The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Passengers Travelling to Scotland) Regulations 2020.

Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (“the International Travel Regulations”)

Regulation 3 adds Antigua, the Balearic Islands, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Madeira, Malta, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Antarctic Territory, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn and the Turks and Caicos Islands to the list of exempt countries, territories, and parts of countries or territories, including United Kingdom overseas territories, in Parts 1 and 2 respectively of schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations. Persons arriving in Scotland from those countries or territories will be exempt from the movement restriction in regulation 6 of the International Travel Regulations. This is subject to the saving provision in regulation 7(1) in respect of persons arriving in Scotland immediately before the coming into force of this provision.

Regulation 4 adds the Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Haiti, Mongolia, Tunisia and Uganda to the list of acute risk countries, territories and part 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. This is subject to the saving provision in regulation 7(1) in respect of persons arriving in Scotland immediately before the coming into force of this provision.

Regulation 5 amends the list of specified competitions in schedule 3A of the International Travel Regulations to include European club football fixtures and various golf competitions.

Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Passengers Travelling to Scotland) Regulations 2020 (“the Public Health Information Regulations”)

Regulation 6 amends schedule 2, Part 2 of the Public Health Information Regulations to update the information that operators are required to provide to passengers who arrive in Scotland. This is subject to the saving provision in regulation 9(2) in relation to any international passenger service which departs before the coming to force of this provision.

An impact assessment is being produced for this instrument and will be published as soon as possible on www.legislation.gov.uk.