Scottish Statutory Instruments
Public Health
Approved by the Scottish Parliament
Made
10th January 2021
Coming into force
at 4.00 a.m. on 11th January 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
11th January 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 94(1)(b)(i) and 122(2)(b) 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.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 11 January 2021.
2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In schedule A1, in Part 1 (countries, territories, or parts of countries or territories), for “the United Arab Emirates”(3) substitute “the United Arab Emirates, except for the Emirate of Dubai”.
3. 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
10th January 2021
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (“the International Travel Regulations”) to remove the Dubai from the list of exempt countries and territories in Part 1 of schedule A1. As of 4.00 a.m. on Monday 11 January 2021, travellers arriving in Scotland having departed from or transited through the Emirate of Dubai will be subject to the movement restriction in regulation 6 of the International Travel Regulations.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.
S.S.I. 2020/169, as amended by S.S.I. 2020/171, S.S.I. 2020/184, S.S.I. 2020/209, S.S.I. 2020/221, S.S.I. 2020/224, S.S.I. 2020/229, S.S.I. 2020/233, S.S.I. 2020/235, S.S.I. 2020/242, S.S.I. 2020/252, S.S.I. 2020/263, S.S.I. 2020/271, S.S.I. 2020/274, S.S.I. 2020/280, S.S.I. 2020/288, S.S.I. 2020/301, S.S.I. 2020/307, S.S.I. 2020/326, S.S.I. 2020/330, S.S.I. 2020/343, S.S.I. 2020/354, S.S.I. 2020/358, S.S.I. 2020/378, S.S.I. 2020/404, S.S.I. 2020/431, S.S.I. 2020/444, S.S.I 2020/474, S.S.I. 2021/5 and S.I. 2020/942.
Inserted by S.S.I. 2020/378.