Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 14) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 20202.

(1)

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 20202 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in the definition of “exempt country or territory”, after “a country or territory” insert “, or part of a country or territory,”,

(ii)

in the definition of “non-exempt country or territory”, after “other country or territory” insert “, or part of a country or territory,”,

(b)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

for “if, at all times whilst in that country or territory” substitute “, or part of a country or territory, if, at all times whilst in that country, territory or part thereof”,

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “country or territory” substitute “country, territory or part thereof”.

(3)

In regulation 9(6), for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c)

to seek medical assistance, including to access any of the following services—

(i)

dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody services, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services, including services relating to mental health,

(ii)

veterinary surgeons and pet shops,”.

(4)

In Part 1 of schedule A1 (exempt countries and territories)—

(a)

for the heading, substitute “Countries, territories, or parts of countries or territories”,

(b)

omit—

(i)

“Hungary”,

(ii)

“Réunion”,

(c)

after “South Korea”, add “Sweden”.

(5)

In schedule 1 (passenger information)—

(a)

after paragraph 2(h) insert—

“(hza)

the part of that country or territory they are travelling from, if that part—

(i)

is specified in schedule A1, or

(ii)

is, where the country or territory itself is specified in that schedule, expressly excluded in relation to that country or territory,”,

(b)

after paragraph 2(ha), insert—

“(hb)

any part of that other country or territory which they have departed from or transited through during that period, including the dates of departure or transit, if that part—

(i)

is specified in schedule A1, or

(ii)

is, where the country or territory itself is specified in that schedule, expressly excluded in relation to that country or territory,”.

(6)

In schedule 2, in paragraph 38(2), in the definition of “specified competition”, for “schedule 3” substitute “schedule 3A”.