Summary Of The Scottish Government Five-tier System

With the Scottish Government recently setting out its plans for the easing of COVID-19 restrictions across Scotland, now is a good time to review what is permitted under each level of the updated "five-tier alert system" of Coronavirus regulations.

As with the previous system (first introduced on 2 November 2020), the five tiers will, in theory, allow the Scottish Government to impose appropriate restrictions targeted to those geographic regions most affected by the virus. Areas with low levels of COVID-19 cases should face fewer restrictions than those impacted by high numbers of cases of the virus.

Every area in Scotland will be categorised into one of the five tiers, which will be searchable via the postcode checker, allowing people to see what tier they are in over the coming weeks and months as the situation develops.