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

[F1Interpretation of PartS

3.—(1) In this Part—

“authorised vaccine” means a medicinal product for vaccination against coronavirus which—

“clinical trial” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (interpretation),

“Crown servant” has the meaning given in section 12(1)(a) to (e) of the Official Secrets Act 1989,

“government contractor” has the meaning given in section 12(2) of the Official Secrets Act 1989,

“the licensing authority” has the meaning given in regulation 6(2) (the licensing authority and the Ministers) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012,

“marketing authorisation”—

“medicinal product” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (medicinal products) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012,

“NHS COVID pass” means the COVID-19 records available on the NHS smartphone app developed and operated by the Secretary of State, through NHS.uk or in a COVID-19 post-vaccination status letter obtained from the NHS,

“NHS England” means the health service continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006,

“NHS Scotland” means the health service continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,

“NHS Wales” means the health service continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006,

“North American Certificate” means, in relation to a state, district or province listed in the table in paragraph (6), the certificate identified in the corresponding row of the second column of that table,

“relevant country” means a country, territory or part of a country or territory listed in the first column of the table in paragraph (2) or a country, territory or part of a country or territory listed in schedule 1A (relevant countries),

“relevant regulator”, in relation to a relevant country listed in the table in paragraph (2), means the regulator identified in the corresponding row of the second column of the table in paragraph (2), and a reference to a regulator in that table is a reference to the regulatory authority of that name designated as a Stringent Regulatory Authority by the World Health Organisation pursuant to the operation of the COVAX FacilityF2,

“United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas” means the administration of vaccine against coronavirus to—

“vaccine certificate” in relation to a passenger (“P”), means a certificate in English, French or Spanish issued by the competent health authority of a relevant country, other than a European country listed in the table in paragraph (2) or the United States of America, which contains—

“WHO List vaccine” means a vaccine which is—

(2) The table referred to in the definitions of “relevant country” and “relevant regulator” follows—

(3) Where a course of doses of an authorised vaccine or of a WHO List vaccine has been administered to a person (“P”) by a person acting on behalf of the United Nations and authorised to administer the vaccination in that capacity, P is to be treated as if they have received those doses in a relevant country listed in schedule 1A, and any reference to doses received in a relevant country, or to the competent health authority of a relevant country in these Regulations is to be construed as a reference to doses administered by the United Nations, and to the person acting on behalf of the United Nations.

(4) For the purposes of this Part, a child is to be treated as making a declaration on the Passenger Locator Form, and possessing any evidence required, if that declaration is made, and that evidence possessed, by a person who is travelling with, and has responsibility for, that child.

(5) For the purpose of this Part the following countries and territories are approved third countries or territories—

• Albania,

• Armenia,

• Faroe Islands,

• Israel,

• Morocco,

• North Macedonia,

• Panama,

• Turkey,

• Ukraine.

(6) The table referred to in the definition of “North American Certificate” in paragraph (2) follows—