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Government regulations on COVID-19 are changing frequently. Before you travel, you need to ensure you have checked and understood the relevant regulations applicable to you, your location, your destination and the make-up of your party and it is your responsibility to comply with such regulations.
We have set out below our understanding of the regulations relevant to party size and regional restrictions for Scotland as of Tuesday 24th November 2020.
Please note that the below is not legal advice and you must make sure you familiarise yourself with the relevant government regulations.
The main announcements in the First Ministers statement to parliament were as follows:
There will be a new five level system for Scotland has come into place from Monday 2nd November at 6am.
Nicola Sturgeon the First Minister of Scotland has stated that the level a local authority will be placed in will be reviewed on a weekly Basis. The proposals will be put to Parliament every Tuesday and the changes will take effect every Friday. Premises will therefore have three days warning of changes coming into effect.
The next update will be Tuesday 1st December 2020, changes will come into effect from Friday 4th December 2020 and it will follow that pattern weekly thereafter.
There will be no automatic application of a single statistic – the First Minister said these only inform and guide and the Scottish Government will, at first, be deliberately cautious. The hope is to slow rate of new cases and the overall aim is to get every Council area to level 1 then level 0 of the framework.
The Scottish Government do not rule out further restrictions – including closure – if guidance on hygiene, facemasks, social distancing are not complied with.
Visiting other households indoors are still not permitted in Scotland including Self Catering Accommodation’s & Caravan Parks.
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The ASSC has obtained legal clarification from the Scottish Government that the bans on visiting other households indoors has now been extended to self-catering accommodations. This is also the case for all private dwellings: hotels, hostels, members clubs, boarding houses or bed and breakfasts. The new restrictions apply to people’s homes and commercial accommodation businesses.
Self-catering businesses, like others within the tourism and hospitality sector, remain open to receive visitors if existing guidelines are adhered to.