2020 No. 400
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2020
Approved by the Scottish Parliament
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 1(1) of schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act 20201 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of coronavirus in Scotland.
The Scottish Ministers consider that the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.
In accordance with paragraph 6(2) and (3) of schedule 19 of the Act, the Scottish Ministers are of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make these Regulations without a draft having been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 27 November 2020.
Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Regulations 20202
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Regulations 20202 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.
Interpretation: end of term household3
In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
a
in paragraph (1) after the definition of “emergency responder”, insert—
“end of term household” means a household consisting of—
- a
one or more students of a further education institution or a higher education institution within the meaning of—
- i
paragraph 6 of schedule 16 of the Coronavirus Act 2020,
- ii
heads (c) to (f) in the definition of “educational institution” in paragraph 1(11) of schedule 16 of that Act, or
- iii
heads (b) to (e) in the definition of “educational institution” in paragraph 1(12) of schedule 16 of that Act,
- iv
the definition of “relevant institution” in paragraph 15(11) of schedule 16 of that Act, and
- b
one other household with which the student has, or as the case may be students have, chosen to live with in a place which is to be the student’s or students’ sole or main residence during the period between the first and second academic terms,
b
in paragraph (2) after “extended household” insert “or end of term household”.
Restrictions on movement: reasonable excuse
4
In schedule 4 (level 3 restrictions), after paragraph 15(2)(aa), insert—
ab
facilitate the formation of an end of term household, where either or both of the student or the other household which will make up the end of term household live outwith the same area or, as the case may be, in a Level 3 area.
5
In schedule 5 (level 4 restrictions), after paragraph 16(2)(y) insert—
z
facilitate the formation of an end of term household, where either or both of the student or the other household which will make up the end of term household live outwith the same area or, as the case may be, in a Level 4 area.
6
In schedule 7A (restrictions on leaving or entering Scotland: common travel area), after paragraph 3(2)(aa) insert—
ab
facilitate the formation of an end of term household, where either or both of the student or the other household which will make up the end of term household live outwith the same area or, as the case may be, in Scotland.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)