Scottish Statutory Instruments
Public Health
Approved by the Scottish Parliament
Made
at 1.53 p.m. on 14th August 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
at 3.00 p.m. on 14th August 2020
Coming into force
at 4.00 a.m. on 15th August 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 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.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 9) Regulations 2020 and come into force at 0400 hours on 15 August 2020.
2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020(2) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In Part 1 of schedule A1 (countries and territories), omit—
(a)“Aruba”,
(b)“France”,
(c)“Malta”,
(d)“Monaco” and
(e)“The Netherlands”.
(3) In Part 2 of schedule A1 (United Kingdom overseas territories), omit “Turks and Caicos Islands”.
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 am 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
At 1.53 p.m. on 14th August 2020
(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 Aruba, France, Malta, Monaco and The Netherlands from the list of exempt countries and territories in schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations, and remove the Turks and Caicos Islands from the list of United Kingdom overseas territories in that schedule. This means that persons arriving in Scotland on or after the time these Regulations come into force are no longer exempt from the movement restriction in regulation 6 of the International Travel Regulations if, during the 14 days preceding their arrival, they have departed from or transited through Aruba, France, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands or the Turks and Caicos Islands.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.
S.S.I. 2020/169, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/209, S.S.I. 2020/221, S.S.I. 2020/224, S.S.I. 2020/229, S.S.I. 2020/233 and S.S.I. 2020/235.