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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel and Public Health Information) (Scotland) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations, apart from regulations 3, 4 and 5(2) to (4), come into force at 04:00 a.m. on 12 December 2020.
(3) Regulations 3, 4 and 5(2) to (4) come into force on 14 December 2020.
(4) In these Regulations—
(a) “the International Travel Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020,
(b) “the Information Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Passengers Travelling to Scotland) Regulations 2020.
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(1) The International Travel Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 9(6) (offences and penalties – Parts 3 and 4), after sub-paragraph (d), insert—“
(da) on compassionate grounds, for reasons related to the end of a person’s life,”.
(3) In Part 1 of schedule A1 (countries, territories, or parts of countries or territories)—
(a) after “Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba” insert “Botswana”,
(b) omit “The Canary Islands”,
(c) after “Samoa” insert “Saudi Arabia”.
(4) After paragraph 38A(1)(b) of schedule 2 (persons not required to comply with regulation 6) insert—“
(c) an elite sportsperson (“P”) who—
(i) has entered into a contract with a business in Scotland to compete in elite sports events on behalf of that business,
(ii) has travelled to Scotland in order to participate in an elite sports event or in training for such an event on behalf of that business,
(iii) is in receipt of written evidence from a United Kingdom or Scottish sport national governing body confirming that P is an elite sportsperson who meets the condition specified in sub-head (i),
(iv) is attending an elite sports event or training for such an event, or is travelling directly—(aa) to or from such an event or training, or(bb) between locations where such an event or training is taking place,”.
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(1) The International Travel Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(1)(b) (requirement to provide information), for “14th day” substitute “10th day”.
(3) In regulation 6(1)(b) (requirement for travellers to stay in specified premises), for “14 days” substitute “10 days”.
(4) In regulation 6(2)(a), for “fourteenth day” substitute “tenth day”.
(5) In paragraph 2(a)(ii) of schedule 1 (passenger information), for “14 days” substitute “10 days”.
(6) In paragraph 2(ha) of schedule 1, for “14th day” substitute “10th day”.
(7) In paragraph 3(1)(b) of schedule 2, for “14 days” in both places it occurs, substitute “10 days”.
(8) In paragraph 38(2) of schedule 2, in the definition of “international elite sportsperson”, for “14th day” substitute “10th day”.
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(1) The Information Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) After regulation 6(5), insert—“
(6) If, following the coming into force of any provision which amends the required information, an operator provides information to a passenger that would have complied with these regulations but for the coming into force of the amending provision, it is a defence for the operator to prove that it was not reasonably practicable for the amended required information to be provided.”.
(3) In Part 1 of schedule 2, for “14 days” substitute “10 days”.
(4) In Part 2 of schedule 2, for “14 days” substitute “10 days”.
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(1) The amendments made by regulation 2(3) and (4) 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 those amendments, and the International Travel Regulations continue to apply to such persons as if those amendments had not been made.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies where, immediately before regulation 3(4) comes into force—
(a) a person (“P”) is required to remain in specified premises in accordance with regulation 6(2) of the International Travel Regulations, and
(b) the period within which P must remain in those premises in accordance with that regulation ends after regulation 3(4) comes into force.
(3) Regulation 6(2)(a) of the International Travel Regulations applies to P as if for “fourteenth day” there were substituted “tenth day”.
(4) The Information Regulations apply as if the amendments made by regulation 4 had not been made in relation to any—
(a) booking made,
(b) pre-departure notification given,
(c) check-in which takes place, or
(d) international passenger service which departs,
before regulation 4 comes into force.
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
At 11.30 a.m. on 11th December 2020