The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 12) Regulations 2021

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 230

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 12) Regulations 2021

Approved by the Scottish Parliament

Made

at 1.50 p.m. on 4th June 2021

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

at 4.30 p.m. on 4th June 2021

Coming into force

at 4.00 a.m. on 8th June 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 94(1)(b)(i) and 122(2) 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.  These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 12) Regulations 2021 and come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 8 June 2021.

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

2.  The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020(2) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

3.  In regulation 3 (requirement to provide information), in paragraph (4)(b) for “7(a)” substitute “7(1)(a)”.

4.  In regulation 6 (requirement for travellers to stay in specified premises), in paragraph (3)(a)(iv) for “regulation 7(c)” substitute “regulation 7(1)(c)”.

5.  In Part 1 of schedule A1 (countries, territories, or parts of countries or territories), omit “Portugal”.

6.  In schedule A2 (acute risk countries, territories or parts thereof)—

(a) at the start, insert “Afghanistan”,

(b) after “Argentina” insert “Bahrain”,

(c) after “Colombia” insert “Costa Rica”,

(d) after “Ecuador” insert “Egypt”,

(e) after “South Africa” insert—

“Sri Lanka

Sudan”, and

(f) after “Tanzania” insert “Trinidad and Tobago”.

7.  In schedule 2 (persons not required to comply with regulation 3, regulation 5A or regulations 5D to 6B) in paragraph 1(2) for “regulation 7(c)” substitute “regulation 7(1)(c)”.

Saving

8.  The amendments made by regulations 5 and 6 do not apply in relation to any person who arrived in Scotland during the period beginning at 12:01 am 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 those amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.

MICHAEL MATHESON

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

At 1.50 p.m. on 4th June 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”).

Regulations 3, 4 and 7 correct cross-references within the International Travel Regulations.

Regulation 5 removes Portugal from the list of exempt countries, territories and parts of countries or territories in Part 1 of schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations. This means that persons arriving in Scotland at 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 10 days preceding their arrival, they have departed from or transited through Portugal.

Regulation 6 adds Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Trinidad and Tobago to the list of acute risk countries, territories and parts of countries or territories in schedule A2 of the International Travel Regulations. This means that persons arriving in Scotland at or after the time these Regulations come into force may only enter Scotland at a designated airport and must be in possession of a managed self-isolation package if, during the 10 days preceding their arrival, they have departed from or transited through any of these countries or territories. Exemptions from isolation are constrained for persons who have, in this period, departed from or transited through an acute risk country or territory.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.

(1)

2008 asp 5.

(2)

S.S.I. 2020/169, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/184, S.S.I. 2020/209, S.S.I. 2020/280, S.S.I. 2021/5, S.S.I. 2021/19, S.S.I. 2021/34, and S.S.I. 2021/208.