local authorities. the certification scheme will apply as previously indicated, to late night venues open after midnight with alcohol, music and dancing, to live indoor unseated events of more than 500 people, to live outdoor unseeded events of more than 4000 people and to any event of more than 10,000 people. this means that when the scheme starts anyone over the age of 18 who wants to go to a large event or to a late night venue will be required to provide evidence they are fully evacuated dip vaccinated, and the nhs status app dip vaccinated, and the nhs status app will go live on thursday and it will provide a digital record of a usehs will provide a digital record of a user s status including a qr code for each vaccination a person has received. it is already possible for any of us to request a paper copy of our vaccination record or to download a pdf from the nhs inform website. .., ., ,, ., ., ,,
still go live on thursday but there is going to be a delay or grace period in the enforcement of this. there had been a lot of disquiet within the nightclub community in particular because they had been the last businesses to open after the covid restrictions were relaxed, so they said they were being treated quite badly again. they had made a lot of changes and invested a lot of money but now they were having to deal with vaccine passports. so this delay could help them, we have not heard reaction from them yet. it will still be in place but not going to be enforced until the 18th of october. we have had some political 0ctober. we have had some political reaction in the chamber this afternoon. the leader of the scottish tories douglas ross described it as a botched plan and he said this makes it more confusing and suggests that they should do