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

Offences and penalties E+W

6.—(1) A person who—

(a) without reasonable excuse contravenes a requirement in regulation 3,

[F1 (aa) without reasonable excuse contravenes a requirement in regulation 3A,]

(b) contravenes a requirement in regulation 4, or

(c) without reasonable excuse contravenes a requirement in or imposed under regulation 5,

commits an offence.

[F2 (1A) But a person does not commit an offence where they contravene a requirement [F3 in—

(a) regulation 3A, if they reasonably believed at the time of the contravention that the notification of a negative result was valid and from a qualifying test, or

(b) regulation 4 in the circumstances described in paragraph (8)(d), (8A)(f), (9)(h) or (13A) of that regulation, if they reasonably believed at the time of the contravention that the test was an appropriate test (within the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2A).]]

[F4 (1B) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(aa), reasonable excuses include, in particular, where—

(a) a person was medically unfit to provide a sample for a qualifying test and possessed a document, in English or accompanied by a certified English translation, signed by a medical practitioner entitled to practise in the country or territory in which that practitioner was based, to that effect,

(b) it was not reasonably practicable for a person to obtain a qualifying test due to a disability,

(c) a person required medical treatment with such urgency that obtaining a qualifying test was not reasonably practicable,

(d) a person contracted coronavirus and required emergency medical treatment,

(e) a person was accompanying, in order to provide support, whether medical or otherwise, a person described in sub-paragraph (c) or (d) where it was not reasonably practicable for the accompanying person to obtain a qualifying test,

(f) a person began their journey to England in a country or territory in which a qualifying test was not available to the public, with or without payment, or in which it was not reasonably practicable for a person to obtain a qualifying test due to a lack of reasonable access to a qualifying test or testing facility and it was not reasonably practicable for them to obtain a qualifying test in their last point of departure if this was different to where they began their journey,

(g) the time it has taken a person to travel from the country or territory where they began their journey to the country or territory of their last point of departure prior to arriving in England meant that it was not reasonably practicable for them to meet the requirement in paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 2B, and it was not reasonably practicable for them to obtain a qualifying test in their last point of departure.]

(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, wilfully obstructs any person carrying out a function under these Regulations commits an offence.

(3) A person who intentionally or recklessly provides false or misleading passenger information commits an offence.

[F5 (3A) An operator (within the meaning given in regulation 4A) who contravenes regulation 4B(3) or 4C(3) commits an offence.]

(4) An offence under these Regulations is punishable on summary conviction by a fine.

(5) Section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 M1 applies in relation to an offence under this regulation as if the reasons in subsection (5) of that section included—

(a) to maintain public health,

(b) to maintain public order.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 6(1)(aa) 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(4)(a) (with reg. 4)

F2 Reg. 6(1A) inserted (15.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1337), regs. 1, 2(4)

F3 Reg. 6(1A)(a)(b) and word substituted for words in reg. 6(1A) (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(4)(b) (with reg. 4)

F4 Reg. 6(1B) 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(4)(c) (with reg. 4)

F5 Reg. 6(3A) inserted (15.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/47), regs. 1(2), 2(4)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 6 in force at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1984 c. 60. Section 24 was substituted by section 110(1) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15).