
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 9 April 2021.
2 
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
3 
For regulation 5C(1) (testing following arrival in Scotland), substitute—“
(1) Regulations 5D to 5K apply to a person who—
(a) is required to comply with regulation 6(2) (requirement to stay in specified premises) or 6B(2) (requirement to stay in managed accommodation), or
(b) subject to regulation 5K (exclusion of certain diplomatic etc. personnel), is not required to comply with regulation 6(2) or 6B(2) only by virtue of any of the following paragraphs of schedule 2—
(i) paragraph 14(1)(c) (persons returning to facilitate diplomatic missions etc.),
(ii) paragraphs 18 to 28 (essential infrastructure etc. personnel),
(iii) paragraphs 31 to 34 (medical etc. personnel),
(iv) paragraphs 35 to 36 (telecoms etc. personnel).”.
4 
For regulation 6(1)(a) (requirement for travellers to stay in specified premises), substitute—“
(a) arrives in Scotland from a non-exempt country or territory which is not an acute risk country or territory where P—
(i) has not, within the preceding 10 days, departed from or transited through an acute risk country or territory, and
(ii) is a person described in any paragraph of schedule 2 (subject toregulation 7),”.
5 
In schedule A2 (acute risk countries, territories or parts thereof)—
(a) after “Argentina” insert “Bangladesh”,
(b) after “Guyana” insert “Kenya”,
(c) after “Oman” insert “Pakistan”,
(d) after “Peru” insert “Philippines”.
6 
Regulations 2, 3, 4 and 6(1) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel, Prohibition on Travel from the United Arab Emirates) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 are revoked.
7 
The amendments made by regulation 5 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 regulation 5 of these Regulations had not been made.
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th April 2021