The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 4) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020(1) are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) After regulation 3(4)(c) (requirement to provide information)(2), insert—

“(ca) a member of the family forming part of the household of a person falling within paragraph 1A of schedule 2,”.

(3) In regulation 5A(4)(b) (requirement to possess notification of negative test result)(3)—

(a) after “paragraph” insert “1A,”,

(b) after “4E,” insert “4EA,”.

(4) In regulation 5C (testing following arrival in Scotland: general)(4)—

(a) before paragraph (1)(b)(i), insert—

“(ai) paragraph 1A (specified persons on official business),”,

(b) before paragraph (1A)(a), insert—

“(za) paragraph 1A (specified persons on official business),”.

(5) After regulation 5K(1)(c) (exclusion of certain diplomatic etc. personnel)(5), insert—

“(d) a specified person travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom, where—

(i) P was invited to the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and

(ii) prior to P’s departure to the United Kingdom, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has confirmed in writing to P that they are travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom and are not required to comply with regulations 5D to 5J,

(e) a member of the family forming part of the household of a person to whom sub-paragraph (d) applies, where—

(i) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been notified of P’s arrival, and

(ii) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has confirmed that P is not required to comply with regulations 5D to 5J.”.

(6) After regulation 7(1)(c) (persons not required to comply with regulation 6)(6), insert—

“(cza) any person described in paragraph 1A of schedule 2 (specified persons on official business),”.

(7) In schedule 2 (persons not required to comply with regulations 3, 5A or 5D to 6B)—

(a) after paragraph 1 (representatives of international or foreign organisations), insert—

“1A.— (1) A specified person who has travelled to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom, where—

(a) the person was invited to the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and

(b) prior to the person’s arrival in the United Kingdom, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has confirmed in writing to the person that they are travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business and are not required to comply with regulation 6 (requirement for travellers to stay in specified premises).

(2) In this paragraph—

“government policy priority” means government policy which has been designated as such by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and includes, in particular—

(a)

policy related to the promotion and protection of human rights, and

(b)

policy related to the mitigation of, or adaptation to, climate change,

“specified person” means a person who—

(a)

is a member of the democratic opposition in a foreign country or territory,

(b)

is a member of a political party in a foreign country or territory, or

(c)

undertakes activities in a foreign country or territory that support a government policy priority.”.

(b) after paragraph 4E (aircraft crew)(7), insert—

“4EA.   An in-flight security officer who has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work and is deployed pursuant to an international agreement to which the United Kingdom is a party.”.

(c) in paragraph 38(2) and (3) (sportspersons, etc.)(8), omit “Tokyo or Beijing” and “to be held in Birmingham” in each place where they occur.

(1)

S.S.I. 2020/169, last amended by S.S.I. 2021/256.

(2)

Regulation 3(4) was relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/474.

(3)

Regulation 5A was inserted by S.S.I. 2021/20.

(4)

Regulation 5C was inserted by S.S.I. 2021/74 and relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2021/208.

(5)

Regulation 5K was inserted by S.S.I. 2021/74.

(6)

Regulation 7(1) was relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/184.

(7)

Paragraph 4E was inserted by S.S.I. 2020/209 and was substituted by S.S.I. 2021/34.

(8)

Paragraph 38 was inserted by S.S.I. 2020/209 and was amended by S.S.I. 2020/280, S.S.I. 2020/326, S.S.I. 2020/431, S.S.I. 2021/74, S.S.I. 2021/158 and S.S.I. 2021/237.