1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Additional Temporary Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 and come into force as follows—
(a)except for the regulations mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), these Regulations come into force at 1800 on 9 October 2020, and
(b)regulations 7, 11, 12, 16, and 17 come into force on 10 October 2020.
(2) These Regulations apply in—
(a)Scotland, and
(b)Scottish airspace, in relation to a person who is on a mode of transport which took off from, or is to land at, a place in Scotland.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
“Scotland” includes so much of the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Scotland, and
“Scottish airspace” means the airspace above Scotland.
2. In these Regulations, “the protected area” means the area comprising the local government areas(1) of—
(a)City of Glasgow,
(b)Clackmannanshire,
(c)East Ayrshire,
(d)East Dunbartonshire,
(e)East Renfrewshire,
(f)East Lothian,
(g)Edinburgh City,
(h)Falkirk,
(i)Inverclyde,
(j)Midlothian,
(k)North Ayrshire,
(l)North Lanarkshire,
(m)Renfrewshire,
(n)South Ayrshire,
(o)South Lanarkshire,
(p)Stirling,
(q)West Dunbartonshire, and
(r)West Lothian.
3.—(1) Except for the provisions mentioned in paragraph (2) the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations(2) cease to have effect from 18:00 on 9 October 2020 for the duration of the period of time that these Regulations are in force.
(2) Parts 1, regulation 4, Pars 3 and 5 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations cease to have effect from 10 October 2020 for the duration of the period of time that these Regulations are in force.
4. These Regulations apply as follows—
(a)Part 2 applies in the protected area only,
(b)Part 3 applies outside the protected area only, and
(c)Parts 1, 4, 5 and 6 apply both in and outside the protected area.
5.—(1) In these Regulations—
“alcohol” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005(3),
“cafe” means an establishment whose primary business activity, in the ordinary course of its business, is the sale of non-alcoholic drinks, snacks or light meals, which may be consumed on the premises,
“child” means a person who is under 16 years of age, and “childcare” is to be construed accordingly,
“constable” has the meaning given by section 99(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012(4),
“emergency responder” has the meaning given by section 153A(6) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984(5),
“extended household” means two households—
which have chosen to be treated as a single household for the purpose of—
these Regulations, or
the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2020(6), and
have not already chosen to be treated as a single household with any other household,
“face covering” means a covering of any type (other than a face shield) which covers a person’s nose and mouth,
“household” means—
one person living alone, or
a group of persons living together in the same place as a family or other unit (whether or not related) and who have the place as their only or main residence,
“indoors” means a place which would be considered to be wholly or substantially enclosed for the purposes of section 4(2) of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005(7) under the Prohibition of Smoking in Certain Premises (Scotland) Regulations 2006(8), and “outdoors” is to be construed accordingly,
“passenger transport service” means a service provided for the carriage of passengers by road, railway, tramway, air or sea,
“passenger transport service premises” means off-road premises where a passenger transport service may stop or terminate, allowing passengers on and off,
“a person who is responsible for carrying on a business”, and similar expressions, includes the owner, occupier and manager,
“premises” includes any building or structure and any land,
“private dwelling” means a caravan, houseboat or any building, or part of a building, used or intended to be used as a dwelling (including any garden or yard and any indoor passage or stair, outhouse or other structure of the dwelling) but does not include—
accommodation in a hotel, hostel, members club, boarding house or bed and breakfast,
accommodation provided by a care home service, within the meaning of paragraph 2 of schedule 12 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010(9),
accommodation for children at a residential establishment, within the meaning of section 93(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995(10),
school boarding accommodation, within the meaning of paragraph 10(5) of schedule 16 of the Coronavirus Act 2020(11),
accommodation intended for use by the army, navy or air force,
a prison,
a young offenders institution, within the meaning of section 19(1)(b) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989(12),
secure accommodation, within the meaning of section 108 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016(13), and
a remand centre, within the meaning of section 19(1)(a) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989,
“public place” means a place to which the public, or a section of the public, has access whether on payment or otherwise, and
“student accommodation” has the meaning given in paragraph 11(5) of schedule 16 of the Coronavirus Act 2020.
(2) For the purpose of these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, references to a household include an extended household.
6.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must review the need for the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations by no later than 16 October 2020.
(2) As soon as the Scottish Ministers consider that any restriction or requirement set out in these Regulations is no longer necessary to prevent, protect against, control or provide a public health response to the incidence or spread of infection in Scotland with coronavirus, the Scottish Ministers must revoke that restriction or requirement.
The local government areas are listed in column 1 of part 1 of schedule 1 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39).
S.S.I. 2020/279, last amended by S.S.I. 2020/300.
1984 c.51. Section 153A(6) was inserted by section 75 of the Finance Act 2015 (c.11).
1995 c.36, relevantly amended by S.I. 2013/1465.
1989 c.45, relevantly amended by section 23(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7).