2021 No. 319

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 19) Regulations 2021
Approved by the Scottish Parliament
Made
14th September 2021
Coming into force
at 4.00 a.m. on 15th September 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
at 9.30 a.m. on 15th September 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 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. 19) Regulations 2021 and come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 15 September 2021.

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020
2
1
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 7A(3)(c)(i) (persons not required to comply with regulation 6A or 6B), omit “having departed from, or transited through, an acute risk country or territory”.
3
In paragraph 32 of schedule 3A (list of sporting events)—
a
after “which has” insert “, or any of whose players have,”,
b
for “Turkey” substitute “an acute risk country or territory”.

Saving provision
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The amendments made by these Regulations do not apply in relation to any person who arrived in Scotland during the period beginning at 12.01 a.m. 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 the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
14th September 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 to provide an exemption from the requirement to take out and adhere to a managed self-isolation package under regulations 6A and 6B of those Regulations in respect of participation in European professional football club fixtures in Scotland where players in the professional club arriving to play the fixture have departed from or transited through an acute risk country or territory within the preceding 10 days.
2008 asp 5.
S.S.I. 2020/169, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/274, 2021/74, 2021/158 and 2021/275.