(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations (which come into force on 6 December 2021) amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (“the principal Regulations”).
Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 7A of the principal Regulations to provide that a person is permitted to be on certain premises for the purposes of regulation 7A(1) if they have a negative lateral flow test or polymerase chain reaction test (“the tests”) result, under specified circumstances.
Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 7B of the principal Regulations to provide that certain information relating to the tests supplied to a person in the course of operating the system required by regulation 7A must be treated as confidential.
Regulation 2(4) amends regulation 7C of the principal Regulations to provide that a compliance plan required under that regulation can be inspected and copied by a relevant person designated by a local authority.
Regulation 2(5) provides for a new specified exempt event in regulation 7E of the principal Regulations in relation to protests and demonstrations.
Regulation 2(6) defines the tests for the purposes of regulations 7A and 7B.