[F1Requirement to possess notification of negative test resultS
5A.—(1) A person who arrives in Scotland having begun their journey outside the common travel area must possess on arrival valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by that person.
(2) A person [F2described in paragraph (1)] who is travelling with a child aged 11 or over and for whom they have responsibility must, on their arrival in Scotland, possess valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by that child.
(3) A person who possesses valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test must produce that notification, physically or digitally, if requested to do so by a constable or an immigration officer.
(4) The following are not required to comply with this regulation—
(a)a person who is a child (without prejudice to paragraph (2)),
(b)a person described in paragraph 2, 3, 4, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 7, 12, or 30 of schedule 2,
(c)a person described in paragraph 4(1) of schedule 2A.
(5) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a)a test is a qualifying test if it complies with paragraph 1 of schedule 2A,
(b)a notification of a negative result is valid if it includes the information specified in paragraph 2 of schedule 2A.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 2A inserted (15.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/20), regs. 1(2), 3(3) (with reg. 4)
F2Words in reg. 5A(2) inserted (22.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel, Public Health Information and Pre-Departure Testing) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/34), regs. 1(2), 2(2) (with reg. 5(1))