The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 15) Regulations 2020
2020 No. 288
Public Health
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 15) Regulations 2020
Made 18th September 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 21th September 2020
Coming into force 19th 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.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 15) Regulations 2020 and come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 19 September 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 Part 1 of schedule A1 (Countries, territories, or parts of countries or territories)—
(a)
(a) omit—
(i) “Guadeloupe”,
(ii) “Slovenia”,
(b)
(b) after “Seychelles” insert “Singapore”, and
(c)
(c) after “Taiwan” insert “Thailand”.
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.
HUMZA YOUSAF
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
18th September 2020
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 Guadeloupe and Slovenia from the list of exempt countries and territories in Part 1 of schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations. This means that persons arriving in Scotland at...
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