Humza Yousaf confirmed that Scotland would be following the rest of the UK by introducing a quarantine for travellers
PEOPLE arriving in Scotland from abroad will have to quarantine for 14 days or face a £480 fine, the Justice Secretary has announced.
Humza Yousaf confirmed that Scotland would be following the rest of the UK by introducing a quarantine for travellers.
All arrivals will be required to fill out forms detailing where they will be isolating and give their contact details.
Border Force officers will be carrying out spot checks, with fines of up to £480 for giving false information or flouting the quarantine rules.
People believed to be repeatedly breaching the quarantine can be reported to the Procurator Fiscal for criminal prosecution, with fines of up to £5000, although Yousaf said this would be done “as a last resort”.
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