Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce legislation requiring the mandatory registration of all publicly accessible AEDs in Scotland on The Circuit national defibrillator network database, and to establish a legal duty on AED owners or guardians to undertake regular inspection, maintenance and readiness checks so that devices remain rescue-ready and available for use during sudden cardiac arrest emergencies.
Petitioner: Stephen David Jelfs
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 29 July 2026
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SPICe Briefing (159KB, pdf) posted 09 September 2026
5 November 2026: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government to seek further evidence, and to relevant stakeholders to seek their views on the actions called for in the petition.
Meeting of the Public Petitions Committee, 5 November 2026
PE2235/A: Scottish Government written submission, 12 August 2026 (93KB, pdf) posted 20 August 2026
PE2235/B: Petitioner written submission, 3 September 2026 (112KB, pdf) posted 15 September 2026
PE2235/C: Petitioner written submission, 10 September 2026 (115KB, pdf) posted 15 September 2026