The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 14) Regulations 2020

2020 No. 280

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 14) Regulations 2020

Made 11th September 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 11th September 2020

Coming into force 12th September 2020

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. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 14) Regulations 2020 and come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 12 September 2020.

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) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the definition of “exempt country or territory”, after “a country or territory” insert “, or part of a country or territory,”,

(ii) in the definition of “non-exempt country or territory”, after “other country or territory” insert “, or part of a country or territory,”,

(b)

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) for “if, at all times whilst in that country or territory” substitute “, or part of a country or territory, if, at all times whilst in that country, territory or part thereof”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “country or territory” substitute “country, territory or part thereof”.

(3) In regulation 9(6), for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c)

“(c) to seek medical assistance, including to access any of the following services—

dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody services, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services, including services relating to mental health,

veterinary surgeons and pet shops,”.

(4) In Part 1 of schedule A1 (exempt countries and territories)—

(a)

(a) for the heading, substitute “Countries, territories, or parts of countries or territories”,

(b)

(b) omit—

(i) “Hungary”,

(ii) “Réunion”,

(c)

(c) after “South Korea”, add “Sweden”.

(5) In schedule 1 (passenger information)—

(a)

(a) after paragraph 2(h) insert—

“(hza)

“(hza) the part of that country or territory they are travelling from, if that part—

is specified in schedule A1, or

is, where...

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