Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel and Operator Liability) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

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Introduction

PART 1
General

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation: general

3 Interpretation: eligible vaccinated arrivals

PART 2
Passenger Information

4 Requirement to provide passenger information

5 Requirement to update passenger information

6 Part 2: persons not required to comply

PART 3
Testing prior to arrival in Scotland

7 Part 3: interpretation

8 Requirement to possess notification of negative test result

9 Qualifying test and valid notification

10 Part 3: persons not required to comply

PART 4
Testing following arrival in Scotland

11 Part 4: application and interpretation

12 Requirement to possess testing package

13 Requirement to provide information

14 Requirement to undertake tests

15 Requirement to self-isolate on failure to undertake a test

16 Consequences of test results

17 Charge for testing package

18 Part 4: persons not required to comply

PART 5
Managed isolation

19 Part 5: application

20 Requirement to enter Scotland at a designated port and possess a managed isolation package

21 Requirement to stay in managed accommodation

22 Modification of regulations 20 and 21: relevant persons

23 Charge for managed isolation package

24 Appeals

25 Part 5: persons not required to comply

PART 6
Self-isolation

26 Requirement to stay in specified premises

27 Part 6: persons not required to comply

PART 7
Parts 2 to 6: enforcement

28 Part 2 (information): offences and penalties

29 Part 3 (testing before arrival in Scotland): offences and penalties

30 Part 4 (testing following arrival in Scotland): offences and penalties

31 Part 5 (managed isolation): offences and penalties

32 Part 6 (self-isolation): offences and penalties

33 Powers of direction and removal

34 Further offences and penalties

35 Fixed penalty notices

36 Fixed penalty notices: penalty amounts

PART 8
Duties on operators

37 Part 8: Interpretation

38 Provision of information before booking

39 Provision of information between 24 and 48 hours before scheduled departure

40 Provision of information before check-in

41 Provision of information during journey

42 Requirement to ensure passengers have completed a Passenger Locator Form

43 Requirement to ensure passengers possess notification of a negative test result

44 Requirement to ensure that certain passengers arrive only at certain ports

45 Part 8: offences and penalties

46 Extra-territorial jurisdiction

PART 9
Information sharing

47 Power to use and disclose information

48 Meaning of “relevant information”

PART 10
Review, expiry, revocations, transitionals and savings

49 Review of need for restrictions

50 Expiry

51 Revocations

52 Transitional and savings provisions

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Red list countries

SCHEDULE 2 Green list countries

SCHEDULE 3 Passenger Information

SCHEDULE 4 Exemptions

SCHEDULE 5 COP 26 Representatives

SCHEDULE 6 Specified competitions

SCHEDULE 7 Operators: required information

SCHEDULE 8 Passenger notices

SCHEDULE 9 Revocations

SCHEDULE 10 Transitional provisions

Signature

Explanatory note

PART 1General

Interpretation: general2.

(1)

In these Regulations—

amber list arrival” means a person who arrives in Scotland from—

(a)

an amber list country,

(b)

a green list country where that person has, within the preceding 10 days, departed from or transited through an amber list country, or

(c)

elsewhere within the common travel area where that person has, within the preceding 10 days, departed from or transited through an amber list country,

amber list country” means any country, territory or part of a country or territory which is—

(a)

not in the common travel area, and

(b)

not a red list country or a green list country,

child” means a person under the age of 18,

common travel area” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 19713,

Conference of the Parties” means, except in relation to the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,

constable” has the meaning given in section 99(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 20124,

COP” means the conference convened by the Conference of the Parties, comprising—

(a)

the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties,

(b)

the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol,

(c)

the third session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement,

(d)

all related pre-sessional meetings, sessions of subsidiary bodies and additional meetings, convened in the United Kingdom,

COP World Leaders summit event” means—

(a)

the event organised by Her Majesty’s Government between 1 and 2 November 2021 in connection with the COP,

(b)

any meeting connected with that event between representatives of states, territories or organisations which are represented at that event,

coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),

coronavirus disease” means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus),

eligible vaccinated arrival” has the meaning given in regulation 3,

green list arrival” means a person who arrives in Scotland from—

(a)

a green list country where that person has not, within the preceding 10 days, departed from or transited through a red list country or an amber list country, or

(b)

elsewhere within the common travel area where that person—

  1. (i)

    has been outside the common travel area within the preceding 10 days, and

  2. (ii)

    while outside the common travel area during those 10 days, has only been in green list countries.

green list country” means a country, territory or part of a country or territory specified in schedule 2,

immigration officer” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 19715,
Kyoto Protocol” means the Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed in Kyoto on 11 December 19976,

managed isolation package” (other than in regulation 22) has the meaning given in regulation 20(6),

Paris Agreement” means the agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed in Paris on 12 December 20157,

passenger information” means the information specified in schedule 3 for the purposes of Part 2 of these Regulations (see regulation 4(2)) (requirement to provide passenger information),

Passenger Locator Form” means the electronic form published by the Secretary of State for the provision of passenger information 8,

port” means any port, and includes a seaport, airport or heliport),

qualifying test” means a test that is a qualifying test for the purposes of Part 3 (see regulation 7(2)) (testing prior to arrival in Scotland),

red list arrival” means a person who arrives in Scotland from—

(a)

a red list country,

(b)

an amber list country or a green list country where that person has, within the preceding 10 days, departed from or transited through a red list country, or

(c)

elsewhere within the common travel area where that person has, within the preceding 10 days, departed from or transited through a red list country,

red list country” means a country, territory or part of a country or territory specified in schedule 1,

relevant service” means a commercial transport service carrying passengers travelling to Scotland from outside the common travel area,

specified competition” means a competition listed in schedule 6 for the purposes of regulations 25(1)(e) and 27(1)(h) and paragraph 42 of schedule 4,

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted in New York on 9 May 19929.

(2)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a person has responsibility for a child if the person has—

(a)

custody or charge of the child for the time being, or

(b)

parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to the child (within the meaning of sections 1(3) and 2(4) respectively of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995)10.

(3)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a person (“P”) is not treated as departing from, or transiting through, a country or territory, or part of a country or territory if, at all times whilst in that country, territory or part thereof—

(a)

P remains on a conveyance on which no other passenger is permitted to be taken on board, or

(b)

P is kept separated from passengers who did not arrive on the same conveyance as P, and no such passengers are permitted to be taken on board the conveyance on which P leaves that country, territory or part thereof.

3

1971 c. 77. Section 1(3) provides that the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland are collectively referred to in that Act as “the common travel area”.

5

1971 c. 77. Paragraph 1 was amended by paragraph 3 of schedule 3 of the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c. 17), and by S.I. 1993/1813.

6

Cm. 6485.

7

Cm. 9338.

8

The Passenger Locator Form is available on www.gov.uk. No hard copy version is available but, where a person arrives at a place staffed by Immigration Officers, they will be provided with the ability to complete the form electronically on their arrival in Scotland if not completed in advance; assistance will be available for completion of the electronic form if required.

9

Cm. 2833.

10

1995 c. 36. Section 1 was amended by paragraph 48 of schedule 6(2) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22). Section 2 was amended by paragraph 49 of schedule 6(2) of that Act.