Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Amendment of regulation 5C3.

In regulation 5C3 (testing following arrival in Scotland: general)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

for “5K”, substitute “5J”,

(ii)

omit the “or” before sub-paragraph (b),

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (b) insert at the end—

“,

(v)

paragraph 37 (seasonal agricultural workers) ,”,

(iv)

after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“or

(c)

subject to regulation 5K (exclusion of certain diplomatic etc. personnel) and paragraph (1A), arrives in Scotland from—

(i)

an exempt country or territory, or

(ii)

arrives in Scotland from elsewhere within the common travel area, and has within the preceding 10 days departed from or transited through an exempt country or territory”,

(b)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

Regulations 5D to 5J do not apply to any person described in schedule 2 other than a person described in any of the following paragraphs of that schedule—

(a)

paragraph 14(1)(c) (persons returning to facilitate diplomatic missions etc.),

(b)

paragraphs 18 to 28 (essential infrastructure etc. personnel),

(c)

paragraphs 31 to 34 (medical etc. personnel),

(d)

paragraphs 35 to 36 (telecoms etc. personnel),

(e)

paragraph 37 (seasonal agricultural workers).”,

(c)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) omit “provided in a package with a day 8 test”,

(ii)

for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c)

“testing package” means—

(i)

where P is a person referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), a booking for a day 2 test and a day 8 test,

(ii)

where P is a person referred in paragraph (1)(c), a booking for a day 2 test,”.