The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 98

Public Health, England

Transport, England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021

Made

28th January 2021

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

Laid before Parliament

29th January 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(1).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 29th January 2021.

(3) Regulation 2(3) comes into force at 1.00 p.m. on 29th January 2021.

(4) In these Regulations, “the International Travel Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020(2).

Amendment of the International Travel Regulations

2.—(1) The International Travel Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule B1 (countries and territories subject to additional measures) insert entries for “Burundi”, “Rwanda” and “United Arab Emirates” at the appropriate places.

(3) In Schedule B2 (prohibition on arrival of aircraft and vessels), in paragraph 1, insert an entry for “United Arab Emirates” at the appropriate place.

Transitional and saving provision

3.  In relation to any person who arrived in England on or after 10th July 2020 but before 4.00 a.m. on 29th January 2021, or any person residing with such a person, the International Travel Regulations apply as if the amendments made by regulation 2(2) had not been made.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Courts

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

28th January 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/568) (“the International Travel Regulations”) to prohibit the arrival in England of aircraft from the United Arab Emirates.

The Regulations also add further countries and territories to the list, in Schedule B1, of countries and territories subject to enhanced measures. Those countries and territories are Burundi, Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates. The enhanced measures—

(a) remove exemptions from the requirement to self-isolate and the requirement to complete a Passenger Locator Form for passengers who have arrived in England from these countries and territories or who have arrived in England from elsewhere and, during the 10 days preceding their arrival in England, have been in or transited through them;

(b) exclude arrivals from these countries and territories and members of their household from the “Test to Release” regime;

(c) require people residing with arrivals from these countries and territories to self-isolate.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)

1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

(2)

S.I. 2020/568, amended by S.I. 2020/691, 724, 799, 805, 813, 819, 841, 866, 890, 913, 959, 980, 1013, 1039, 1070, 1076, 1094, 1129, 1161, 1190, 1227, 1238, 1277, 1292, 1323, 1337, 1360, 1424, 1517, 1595, 2021/18, 25, 38, 47, 49 and 68.