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5F.—(1) P must undertake the [F3test or] tests specified in paragraph (2) in accordance with this regulation.
(2) The tests specified in this paragraph are—
(a)a day 2 test undertaken no later than the end of the 2nd day after the day on which P arrived in Scotland,
(b)[F4where P is a person to whom regulation 5C(1)(a) or (b) applies, a] day 8 test undertaken no earlier than the end of the 7th day after the day on which P arrived in Scotland.
[F5(3) Where P is a child, any person who has responsibility for P must, so far as reasonably practicable and subject to paragraph (4), ensure that P undertakes—
(a)a day 2 test, and
(b)where P is a person referred to in regulation 5C(1)(a) or (b), a day 8 test.]
[F6(4) Where a test undertaken by P (after this regulation applies) meets the requirements of paragraph (7) and generates a positive result, P is not required to undertake a subsequent day 2 test or day 8 test, as the case may be.]
(5) Where P does not undertake a test as required by this regulation by reason of a reasonable excuse (see regulation 5J(3)), P must, as soon as practicable after the matters giving rise to the reasonable excuse no longer pertain, undertake a replacement test complying with the requirements that apply to the test that was missed.
(6) Where a replacement test is undertaken instead of—
(a)a day 2 test, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken a day 2 test in accordance with this regulation,
(b)a day 8 test, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken a day 8 test in accordance with this regulation.
(7) The requirements of this regulation are that—
(a)the test is provided by a public provider,
(b)it is a semi-quantitative test for the detection of coronavirus which targets a minimum of two distinguishable SARS-CoV-2 genes other than the S gene and performance reference controls.
(8) In this regulation, “public provider” means a test provider who provides or administers a test under the National Health Service Act 2006, the National Health Services (Wales) Act 2006, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.]]
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)
F2Regs. 5C-5K inserted (15.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Managed Accommodation and Testing) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/74), regs. 1(2), 5 (with reg. 17)
F3Words in reg. 5F(1) inserted (17.5.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/208), regs. 1, 5(a) (with reg. 13)
F4Words in reg. 5F(2)(b) substituted (17.5.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/208), regs. 1, 5(b) (with reg. 13)
F5Reg. 5F(3) substituted (17.5.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/208), regs. 1, 5(c) (with reg. 13)
F6Reg. 5F(4) substituted (20.3.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/158), regs. 1, 3(1)
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