(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 Austria, Croatia, Switzerland and Trinidad and Tobago from the list of exempt countries and territories in schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations and add Portugal to that list. This means that persons arriving in Scotland on or after the time these Regulations come into force are no longer exempt from the movement restriction in regulation 6 of the International Travel Regulations if, during the 14 days preceding their arrival, they have departed from or transited through Austria, Croatia, Switzerland or Trinidad and Tobago.
Any person who arrives in Scotland on or after 4.00 a.m. on 22 August 2020 having departed from, or transited through, Portugal will be exempt from the movement restriction in regulation 6 of the International Travel Regulations.
They also make changes to the sectoral exemptions relevant to oil and gas workers and to crown servants or government contractors and foreign government officials. These changes are intended to specify the self-isolation period more clearly.
Finally, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Golf Tournament and the Northern Ireland Golf Open Tournament have been added to the list of specified competitions.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.