The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2021

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 21

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2021

Approved by the Scottish Parliament

Made

15th January 2021

Coming into force

at 4.00 a.m. on 18th January 2021

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

18th January 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 94(1)(b)(i) and 122(2)(b) of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008(1), and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 122(6) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers consider that these Regulations need to be made urgently, without a draft having been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021.

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020(2) are amended as follows.

(2) Omit each of the entries in Parts 1 and 2 of schedule A1 (countries, territories and parts of countries or territories).

(3) In schedule 2 (persons not required to comply with regulation 3 or regulation 6), omit paragraphs 39, 40 and 42.

Saving

3.  The amendments made by these Regulations do not apply in relation to any person who arrived in Scotland during the period beginning at 12.01 a.m. on 8 June 2020 and ending immediately prior to the coming into force of these Regulations, and the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 continue to apply to such persons as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.

MICHAEL MATHESON

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

15th January 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (“the International Travel Regulations”). They remove all of the countries and territories from schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations. The effect is that as of 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021, all passengers arriving in Scotland from anywhere outside the common travel area will be subject to the movement restriction in regulation 6 of the International Travel Regulations, and must stay in specified premises for 10 days.

The Regulations also remove, with effect from 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021, three of the exemptions in schedule 2 of the International Travel Regulations, relating to film or TV production and the performing arts.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.

(1)

2008 asp 5.

(2)

S.S.I. 2020/169, as amended by S.S.I. 2020/171, S.S.I. 2020/184, S.S.I. 2020/209, S.S.I. 2020/221, S.S.I. 2020/224, S.S.I. 2020/229, S.S.I. 2020/233, S.S.I. 2020/235, S.S.I. 2020/242, S.S.I. 2020/252, S.S.I. 2020/263, S.S.I. 2020/271, S.S.I. 2020/274, S.S.I. 2020/280, S.S.I. 2020/288, S.S.I. 2020/301, S.S.I. 2020/307, S.S.I. 2020/326, S.S.I. 2020/330, S.S.I. 2020/343, S.S.I. 2020/354, S.S.I. 2020/358, S.S.I. 2020/378, S.S.I. 2020/404, S.S.I. 2020/431, S.S.I. 2020/444, S.S.I 2020/474, S.S.I. 2021/5, S.S.I. 2021/6, S.S.I. 2021/7, S.S.I. 2021/19, S.S.I. 2021/20 and S.I. 2020/942.