BRITS will be banned from leaving or entering Scotland from 6pm tonight – and anyone crossing the border will be slapped with a fine.
Nicola Sturgeon’s tough new lockdown laws will come into place tonight – and anyone who flouts the rules will be punishable with at least a £60 penalty.
In the latest attempt to stop the spread of the virus in Scotland, huge swathes of the country will go into a tough Level 4 lockdown from tonight – the closest thing to the March national shutdown that has been seen so far.
People who live in a Level 3 or 4 area are now ordered to stay there unless they have an excuse to leave for work, education, or welfare reasons.
It adds: “Going on holiday, including abroad, is not a reasonable excuse to leave.
“If it has been announced that your local authority area is about to move into either level 3 or 4 please do not then travel overseas for non-essential reasons such as a holiday.”
People can also leave Level 3 or 4 areas and Scotland for exercise – if it’s within five miles of their local authority boundary.
A long list of exemptions are set out in regulations as “examples of reasonable excuse”.
But Scottish Tories said there were “serious legal questions” about the draft regulations, and questioned whether Ms Sturgeon had the power to say on what terms people could enter or remain in Scotland.
