3.—(1) A person who is a Crown servant, a government contractor, or a member of a visiting force, who—E+W
(a)is required to undertake work necessary to the delivery of essential defence activities, F1...
[F2(aa)has travelled from a point of origin within the common travel area or from an exempt country or territory on a vessel or aircraft operated by, or in support of, Her Majesty’s armed forces or by, or in support of, a visiting force and that vessel or aircraft has not taken on any persons, docked in any port or landed in any non-exempt country or territory, or]
(b)has undertaken a continuous period of at least [F310] days [F4ending with the day immediately preceding the day of their arrival in the United Kingdom] aboard a vessel operated by or in support of Her Majesty's Naval Service [F5or by, or in support of, a visiting force] [F6, where they have not disembarked] and that vessel has not taken on any persons or docked in any port outside of the common travel area for a period of at least [F310] days [F7ending with the day of its arrival] in the United Kingdom.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)“defence” has the meaning given in section 2(4) of the Official Secrets Act 1989,
[F8(b)“visiting force” means any body, contingent or detachment of the forces of a country, being a body, contingent or detachment for the time being present in the United Kingdom (including United Kingdom territorial waters), on the invitation of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 2 para. 3(1) omitted (7.7.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/691), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(a) (with reg. 2)
F2Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(aa) inserted (7.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/691), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(b) (with reg. 2)
F3Word in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(b) substituted (14.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1517), regs. 1(3), 3(6)(a)
F4Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(b) substituted (31.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/813), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(i)
F5Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(b) inserted (7.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/691), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(c) (with reg. 2)
F6Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(b) inserted (31.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/813), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(ii)
F7Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(b) substituted (31.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/813), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(iii)
F8Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b) substituted (25.10.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 20) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1161), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1(1)