The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (revoked)

Regulation 3A

[F1 SCHEDULE 2B E+W Testing before arrival in England

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2B inserted (15.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/38), regs. 1(2), 3(8) (with reg. 4)

1.   A test complies with this paragraph if— E+W

(a) it is a test for the detection of coronavirus undertaken using a device which the manufacturer states has—

(i) a sensitivity of at least 80%,

(ii) a specificity of at least 97%, and

(iii) a limit of detection of less than or equal to 100,000 SARS-CoV-2 copies per millilitre,

(b) it is not a test provided or administered under the National Health Service Act 2006, the National Health Services (Wales) Act 2006, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, and

(c) the test sample is taken from the person no more than three days before—

(i) in the case of that person travelling to England on a commercial transport service, the service’s scheduled time of departure, or

(ii) in any other case, the actual time of departure of the vessel or aircraft on which that person is travelling to England.

2.   Notification of a negative test result must include, in English, French or Spanish, the following information— E+W

(a) the name of the person from whom the sample was taken,

(b) that person’s date of birth or age,

(c) the negative result of the test,

(d) the date the test sample was collected or received by the test provider,

(e) the name of the test provider and information sufficient to contact that provider,

[F2 (f) a statement—

(i) that the test was a polymerase chain reaction test, or

(ii) of the name of the device that was used for the test.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 2B para. 2(f) substituted (20.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/166), regs. 1(1), 2(5) (with reg. 4)

3.— (1) The persons referred to in regulation 3A(5)(c) (and not required to comply with that regulation) are— E+W

(a) a person (“P”) described in—

(i) paragraph 13(1)(b) of Schedule 2 where, prior to P’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has certified that they meet this description and are not required to comply with regulation 3A, or

(ii) paragraph 13A of Schedule 2 where, prior to P’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has also certified that they are not required to comply with regulation 3A,

(b) a crown servant or government contractor (“C”) who is required to undertake essential policing or essential government work in the United Kingdom or is returning from conducting such work outside the United Kingdom where, prior to C’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has certified that they meet this description and are not required to comply with regulation 3A,

(c) a representative (“R”) of a foreign country or territory, or of the government of a British overseas territory, travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom where, prior to R’s departure to the United Kingdom—

(i) the relevant head of the mission, consular post, or office representing a foreign territory in the United Kingdom, or a Governor of a British overseas territory (as the case may be), or a person acting on their authority, confirms in writing to the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office that R is required to undertake work which is essential to the foreign country represented by the mission or consular post, the foreign territory represented by the office or the British overseas territory, and

(ii) the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has then confirmed in writing to the person giving the notification in sub-paragraph (i) that—

(aa) it has received that confirmation, and

(bb) R is travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom and is not required to comply with regulation 3A,

(d) a worker with specialist technical skills, where those specialist technical skills are required for emergency works or services (including commissioning, maintenance, and repairs and safety checks) to ensure the continued production, supply, movement, manufacture, storage or preservation of goods or services, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work or otherwise to commence or resume their work ,

F3 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

“consular post” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 2;

“crown servant”, “essential government work”, “essential policing” and “government contractor” have the meaning given in paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 2.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 2B para. 3(1)(e) omitted (9.3.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Information for Passengers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/252), regs. 1(3), 4