[F1 SCHEDULE 2A STesting before arrival in Scotland

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 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(10) (with reg. 4)

1.   A test complies with this paragraph if— S

(a) it is a test for the detection of coronavirus undertaken using a device which the manufacturer states has—

(i) a sensitivity of at least 80%,

(ii) a specificity of at least 97%, and

(iii) a limit of detection of less than or equal to 100,000 SARS-CoV-2 copies per millilitre,

(b) it is not a test provided or administered under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, the National Health Service Act 2006, the National Health Services (Wales) Act 2006, or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, and

(c) the test sample is taken from the person no more than 3 days before—

(i) in the case of that person travelling to Scotland on a commercial transport service, the service’s scheduled time of departure, or

(ii) in any other case, the actual time of departure of the vessel or aircraft on which that person is travelling to Scotland.]