In these Regulations—

• “authorised person” means—

  1. a

     in relation to passengers arriving F1or departing by sea, the Secretary of State for Transport;

  2. b

     in relation to passengers arriving F1or departing by air, the Civil Aviation Authority;

  3. c

     in relation to passengers arriving F1or departing by rail, the Office of Rail and Road;

• “common travel area” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 M1;

• “coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

• “coronavirus disease” means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus);

• “the information requirement” means the requirement in regulation 3(1);

• F2“operator” means operator of a relevant service, except—

  1. a

     in regulations 3(7), 3(9), 3(9A), 6 and 7, where it means operator of a relevant service or relevant outbound service,

  2. b

     in the definition of “outbound operator”;

• F3“the outbound information requirement” means the requirement in regulation 3(2A);

• “outbound operator” means operator of a relevant outbound service;

• “port” means—

  1. a

     any port (including a seaport, airport or heliport); or

  2. b

     a place which is an authorised terminal control point for international services for the purposes of sections 11 and 12 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 M2;

• F4“relevant outbound service” means a commercial transport service on which passengers travel from England to outside the common travel area on a vessel, aircraft or train;

• “relevant service” means a commercial transport service on which passengers travel to England from outside the common travel area on a vessel, aircraft or train;

• “vessel” means a vessel which is 24 metres or more in length.