottish Parliament wrote to selected stakeholders on 15 December 2025 calling for views to assist scheduling of formal consideration of these instruments in its forthcoming work programme
    • The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Non-surgical Procedures) Order 2026 will establish a new licensing scheme for some aesthetic and beauty practitioners which fall to local authorities and likely Environmental Health Officers and Legal Services to implement
    • The Order is related to primary legislation, namely the Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill, which establishes a number of new offences and is currently being scrutinised by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
    • This Order and related primary legislation aims to regulate non-surgical procedures, ensuring they take place in appropriate settings where standards of hygiene and safety can be met
    • The Scottish Government has grouped procedures into those which require to be licenced by Healthcare Improvement Scotland under the Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill, and those which will be subject to the licensing regime run by local authorities by this Order
    • The procedures that will be subject by this Order and licenced by local authorities include: Chemical peels, Cryolipolysis (Fat Freezing), Cryotherapy, Electrolysis, High intensity focused ultrasound, Microneedling, Laser and Light Treatment and Radio Frequency treatments
    • The deadline for the response was the 9 January 2026 and given the short response time a technical response was sent on this date to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. A copy of the response is available from Evonne Bauer, Executive Officer Community Services.