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Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers and laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 6(3) of schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament within 28 days beginning with the day on which the Regulations were made, not taking into account any period of dissolution or recess for more than 4 days.
Scottish Statutory Instruments
Public Health
Made
at 12.15 p.m. on 26th November 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
at 3.45 p.m. on 26th November 2020
Coming into force
27th November 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 1(1) of schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act 2020(1) ("the Act") and all other powers enabling them to do so.
These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of coronavirus in Scotland.
The Scottish Ministers consider that the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.
In accordance with paragraph 6(2) and (3) of schedule 19 of the Act, the Scottish Ministers are of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make these Regulations without a draft having been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 27 November 2020.
2. The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Regulations 2020(2) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.
3. In regulation 2 (interpretation)-
(a) in paragraph (1) after the definition of "emergency responder", insert-
""end of term household" means a household consisting of-
one or more students of a further education institution or a higher education institution within the meaning of-
paragraph 6 of schedule 16 of the Coronavirus Act 2020,
heads (c) to (f) in the definition of "educational institution" in paragraph 1(11) of schedule 16 of that Act, or
heads (b) to (e) in the definition of "educational institution" in paragraph 1(12) of schedule 16 of that Act,
the definition of "relevant institution" in paragraph 15(11) of schedule 16 of that Act, and
one other household with which the student has, or as the case may be students have, chosen to live with in a place which is to be the student's or students' sole or main residence during the period between the first and second academic terms,",
(b) in paragraph (2) after "extended household" insert "or end of term household".
4. In schedule 4 (level 3 restrictions), after paragraph 15(2)(aa), insert-
"(ab) facilitate the formation of an end of term household, where either or both of the student or the other household which will make up the end of term household live outwith the same area or, as the case may be, in a Level 3 area.".
5. In schedule 5 (level 4 restrictions), after paragraph 16(2)(y) insert-
"(z) facilitate the formation of an end of term household, where either or both of the student or the other household which will make up the end of term household live outwith the same area or, as the case may be, in a Level 4 area.".
6. In schedule 7A (restrictions on leaving or entering Scotland: common travel area), after paragraph 3(2)(aa) insert-
"(ab) facilitate the formation of an end of term household, where either or both of the student or the other household which will make up the end of term household live outwith the same area or, as the case may be, in Scotland.".
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
At 12.15 p.m. on 26th November 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations (which come into force on 27 November 2020) amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 ("the principal regulations").
Regulation 3 adds a new definition of "end of term household" into regulation 2 of the principal regulations and specifies that end of term households are to be treated as a single household for the purposes of the principal regulations, for instance in relation to the gatherings restrictions.
Regulations 4 to 6 amend schedules 4, 5 and 7A of the principal regulations to add facilitating the formation of an end of term household to the list of examples of a purpose for which a contravention of the travel restrictions in Level 3 or 4 areas, or within the common travel area, will constitute a reasonable excuse.
S.S.I. 2020/344, amended by S.S.I. 2020/347, S.S.I. 2020/374, S.S.I. 2020/389 and S.S.I. 2020/392.
