The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel and Operator Liability) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Requirement to stay in managed accommodation

21.—(1) P must, on arrival in Scotland or, as the case may be, immediately after obtaining a managed isolation package, travel directly to the accommodation designated in the package using the means of transport designated in the package (where relevant) and, except to the extent that a defence would be available under regulation 31(3), and subject to paragraph (2), P must not leave the place they are staying within that accommodation until whichever is the later of—

(a) the end of the 10th day after the day on which P arrived in Scotland, or

(b) the end of the relevant period specified in regulation 15(2) or, as the case may be, 16(1)(b), (3), (5) or (6).

(2) Where regulation 16(3) results in a shorter period than that specified in paragraph (1)(a), that shorter period applies.

(3) The place referred to in paragraph (1) means—

(a) the room in the designated accommodation where P is staying, including any balcony,

(b) if connected to the room where P is staying, the room of any person with whom P travelled to Scotland.

(4) The place referred to in paragraph (3) does not include the communal areas within the accommodation except to the extent that P requires to move through any such area in order to access any part of the place where P is staying.

(5) Where P is a child, any person who has responsibility for P during the period P is required to comply with paragraph (1) must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that P complies with the requirement in that paragraph.

(6) A person (“B”), may stay in the place where P is staying pursuant to this Part in order to provide assistance P reasonably requires by reason of—

(a) P being a child, or

(b) any disability of P’s,

and paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to B as it applies to P for the same period that it applies to P.