Scottish Statutory Instruments
Public Health
Approved by the Scottish Parliament
Made
27th August 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
28th August 2020
Coming into force
at 4.00 a.m. on 29th August 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 94(1)(b)(i) and 122(2)(b) of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008(1), and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 122(6) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers consider that these Regulations need to be made urgently, without a draft having been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 11) Regulations 2020 and come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 29 August 2020.
2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In Part 1 of schedule A1 (countries and territories)—
(a)omit—
(i)“Czech Republic” and
(ii)“Jamaica”, and
(b)after “Brunei” insert “Cuba”.
3. The amendments made by these Regulations do not apply in relation to any person who arrived in Scotland during the period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 8 June 2020 and ending immediately prior to the coming into force of these Regulations, and the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 continue to apply to such persons as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.
HUMZA YOUSAF
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
27th August 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (“the International Travel Regulations”).
They remove the Czech Republic and Jamaica from the list of exempt countries and territories in Part 1 of schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations. This means that persons arriving in Scotland at or after the time these Regulations come into force are no longer exempt from the movement restriction in regulation 6 of the International Travel Regulations if, during the 14 days preceding their arrival, they have departed from or transited through the Czech Republic or Jamaica.
The regulations also add Cuba to the list of exempt countries and territories in schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations. This means that any person who arrives in Scotland at or after 4.00 a.m. on 29 August 2020 having departed from, or transited through, Cuba will be exempt from the movement restriction in regulation 6 of the International Travel Regulations.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.
S.S.I. 2020/169, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/209, S.S.I. 2020/224, S.S.I. 2020/229, S.S.I. 2020/233, S.S.I. 2020/235, S.S.I. 2020/242 and S.S.I. 2020/252.