The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 No. 169

[F1 PART 2A S Pre-Departure Testing [F2 and testing following arrival in Scotland]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 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)

F2 Words in Pt. 2A heading inserted (26.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Managed Accommodation and Testing etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/107), regs. 1(2), 3(a) (with reg. 10)

Requirement to possess notification of negative test result S

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 [F3 described 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 [F4 1A,] 2, 3, 4, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, [F5 4EA,] 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

F3 Words 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))

F4 Word in reg. 5A(4)(b) inserted (8.7.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/261), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)

F5 Word in reg. 5A(4)(b) inserted (8.7.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/261), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)