The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

[F1[F2Testing following arrival in Scotland: offences and penaltiesS

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5J.—(1) It is an offence to contravene a requirement, without a reasonable excuse, in—

(a)regulation 5D,

(b)regulation 5E(1) and (2),

(c)regulation 5F(1) [F3or (3)].

(2) Reasonable excuses for contravening regulation 5D include, in particular, where—

(a)it was not reasonably practicable for a person to book a test due to a disability,

(b)a person reasonably considered before arriving in Scotland that it would not be reasonably practicable for the person (or, as the case may be, the child for whom the person has responsibility) to provide a sample for a test in accordance with regulation 5F due to a disability,

(c)a person required medical treatment with such urgency that booking a test was not reasonably practicable,

(d)a person was accompanying, in order to provide support, whether medical or otherwise, a person described in paragraph (a) or (c) where it was not reasonably practicable for the accompanying person to book a test,

(e)a person began their journey to Scotland in a country or territory in which the person did not have reasonable access to the facilities or services required to book a test, with or without payment, and such facilities or services were not reasonably accessible in their last point of departure if this was different to where they began their journey.

(3) Reasonable excuses for contravening regulation 5F(1) or (3) include, in particular, where—

(a)it is not reasonably practicable for P to undertake a test due to a disability,

(b)P requires medical treatment with such urgency that undertaking a test is not reasonably practicable,

(c)a test is cancelled for reasons beyond P’s control,

(d)P has left Scotland in accordance with [F4regulation 9(6)(a)], or left the common travel area in accordance with regulation 9(7)(a).

(4) A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.]]

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