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Scottish Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 229
Public Health
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 6) Regulations 2020
Approved by the Scottish Parliament
Made
27th July 2020
Coming into force
28th July 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
28th July 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.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 6) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 28 July 2020.
Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020
2.-(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020(2) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In Part 1 of schedule A1 (countries and territories)-
(a)after "Dominica" insert "Estonia",
(b)after "Japan" insert "Latvia",
(c)after "Saint Pierre and Miquelon" insert "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines",
(d)after "Seychelles" insert-
(i)"Slovakia", and
(ii)"Slovenia".
Saving
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 am on 8 June 2020 and ending with 27 July 2020, 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.
H YOUSAF
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
27th July 2020
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(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 add Estonia, Latvia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Slovakia and Slovenia to the list of exempt countries and territories in schedule A1 of the International Travel Regulations. This means that persons arriving in Scotland on or after 28 July 2020 are exempt from the movement restriction in regulation 6 of the International Travel Regulations if, during the 14 days preceding their arrival, they have only departed from or transited through Estonia, Latvia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Slovakia and Slovenia (or any of the other countries and territories listed in schedule A1).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.
(1)
(2)
S.S.I. 2020/169, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/209 and S.S.I. 2020/221.