The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 10) Regulations 2021 No. 204


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Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers and laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 122(6) and (7) of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament within 28 days beginning with the day on which the Regulations were made, not taking into account any period of dissolution or recess for more than 4 days.

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 204

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 10) Regulations 2021

Made

10th May 2021

Coming into force

at 4.00 a.m. on 12th May 2021

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

13th May 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.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 10) Regulations 2021 and come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 12 May 2021.

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

2.  In schedule A2 (acute risk countries, territories or parts thereof) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020( 2)—

(a) after “Malawi” insert “Maldives”,

(b) after “Namibia” insert “Nepal”,

(c) after “Tanzania” insert “Turkey”.

Saving

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 May 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”).

Regulation 2 amends the list of acute risk countries and territories specified in schedule A2 of the International Travel Regulations. Maldives, Nepal and Turkey are added to the list of acute risk countries, territories or parts thereof. The effect is that in addition to existing restrictions, as of 4.00 a.m. on 12 May 2021, a person who arrives in Scotland via the common travel area who has in the previous 10 days departed from, or transited through, Maldives, Nepal or Turkey may only enter Scotland at a designated airport, and they must be in possession of a managed self-isolation package.

Regulation 3 makes saving provision such that a person who arrives in Scotland on or after 12:01 am on 8 June 2020, but before the coming into effect of an amendment made by these Regulations, must comply with the International Travel Regulations as they were at the time at which the person arrived in Scotland.

( 1)

2008 asp 5.

( 2)

S.S.I. 2020/169, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2021/5and S.S.I. 2021/34.


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