The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Requirement to collect and share information: restaurants, cafes, bars, public houses etc.

3.—(1) A person who is responsible for a relevant hospitality premises or relevant entertainment premises must, in relation to the premises, take measures to—

(a) obtain and record visitor information,

(b) record visitor information in a filing system (which may be an electronic system) suitable for recording, storing and retrieving the information, and

(c) retain visitor information for a period of at least 21 days beginning with the date on which the visit occurred.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a visitor to the premises who is there solely for the purpose of—

(a) purchasing or collecting food or drink for consumption off the premises, or

(b) voting in an election.

(3) A person who is responsible for a relevant hospitality premises or relevant entertainment premises must provide visitor information to a public health officer, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event within 24 hours, if so requested by the public health officer for the purpose of—

(a) preventing a threat to public health resulting from the spread of infection or contamination with coronavirus,

(b) monitoring the spread of infection or contamination with coronavirus or the incidence of coronavirus disease.

(4) In this regulation—

“public health officer” has the meaning given by paragraph 3(2)(b) of schedule 21 of the Coronavirus Act 2020,

“relevant entertainments premises” means—

(a)

nightclub, dance hall or discotheque,

(b)

sexual entertainment venue,

“relevant hospitality premises” means—

(a)

a restaurant, cafe, bar or public house, or

(b)

a hotel in which food or drink is sold for consumption on the premises,

and

“visitor information” means—

(a)

the name and telephone number of one member of each household visiting the premises,

(b)

the date of their visit and arrival time, and

(c)

the number of members of that person’s household visiting the premises at that time.