The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2021

Year2021

2021 No. 21

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2021

Made 15th January 2021

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 18th January 2021

Coming into force 18th 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 20081, 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.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021.

S-2 Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

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

2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 20202are amended as follows.

(2) Omit each of the entries in Parts 1 and 2 of schedule A1 (countries, territories and parts of countries or territories).

(3) In schedule 2 (persons not required to comply with regulation 3 or regulation 6), omit paragraphs 39, 40 and 42.

S-3 Saving

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

15th January 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”). They remove all of the countries and territories from schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations. The effect is that as of 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021, all...

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