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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 8) Regulations 2020.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 21 December 2020.
(3) Regulation 5 comes into force on 26 December 2020.
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The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
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Omit regulation 3A (modification of the restrictions in certain areas).
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(1) In regulation 3B(1) (temporary modification of restrictions: holiday gatherings) omit “For the period beginning on 23 December 2020 and ending at 11:59 p.m. on 27 December 2020” and substitute “On 25 December”,
(2) In regulation 3B(1)(d)(iii) omit “or a gathering in the Republic of Ireland or Jersey, or a gathering in England, Wales or Northern Ireland”,
(3) Omit regulation 3B(1)(e)(i) and (ii),
(4) In regulation 3B(1)(e)(v) omit “or a gathering in the Republic of Ireland or Jersey, or a gathering in England, Wales or Northern Ireland”,
(5) Omit regulation 3B(1)(f),
(6) Omit regulation 3B(2).
5 
For Schedule 6 substitute—“
SCHEDULE 6
Regulation 3(6)
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(1) This is the table referred to in regulation 3(6).
(2) The entries in column 2 are references to local government areas except as otherwise specified.

Column (1) Column (2) Column (3)
 Area Level of Area
1 East Ayrshire 4
2 North Ayrshire 4
3 South Ayrshire 4
4 Scottish Borders 4
5 Dumfries and Galloway 4
6 Fife 4
7 Clackmannanshire 4
8 Falkirk 4
9 Stirling 4
10 Moray 4
11 Aberdeen City 4
12 Aberdeenshire 4
13 East Renfrewshire 4
14 Inverclyde 4
15 Renfrewshire 4
16 West Dunbartonshire 4
17 East Dunbartonshire 4
18 Glasgow City 4
19 Highland (except the areas set out in row 20) 4
20 The islands in Highland area (except the Isle of Skye) 3
21 Argyll and Bute (except the areas set out in row 22) 4
22 The Isle of Coll, the Isle of Colonsay, the Isle of Erraid, the Isle of Gometra, the Isle of Iona, the Isle of Islay, the Isle of Jura, the Isle of Mull, the Isle of Oronsay, the Isle of Tiree, and the Isle of Ulva 3
23 South Lanarkshire 4
24 North Lanarkshire 4
25 East Lothian 4
26 Midlothian 4
27 City of Edinburgh 4
28 West Lothian 4
29 Orkney Islands 3
30 Shetland Islands 3
31 Angus 4
32 Dundee City 4
33 Perth and Kinross 4
34 Na h-Eileanan Siar 3”
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th December 2020