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Welsh Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 574 (W. 132)

Public Health, Wales

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Made

5th June 2020

Laid before Senedd Cymru

at 11.00 a.m. on 8 June 2020

Coming into force

at 12.01 a.m. on 8 June 2020

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 M1, make the following Regulations.

Marginal Citations

M11984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

PART 1E+WGeneral

Title and coming into forceE+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations come into force at 12.01 a.m. on 8 June 2020.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

General interpretationE+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations –

“child” (“plentyn”) means a person under 18 years of age and any reference to an “adult” (“oedolyn”) is to be interpreted accordingly;

“coronavirus” (“coronafeirws”) means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2);

[F1“device” (“dyfais”) means an in vitro diagnostic medical device within the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002;]

[F2“EU Digital COVID Certificate” (“Tystysgrif COVID Ddigidol yr UE”) means a certificate of COVID-19 records issued by an EEA state, a member State of the European Free Trade Association, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or the Vatican City State;]

[F3“exempt country or territory” (“gwlad neu diriogaeth esempt”) means a country or territory within the common travel area, and any reference to a “non-exempt country or territory” (“gwlad neu diriogaeth nad yw’n esempt”) is to be interpreted accordingly;]

“Immigration Acts” (“y Deddfau Mewnfudo”) has the meaning given by section 61 of the UK Borders Act 2007 M2;

“immigration officer” (“swyddog mewnfudo”) means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 M3;

“passenger information” (“gwybodaeth am deithiwr”) means the information specified in Schedule 1;

“premises” (“mangre”) includes any garden, yard, passage, stair, garage, outhouse, or other appurtenance of such premises.

[F4“private test provider” (“darparwr prawf preifat”) means a test provider other than a public provider;]

[F4“public test provider” (“darparwr prawf cyhoeddus”) means a person who provides or administers a test exercising powers under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, the National Health Service Act 2006, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;]

[F5“qualifying test” ( “prawf cymhwysol”) means a test that is a qualifying test for the purposes of regulation 6A;]

[F6“regulation 2A traveller” (“teithiwr rheoliad 2A”) has the meaning given in regulation 2A;]

[F7“sensitivity” (“sensitifrwydd”), in relation to a device, means how often the device correctly generates a positive result;]

[F8“specificity” (“penodolrwydd”), in relation to a device, means how often the device correctly generates a negative result;]

[F4“test provider” (“darparwr prawf”) means a public test provider or a private test provider.]

(2) For the purpose of these Regulations, a person has responsibility for a child if—

(a)the person has custody or charge of the child, or

(b)the person has parental responsibility for the child (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989) M4.

(3) In these Regulations—

“aircraft” (“awyren”) M5;

“the common travel area” (“yr ardal deithio gyffredin”) M6;

“port” (“porthladd”) M7;

“ship” (“llong”) M8,

have the same meaning as they have in the Immigration Act 1971.

[F9(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person who arrives by ship or aircraft in a non-exempt country or territory F10... is not to be treated as having been in that place unless—

(a)the person disembarks from the aircraft or ship while it is at the place, or

(b)where the person remains on the ship or aircraft while it is at the place, any other passengers embark on the aircraft or ship at the place.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M22007 c. 30. Section 61 was amended by section 73(5) of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22) and section 92(5) of the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19).

M31971 c. 77. Paragraph 1 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c. 17), and by S.I. 1993/1813.

M5See section 33(1).

M6See section 1(3). It provides that the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and the Republic of Ireland are collectively referred to in that Act as “the common travel area”.

M7See section 33(1).

M8See section 33(1).

[F11Exemptions for vaccinated travellers and othersE+W

2A.—(1) In these Regulations, a person (“P”) is a regulation 2A traveller if P meets the requirements of paragraph (2) and any of paragraphs (3) to (6) of this regulation.

(2) P has been in a non-exempt country or territory, except for one listed in Schedule 3A F12..., within the period of 10 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales.

(3) P—

(a)has completed a course of doses of an authorised vaccine with the final dose having been received at least 14 days prior to arriving in Wales,

F13(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F14(ba). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)is able to provide proof if required by an immigration officer [F15or the operator of a commercial service on which P travels to Wales from outside the common travel area] of meeting the requirement in sub-paragraph (a) [F16through—

(i)the NHS COVID pass, or equivalent from NHS Scotland, NHS Wales or the Department of Health in Northern Ireland,

(ii)the EU Digital COVID certificate, F17...

[F18(iia)a certificate of COVID-19 records issued by an approved third country or territory;

(iib)a North American Certificate;]

(iii)the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination card,] [F19or

(iv)a vaccine certificate,] [F20and]

F21(ca). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)has declared that P has completed a course of an authorised vaccine using a facility referred to in regulation 4(1) [F22except where P is a person described in regulation 4(2)].

(4) P—

(a)has participated in, or is participating in, a clinical trial of an authorised vaccine for vaccination against coronavirus carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004,

(b)is able to provide proof of such participation [F23if required by an immigration officer or the operator of a commercial service on which P travels to Wales from outside the common travel area], and

(c)has declared that P has participated in or is participating in such a clinical trial using a facility referred to in regulation 4(1).

[F24(4A) P—

(a)has participated or is participating in a clinical trial in the United States of America by the Food and Drugs Administration of a vaccine for vaccination against coronavirus;

(b)is able to provide proof of such participation through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination card if required by an immigration officer or the operator of a commercial service on which P travels to Wales from outside the common travel area; [F25and]

(c)has declared that P meets the COVID-19 vaccination eligibility criteria for reduced isolation and testing requirements using a facility referred to in regulation 4(1); F26...

F27(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(5) P is—

F28(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)under the age of 18 upon arrival in Wales.

(6) P is F29...—

(a)a person who—

(i)has completed a course of doses of a vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas, with the final dose having been received at least 14 days prior to arriving in Wales,

(ii)is able is able to provide proof if required by an immigration officer of the requirements in paragraph (i), and

(iii)has declared that P has completed a course of doses of a vaccines as described in paragraph (i) using a facility referred to in regulation 4(1) F30...

F31(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) For the purposes of [F32paragraph (3)], P has completed a course of doses if P has received the complete course of doses specified—

(a)in the summary of product characteristics approved as part of the marketing authorisation for the authorised vaccine, or

(b)in the instructions for usage approved as part of the authorisation by the licensing authority on a temporary basis under regulation 174 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 for the authorised vaccine.

[F33[F34(7A) For the purposes of paragraph (3)—

(a)where P has received a dose of one authorised vaccine and a dose of a different authorised vaccine, P is deemed to have completed a course of doses of an authorised vaccine;

(b)where P has received at least two doses of any of the vaccines referred to in sub-paragraph (d) of the definition of “authorised vaccine”, P is deemed to have completed a course of doses of an authorised vaccine.]

(7B) For the purposes of paragraph (6), P has completed a course of doses of a vaccine if P has received the complete course of doses of the vaccine as specified in the manufacturer’s guidance for that vaccine.]

(8) For the purposes of paragraph (6), where P has received a dose of an authorised vaccine F35... and a dose of a vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas, P is deemed to have [F36completed] a course of doses of a vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas.

[F37(8A) For the purposes of paragraph (6), where P has received a dose of one vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas, and a dose of a different vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas, P is deemed to have completed a course of doses of a vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas.]

(9) For the purposes of this regulation, a child is to be treated as making a declaration using a facility referred to in regulation 4(1), and providing any proof required, if that declaration is made, and the proof provided, by a person who is travelling with and has responsibility for that child.

(10) In this regulation—

[F38“authorised vaccine” (“brechlyn awdurdodedig”) means a medicinal product for vaccination against coronavirus F39...—

(a)

in relation to doses received in the United Kingdom [F40, authorised]—

(i)

for supply in the United Kingdom in accordance with a marketing authorisation, or

(ii)

by the licensing authority on a temporary basis under regulation 174 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

(b)

in relation to doses received in a relevant country listed in the first column of the table in paragraph (11), [F41authorised] for supply in that country following evaluation by the relevant regulator for the country;

(c)

[F42in relation to doses received in any other country or territory (including a relevant country listed in paragraph (12)), which would be authorised as provided for in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) if the doses were received in the United Kingdom;]

(d)

[F43in relation to doses received in any country in the world, those vaccines which are—

(i)

listed in lines 10, 11 or 13 of the Guidance Document “Status of COVID-19 Vaccines within WHO EUL/PQ evaluation process” published by the World Health Organisation on 11 November 2021, and

(ii)

authorised or certified in a regulated country listed in paragraph (12);]]

“clinical trial” (“treial clinigol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004;

“Crown servant” (“gwas y Goron”) has the meaning given in section 12(1)(a) to (e) of the Official Secrets Act 1989:

“government contractor” (“contractiwr y llywodraeth”) has the meaning given in section 12(2) of the Official Secrets Act 1989;

“the licensing authority” (“yr awdurdod trwyddedu”) has the meaning given in regulation 6(2) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (the licensing authority and the Ministers);

[F44“marketing authorisation” (“awdurdodiad marchnata”)—

(a)

in relation to a vaccine authorised for supply in the United Kingdom or in a member State, has the meaning given in regulation 8(1) (general interpretation) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

(b)

in relation to a vaccine authorised for supply in a relevant country listed in the first column of the table in paragraph (11) other than a member State, means a marketing authorisation granted by the relevant regulator for the country;]

“medicinal product” (“cynnyrch meddyginiaethol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (medicinal products);

“NHS” (“GIG”) means the health service continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006;

“NHS COVID pass” (“pàs COVID y GIG”) means the COVID-19 records on the NHS smartphone app developed and operated by the Secretary of State through the website at NHS.uk or a COVID-19 post vaccination letter obtained from the NHS;

“NHS Scotland” (“GIG yr Alban”) means the health service continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

“NHS Wales” (“GIG Cymru”) means the health service continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

[F45“North American Certificate” (“Tystysgrif Gogledd America”) means—

(a)

Excelsior Pass Plus (New York);

(b)

Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record (California);

(c)

WA Verify (Washington state);]

[F46[F47“relevant country” (“gwlad berthnasol”) means a country or territory listed in the first column of the table in paragraph (11) or a country or territory listed in paragraph (12);]

“relevant regulator” (“rheoleiddiwr perthnasol”), in relation to a relevant country, means the regulator identified in the corresponding row of the second column of the table in paragraph (11), and a reference to a regulator in that table is a reference to the regulatory authority of that name designated as a Stringent Regulatory Authority by the World Health Organization pursuant to the operation of the COVAX Facility;]

“United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas” (“rhaglen frechu’r Deyrnas Unedig dramor”) means the administration of vaccination against coronavirus to—

(a)

Crown servants, government contractors or other personnel posted or based overseas and their dependants under the scheme known as the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff COVID-19 vaccination programme, [F48or]

(b)

F49...

(c)

military or civilian personnel, government contractors and their dependants at a military posting overseas, including the British overseas territories, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, under the vaccination scheme provided or approved by the UK Defence Medical Services.

[F50“vaccine certificate” (“tystysgrif brechlyn”) means a certificate in English, French or Spanish issued by the competent health authority of a relevant country [F51, other than a European country or territory listed in the table in paragraph (11) or the United States of America,] which contains—

(a)

P’s full name;

(b)

P’s date of birth;

(c)

the name and manufacturer of the vaccine that P has received;

(d)

the date that P received each dose of the vaccine;

(e)

details of either the identity of the issuer of the certificate or the country of vaccination, or both.]

[F52(11) The table referred to in the definitions of “relevant country” and “relevant regulator” follows—

Relevant countryRelevant regulator
a member StateEuropean Medicines Agency
AndorraEuropean Medicines Agency
[F53Australia The Therapeutic Goods Administration]
[F54Canada Health Canada]
IcelandEuropean Medicines Agency
LiechtensteinEuropean Medicines Agency
MonacoEuropean Medicines Agency
NorwayEuropean Medicines Agency
San MarinoEuropean Medicines Agency
SwitzerlandSwissmedic
the United States of AmericaUnited States Food and Drug Administration
Vatican City StateEuropean Medicines Agency]

[F55(12) The countries and territories referred to in the definition of “relevant country” are—

[F59(12A) The following countries and territories are approved third countries or territories for the purposes of this Part—

[F60(13) Where a course of doses of an authorised vaccine has been administered to a person (“P”) by a person acting on behalf of the United Nations and authorised to administer the vaccination in that capacity, P is to be treated as if they have received those doses in a relevant country listed in paragraph (12), and any reference to a person from a relevant country in these Regulations is to be construed accordingly.]]

Textual Amendments

PART 2E+WRequirement to provide information

Persons arriving from outside the common travel areaE+W

3.—(1) In this Part, references to “P” are to—

(a)a person who arrives in Wales by ship or aircraft from a place outside the common travel area, or

(b)a person who—

(i)arrives in Wales by ship or aircraft from the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, and

(ii)has, within the period of [F6110] days ending with the person's arrival, been in a place outside the common travel area.

(2) But references to P do not include [F62—

(a)a person described in Part 1 of Schedule 2,

[F63(aa)a person described in paragraphs 6 to 10 of Schedule 2.]

F64(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F65(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

F66(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F67(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 3 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Requirement to provide passenger informationE+W

4.—(1) P must submit the following information to the Secretary of State electronically [F68on or before arrival] in Wales, using a facility provided by the Secretary of State for this purpose—

(a)P's passenger information, and

(b)where P arrives in Wales accompanied by a child for whom P has responsibility, the child's passenger information.

(2) Where P arrives in Wales at a port—

(a)P must comply with paragraph (1) before leaving the port, and

(b)an immigration officer at the port must provide P with any assistance the officer considers necessary to enable P to comply with paragraph (1).

(3) P is not required to comply with paragraph (1) if the passenger information has, before P's arrival in Wales, been provided electronically to the Secretary of State using a facility provided by the Secretary of State for this purpose.

(4) But where paragraph (3) applies P must, if requested by an immigration officer to do so, provide the officer with evidence that the passenger information has been provided.

(5) Where P is a child in respect of whom passenger information has been provided by a person with responsibility for P in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), P is not required by paragraph (1)(a) to provide P's passenger information.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 4 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Requirement to notify changes to passenger informationE+W

5.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—

(a)P is required by regulation 7 or 8 to reside in (and not leave or be outside of) premises until the end of the last day of P's isolation (within the meaning given by regulation 12), and

(b)before the end of that day, P's passenger information changes.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, P must provide updated passenger information to the Secretary of State electronically as soon as is reasonably practicable, using a facility provided by the Secretary of State for this purpose.

(3) Where P is a child for whom another person has responsibility—

(a)P is not required to provide updated passenger information under paragraph (2), and

(b)the other person is required to provide the updated passenger information on behalf of P.

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 5 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Passenger information not in a person's possession or controlE+W

6.  Nothing in regulation 4 or 5 requires a person to provide passenger information if the information is not within the person's possession or under the person's control.

Commencement Information

I6Reg. 6 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

[F69PART 2AE+WNotification of a negative test result etc.

Textual Amendments

Requirement to possess notification of a negative test resultE+W

6A.—(1) A person (“P”) aged [F7012] or over who arrives in Wales from outside the common travel area must, possess on arrival—

(a)valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by P, and

(b)where P is an adult who arrives in Wales accompanied by a child aged [F7012] or over for whom P has responsibility, valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by the child.

(2) Where P—

(a)possesses a notification referred to in paragraph (1), and

(b)is requested by an immigration officer to do so,

P must produce, physically or digitally, the notification, if requested to do so by an immigration officer.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to P if P is a child aged under [F7112] who arrives in Wales accompanied by an adult who has responsibility for P.

(4) In paragraphs (1) and (2), references to P do not include—

(a)a person described in paragraph 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, [F72or] 11 F73... of Schedule 2,

(b)a road haulage worker as described in paragraph 6 of Schedule 2,

(c)a person described in any sub-paragraph of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1A,

[F74(d)a person described in [F75paragraph 14] of Schedule 5 [F76;]]

F77(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F78(f)a person who is a regulation 2A traveller.]

(5) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)a test is a qualifying test if it complies with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1A,

(b)a notification of a negative result is valid if [F79—

(i)it is provided through the EU Digital COVID Certificate, or

(ii)it includes the information specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A.]]

Textual Amendments

[F80PART 2BE+WMandatory testing requirements

Textual Amendments

Requirement to arrange tests before arriving in WalesE+W

F816B.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Requirement to take testsE+W

F816C.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

[F81Requirement to book and undertake testsE+W

6AB.—(1) This regulation applies to a person (“P”) aged 5 or over who—

(a)arrives in Wales,

(b)has, within the period of 10 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales, been outside the common travel area, and

(c)is not a person described in—

[F82(ai)regulation 6L;]

(i)paragraph 1(1)(a) to (k) of Schedule 2 who satisfies the conditions in paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule;

(ii)paragraphs 2 to 16, and 36 of Schedule 2;

(iii)paragraph 14 of Schedule 5.

(2) In this Part—

[F83(a)a “day 2 test” is a test complying with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1C which is undertaken in the circumstances described in paragraph 1A of that Schedule;]

(b)a “day 8 test” is a test complying with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1C which is undertaken in the circumstances described in paragraph 2A of that Schedule;

F84(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)“testing package” means—

(i)in respect of a person to whom [F85regulation 2A does not apply], a booking for a day 2 test and a day 8 test;

[F86(ii)in respect of a regulation 2A traveller, a booking for a day 2 test.]

(3) Where P is an adult, P must on arrival in Wales possess a testing package arranged with a [F87test provider]—

(a)for P, and

(b)for a child aged 5 or over for whom P has responsibility and with whom P is travelling.

(4) Where P is an adult who arrives in Wales without possessing a testing package required under paragraph (3), P must as soon as practicable obtain a testing package.

(5) A test is not to be treated as having been arranged in accordance with this regulation unless—

(a)the person arranging the tests notified the [F88test provider] that the tests were being arranged for the purposes of this regulation, and

(b)the information in Schedule 1B was provided to the [F88test provider] in relation to P.

(6) When the tests are arranged, the [F89test provider] must provide a test reference number—

(a)to P, and

(b)to any person who arranges tests on P’s behalf.

(7) Subject to paragraph (8), where P—

(a)is an adult, they must undertake the tests in accordance with their testing package;

(b)is a child aged 5 or over, an adult with responsibility for P must, so far as reasonably practicable, ensure that P undertakes the tests in accordance with the testing package.

(8) Where P’s day 2 test generates a positive result, P is not required to undertake a day 8 test.

(9) Where P does not undertake a test as required by this regulation by reason of a reasonable excuse, P must, as soon as practicable after the matters giving rise to the reasonable excuse no longer apply, undertake a test (“a replacement test”) complying with the requirements that apply to the test that was missed.

(10) Where a replacement test is undertaken instead of—

(a)a day 2 test, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken a day 2 test in accordance with this regulation;

(b)a day 8 test, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken a day 8 test in accordance with this regulation.

(11) A person who possesses a testing package must provide evidence of it if requested by an immigration officer or a constable.]

Textual Amendments

Requirement to isolate on failure to take testsE+W

F906D.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

[F90Requirement to isolate on failure to take tests: travellers from non-exempt countries and territoriesE+W

6DA.—(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person (“P”) to whom [F91regulation 6AB(1) applies and regulation 2A does not apply].

(2) This paragraph applies where—

(a)P fails to undertake a day 8 test, and

(b)either—

(i)P fails to undertake a day 2 test, or

(ii)P’s day 2 test generates a negative or inconclusive result.

(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, the last day of P’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 is the last day of the period of 14 days beginning with the day after the day on which P was last in a non-exempt country or territory (and regulation 12 does not apply for the purposes of determining the last day of P’s isolation).

(4) Where paragraph (2) applies but P subsequently takes a test to which paragraph (5) applies and—

(a)the result is positive, regulation 6E applies as if the test had been undertaken in accordance with regulation 6AB;

(b)the result is negative, regulation 6G applies as if—

(i)P had taken a day 2 test and a day 8 test in accordance with regulation 6AB, and

(ii)both tests were negative.

(5) This paragraph applies to a day 8 test that is taken—

(a)before the end of P’s isolation period as it would have been determined under regulation 12 if paragraph (2) did not apply, but

(b)not before the end of the seventh day after the day on which P arrives in Wales.

Textual Amendments

[F92Requirement to isolate on failure to take tests: F93... regulation 2A travellers]E+W

6DB.—[F94(1) This regulation applies to a regulation 2A traveller (“P”) to whom regulation 6AB(1) applies.]

(2) This paragraph applies where P fails to take a day 2 test.

[F95(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, the last day of P’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 is the last day of the period of 14 days beginning with the day after the day on which P was last in a non-exempt country or territory (and regulation 12 does not apply for the purposes of determining the last day of P’s isolation).]

(4) Where paragraph (2) applies but P subsequently takes a test to which paragraph (5) applies and—

(a)the result is positive, regulation 6E applies as if the test had been undertaken in accordance with regulation 6AB;

(b)the result is negative, P is no longer required to isolate in accordance with [F96regulations 7 or 8].

(5) This paragraph applies to a test which—

[F97(a)is a day 2 test,]

(b)is arranged in accordance with regulation 6AB(5), and

(c)is undertaken within 10 days of the day on which P arrived in Wales.]

Textual Amendments

[F98Consequences of positive test resultE+W

6E.—(1) Where a test taken by a person (“P”) in accordance with regulation 6AB is positive and—

(a)P is a person to whom regulation 7(1) or 8(1) applies, paragraphs (2) and (7) apply;

F99(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) The last day of P’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 is the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day on which P took the test (and regulation 12 does not apply for the purposes of determining the last day of P’s isolation).

F100(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F100(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F100(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F100(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) Regulation 10(3) (isolation requirement ceasing to apply to P when P leaves Wales) of these Regulations and, subject to regulation 6I, regulation 6 or 7, as appropriate, of the Coronavirus Restrictions Regulations do not apply in relation to P.

F101(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

Consequences of positive result for person residing in same premisesE+W

6F.—(1) This regulation applies where a test taken by a person (“P”) in accordance with [F102regulation 6AB] is positive and P resides with another person (“A”)—

(a)who is under a requirement to isolate under regulation 7 or 8, and

(b)whose last day of isolation period would, if it were not for this regulation, be determined in accordance with regulation 12.

(2) The last day of A’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 is the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day on which P took the test (and regulation 12 does not apply for the purposes of determining the last day of A’s isolation).

(3) But this does not apply where—

(a)the positive test referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is a day 8 test taken by P in accordance with [F103regulation 6AB], and

(b)A received a positive result to a day 2 test that A took in accordance with [F104regulation 6AB].

Textual Amendments

Consequences of not receiving result of day 8 test before end of isolation periodE+W

6G.—(1) This regulation applies where a person (“P”)—

(a)takes a day 2 test and a day 8 test in accordance with [F105regulation 6AB],

(b)receives a negative result to the day 2 test, and

(c)has not received a result to the day 8 test before the end of the last day of P’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 (as determined under regulation 12).

(2) If the result of P’s day 8 test is negative, the last day of P’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 is the day on which P receives the result of the day 8 test (and regulation 12 does not apply for the purposes of determining the last day of P’s isolation).

[F106(3) Except where paragraph (2) applies, the last day of P’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 is the last day of the period of 14 days beginning with the day after the day on which P was last in a non-exempt country or territory (and regulation 12 does not apply for the purposes of determining the last day of P’s isolation).]

Textual Amendments

Consequences of receiving inconclusive test resultE+W

F1076H.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

[F107Consequences of receiving inconclusive test result: travellers from non-exempt countries and territoriesE+W

6HA.—(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person (“P”) to whom [F108regulation 6AB(1) applies and regulation 2A does not apply].

(2) This paragraph applies where the result of a test taken by P in accordance with regulation 6AB is inconclusive.

(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, the last day of P’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 is—

(a)the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day P took the test, or

(b)where P takes a test to which paragraph (5) applies and the result of the test is negative, the later of—

(i)the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day after the day on which P was last in a non-exempt country or territory, or

(ii)the day on which P receives the negative result, or

(c)where P takes a test to which paragraph (5) applies and the result of the test is positive, the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day P took the test.

(4) Where paragraph (3)(c) applies, P is not required to take a day 8 test in accordance with regulation 6AB.

(5) This paragraph applies to—

(a)a day 8 test taken in accordance with regulation 6AB;

(b)a test which—

(i)complies with the requirements for a day 8 test in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1C,

(ii)is arranged in accordance with regulation 6AB(5), and

(iii)is taken—

(aa)before the end of P’s isolation period as it would have been determined under regulation 12 if paragraph (1) did not apply, but

(bb)before the end of the seventh day after the day on which P arrives in Wales.

Textual Amendments

[F109Consequences of receiving inconclusive test result: F110... regulation 2A travellers]E+W

6HB.—[F111(1) This regulation applies to a regulation 2A traveller (“P”) to whom regulation 6AB(1) applies.]

(2) This paragraph applies where the result of a test taken by P in accordance with regulation 6AB is inconclusive.

[F112(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, the last day of P’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 is the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day after the day on which P was last in a non-exempt country or territory (and regulation 12 does not apply for the purposes of determining the last day of P’s isolation).]

(4) Where paragraph (2) applies but P subsequently takes a test to which paragraph (5) applies and—

(a)the result is positive, regulation 6E applies as if the test had been undertaken in accordance with regulation 6AB;

(b)the result is negative, P is no longer required to isolate in accordance with [F113regulations 7 or 8].

(5) This paragraph applies to a test which—

[F114(a)is a day 2 test,]

(b)is arranged in accordance with regulation 6AB(5), and

(c)is undertaken within 10 days of the day on which P arrived in Wales.]

Textual Amendments

Tests other than in accordance with these RegulationsE+W

6I.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)P takes a day 2 test which is negative,

(b)while P is isolating in accordance with regulation 7 or 8, P subsequently takes a test other than in accordance with these Regulations, and

(c)P is notified that the test is positive.

(2) P ceases to be required to isolate in accordance with these Regulations, and regulation 6 or 7, as appropriate, of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020 applies in relation to P.

Charge for testsE+W

6J.—(1) The Welsh Ministers or a person designated by the Welsh Ministers may impose a charge in respect of day 2 tests or day 8 tests [F115provided by a public test provider].

(2) The Welsh Ministers—

(a)must publish details of the charges in a way they consider to be appropriate, and

(b)may recover any sum owed by a person pursuant to a charge as a debt.]

Textual Amendments

[F116Workforce testingE+W

6K.—[F117(1) This regulation applies to a person (“P”) aged 5 or over who—

(a)arrives in Wales,

(b)has, within the period of 10 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales, been outside the common travel area, and

(c)is a person specified in—

(i)paragraph 6 of Schedule 2, or

(ii)regulation 12E(2)(g).]

[F118(1A) P must take a workforce test for day 2 in accordance with paragraph (6) where P—

(a)is a regulation 2A traveller, or

(b)has not been in a non-exempt country or territory within the period of 10 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales.]

(2) [F119Where paragraph (1A) does not apply,] P must undertake a workforce test for day 2, day 5 and day 8 in accordance with paragraph (6) in relation to each category of test.

(3) Where P does not undertake a workforce test as required by this regulation by reason of a reasonable excuse, P must, as soon as practicable after the matters giving rise to the reasonable excuse no longer pertain, undertake a replacement workforce test.

(4) Where a replacement workforce test is undertaken instead of—

(a)a workforce test to be undertaken for day 2, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken a workforce test on day 2 in accordance with this regulation;

(b)a workforce test to be undertaken for day 5, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken a workforce test on day 5 in accordance with this regulation;

(c)a workforce test to be undertaken for day 8, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken a workforce test on day 8 in accordance with this regulation.

(5) Schedule 2D makes further provision about workforce tests (including the consequences of testing).

(6) In these Regulations—

(a)“a replacement workforce test” means a workforce test complying with the requirements that apply to the workforce test that was missed;

(b)“a workforce test” means a test [F120for the detection of coronavirus] which is provided or administered under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

(c)“a workforce test undertaken for day 2” means a test which is undertaken no later than the end of the second day after the day on which P arrived in Wales;

(d)“a workforce test undertaken for day 5” means a workforce test which—

(i)is undertaken after a workforce test for day 2,

(ii)is undertaken no earlier than the end of the second day after the day on which P arrived in Wales, and

(iii)is undertaken before the end of the fifth day after the day on which P arrived in Wales;

(e)“a workforce test undertaken for day 8” means a workforce test which—

(i)is undertaken after a workforce test undertaken for day 5,

(ii)is undertaken no earlier than the end of the fourth day after the day on which P arrived in Wales, and

(iii)is undertaken before the end of the eighth day after the day on which P arrived in Wales.]

Textual Amendments

[F121Specified events testingE+W

6L.—(1) This regulation applies to a person (“P”) aged 5 or over who—

(a)arrives in Wales,

(b)has, within the period of 10 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales, been outside the common travel area, and

(c)is a relevant person at a specified event.

(2) P must take an event test for day 2 in accordance with paragraph (9) where P—

(a)is a regulation 2A traveller, or

(b)has not been in a non-exempt country or territory within the period of 10 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales.

(3) Where paragraph (2) does not apply, P must undertake an event test for day 2, and day 8 in accordance with paragraph (9) in relation to each category of test.

(4) Where P does not undertake an event test as required by this regulation by reason of a reasonable excuse, P must, as soon as practicable after the matters giving rise to the reasonable excuse no longer pertain, undertake a replacement event test.

(5) Where a replacement event test is undertaken instead of—

(a)an event test to be undertaken for day 2, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken an event test on day 2 in accordance with this regulation;

(b)an event test to be undertaken for day 8, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken an event test on day 8 in accordance with this regulation.

(6) Regulations 6DA to 6HB apply to a person subject to this regulation as if—

(a)references to regulation 6AB and 6AB(1) were to regulation 6L and 6L(1) respectively;

(b)references to a day 2 test were to an event test undertaken for day 2;

(c)references to a day 8 test were to an event test undertaken for day 8;

(d)for regulation 6DB(5) there were substituted—

“(5) This paragraph applies to a replacement event test.”;

(e)for regulation 6HA(5) there were substituted—

“(5) This paragraph applies to a replacement event test.”

(7) Where an event test generates an inconclusive result, P must as soon as reasonably practicable undertake a further event test and that further event test is to be treated as a replacement event test.

(8) A person responsible for organising a specified event must—

(a)take reasonable steps to facilitate the taking of events tests by a relevant person in relation to the specified event they have responsibility for;

(b)have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a).

(9) In this regulation—

“an event test” (“prawf digwyddiad”) means a test for the detection of coronavirus;

“an event test undertaken for day 2” (“prawf digwyddiad a gymerir ar gyfer diwrnod 2”) means a test which is undertaken no later than the end of the second day after the day on which P arrived in Wales;

“an event test undertaken for day 8” (“prawf digwyddiad a gymerir ar gyfer diwrnod 8”) means an event test which is undertaken before the end of the eighth day after the day on which P arrived in Wales

“relevant person” (“person perthnasol”) in relation to a specified event means—

(a)

a person participating in or at the event to derive a living;

(b)

an individual essential to the running of the event, including—

(i)

operational staff essential to the running of the event;

(ii)

event officials;

(iii)

referees;

(iv)

broadcast staff and journalists covering the event;

(c)

an individual essential to the support of a person described in paragraph (a), including—

(i)

medical, logistical, technical and administration staff;

(ii)

the parent or carer of a such a person, where that person is under the age of 18;

“a replacement event test” (“prawf digwyddiad arall”) means an event test complying with the requirements that apply to the event test that was missed or provided an inconclusive result;

“a specified event” (“digwyddiad penodedig”) means an event listed in Schedule 1E.

(10) In this regulation, when considering whether a person derives a living from participating in an event, any payment made for a person’s benefit by reason of their participation is to be taken into account, including payment by way of salary, prize money or through a contractual arrangement of any other kind.]

Textual Amendments

PART 3E+WRequirement to isolate etc.

Requirement to isolate: arrivals from outside the United KingdomE+W

7.—(1) This regulation applies to a person (“P”)—

(a)who arrives in Wales by ship or aircraft from a [F122non-exempt country or territory], or

(b)who—

(i)arrives in Wales by ship or aircraft from [F123an exempt country or territory that is not part of the United Kingdom], and

(ii)has, within the period of [F12410] days ending with the day of P's arrival in Wales, [F125been in a non-exempt country or territory].

(2) P must—

(a)travel directly to specified premises in Wales suitable for P to reside in until the end of the last day of P's isolation, or

(b)travel directly to a part of the United Kingdom other than Wales.

(3) Where P travels to specified premises in Wales to reside in, as required by paragraph (2)(a), P may not leave or be outside the premises before the end of the last day of P's isolation unless—

(a)authorised by regulation 10(4) (temporary departure from premises) to do so, or

(b)this paragraph ceases to apply in relation to P by virtue of regulation 10(3) (leaving Wales).

(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the specified premises are—

(a)the premises specified in P's passenger information as the premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of this regulation (unless sub-paragraph (d) applies to P);

(b)if P is a person described in—

(i)paragraph 1(1)(a) to (k) of Schedule 2 who has not satisfied the conditions in paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule, or

(ii)paragraph 1(1)(l) of that Schedule,

premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of this regulation;

(c)if P's passenger information does not specify premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of this regulation, the premises arranged by P under paragraph (5);

(d)if P is subject to a requirement imposed under or by virtue of the Immigration Acts to reside at particular premises in Wales, those premises.

(5) Where P's passenger information does not specify premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of this regulation, P must, as soon as is reasonably practicable—

(a)make arrangements to reside at premises in Wales suitable for P to reside in until the end of the last day of P's isolation, and

(b)notify the Secretary of State of the address of those premises electronically using a facility provided by the Secretary of State for this purpose.

(6) But where P arrived in Wales at a port, P must comply with the requirements of paragraph (5) before leaving the port.

(7) Where paragraph (5) applies, the Welsh Ministers must provide or secure the provision of such assistance as they consider necessary (if any) to ensure P is able to make the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (5)(a).

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I7Reg. 7 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Requirement to isolate: arrivals from another part of the United KingdomE+W

8.—(1) This regulation applies to a person (“P”) —

(a)who arrives in Wales from elsewhere in the United Kingdom, and

(b)has within the period of [F12610] days ending with the day of P's arrival in Wales, [F127been in a non-exempt country or territory].

(2) But references to P do not include—

(a)a person—

(i)who arrives in Wales for the purpose of returning to the premises in Wales at which the person is residing for the purposes of regulation 7(3), and

(ii)who left Wales temporarily, for one or more of the reasons authorised by regulation 10(4);

(b)a person—

(i)who is required to reside at premises elsewhere in the United Kingdom by provision in Regulations made as respects England, Scotland or Northern Ireland (as the case may be) that are equivalent to these Regulations,

(ii)who is permitted to leave that other part of the United Kingdom temporarily by virtue of those Regulations, and

(iii)who remains in Wales for no longer than is necessary.

[F128(c)a person—

(i)who is no longer required to isolate under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 by virtue of regulation 4(13A) of those Regulations,

(ii)who is in Wales for one or more of the reasons listed in regulation 10(4)(b) to (k) of these Regulations, and

(iii)who remains in Wales for no longer than is necessary.]

(3) P must—

(a)travel directly to premises in Wales that are suitable for P to reside in until the end of the last day of P's isolation, and

(b)may not leave or be outside the premises before the end of the last day of P's isolation unless—

(i)authorised by regulation 10(4) (temporary departure from premises) to do so, or

(ii)this paragraph ceases to apply in relation to P by virtue of regulation 10(3) (leaving Wales).

(4) P must also—

(a)before arriving in Wales, or

(b)as soon as practicable after arriving,

notify the Secretary of State of the address of the premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of paragraph (3) electronically using a facility provided by the Secretary of State for this purpose.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I8Reg. 8 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Isolation requirements: exemptionsE+W

9.—F129(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F130[F131(2)] Regulations 7 and 8 do not apply to—

[F132(aa)a person described in paragraph 1(1)(a), (b), (h) or (k) of Schedule 2, or a member of the family forming part of the household of such a person;

(bb)a person described in paragraph 1(1)(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i) or (j) of Schedule 2, or a member of the family forming part of the household of such a person, and who satisfies the conditions in paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule;]

(b)a person described in paragraphs [F1332 to 16] and 36 of Schedule 2;

F134(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)F135... a person described in regulation 12E(2)(a) to (d) (additional measures applicable to persons travelling from a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A);

F136(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F137(f)a child who is under the age of 5 upon arrival in Wales;

(g)a regulation 2A traveller.]]

F138(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F138(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F138(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F138(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I9Reg. 9 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Isolation requirements: exceptionsE+W

10.—(1) This regulation applies where a person (“P”) is required to reside in (and not leave or be outside of) premises in Wales by an isolation requirement.

(2) “Isolation requirement” in relation to P means a requirement imposed by—

(a)regulation 7(3);

(b)regulation 8(3)(b).

(3) An isolation requirement ceases to apply in relation to P if P leaves Wales, unless P is temporarily outside Wales for a purpose authorised by paragraph (4)(b) to [F139(k)].

(4) P may leave and be outside of the premises for as long as is necessary—

(a)to travel for the purpose of leaving Wales in the manner described by paragraph (3);

(b)to obtain basic necessities (including for other persons at the premises or any pets at the premises), where it is not possible or practicable—

(i)for another person at the premises to obtain them on P's behalf, or

(ii)to obtain them by delivery to the premises from a third party;

(c)to seek medical assistance, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner;

(d)to receive a health service provided by a registered medical practitioner, where the provision of the service was arranged before P's arrival in the United Kingdom;

(e)to assist a person receiving a health service described in paragraph (d), or to accompany that person if P is a child for whom the person has responsibility;

[F140(ea)where P is a child who does not live in the same household as P’s parents, or one of P’s parents, to continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, P and P’s parents, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, “parent” includes a person who is not a parent of P, but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, P;]

(f)to access veterinary services where—

(i)they are required urgently for a pet at the premises, and

(ii)it is not possible for another person at the premises to access those services;

(g)to carry out specified activities in relation to edible horticulture, but only if P is residing at the premises in connection with those activities;

(h)to avoid illness or injury or to escape a risk of harm;

(i)to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings;

(j)to access public services (including social services or victims' services) where—

(i)access to the service is critical to P's well-being, and

(ii)the service cannot be provided if P remains at the premises;

[F141(ja)where P is competing in a sporting event specified in Schedule 4 or providing coaching or other support to a person who is competing in such an event, to participate in the event or to undertake training or other activities connected to the event;

(jb)where P is officiating at, or is involved in running, such a sporting event, to attend the event or to undertake activities connected to officiating or running the event;

F142(jc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F142(jd). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F143(jh)where P is an elite athlete who has travelled to the United Kingdom to undergo one or more medical examination, to attend that medical examination, provided—

(i)the medical examination is for the purpose of a business determining whether to offer P a contract to participate in an elite competition on behalf of that business,

(ii)P is in possession of written confirmation from that business of the arrangements referred to in paragraph (i), and

(iii)such arrangements were made prior to P arriving in the United Kingdom;

(ji)where P is a person who is travelling with an elite athlete for the purpose of sub-paragraph (jh), to provide assistance and support to that elite athlete in connection with such medical examination;

(jj)where P is an elite athlete who has contracted with a business to participate in an elite competition, to participate in such competition or undertake training or other activities connected to that elite competition;]

F144(je). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F144(jf). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F144(jg). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(k)for compassionate reasons, including to attend the funeral of—

(i)a member of P's family;

(ii)a close friend;

[F145(l)for the purpose of obtaining a test for coronavirus provided or administered under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

(m)where P is a person falling within any of the paragraphs in Schedule 5, in order to travel directly to or from any place where P’s presence is required for the purposes of P’s work, or for the purposes of an activity to which the relevant paragraph in Schedule 5 relates (as the case may be), and when P is in attendance at that place;]

[F146(n)if required to do so by a constable;]

F147[F148(o). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(p)to undertake a workforce test required by regulation 6K.]

(5) Where—

(a)a legal obligation requires P to change the premises at which P resides for the purpose of an isolation requirement, or

(b)P is otherwise unable to remain at the premises at which P is residing for the purpose of an isolation requirement,

P may travel directly to alternative premises in Wales that are suitable for P to reside in until the end of the last day of P's isolation; and references in this Part to premises, in relation to an isolation requirement, are to be read accordingly.

(6) Where paragraph (5) applies, P must notify the Secretary of State of the address of the alternative premises electronically as soon as is reasonably practicable using a facility provided by the Secretary of State for this purpose.

(7) An isolation requirement does not apply in relation to any period during which P is—

(a)removed to, directed to go to or directed to remain at a place by an immigration officer, constable or public health officer under Schedule 21 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 M9;

(b)detained at a place by virtue of a requirement imposed under the Immigration Acts.

(8) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)“edible horticulture” (“garddwriaeth fwytadwy”) means growing—

(i)protected vegetables grown in glasshouse systems,

(ii)field vegetables grown outdoors, including vegetables, herbs, leafy salads and potatoes,

(iii)soft fruit grown outdoors or under cover,

(iv)trees that bear fruit,

(v)vines and bines, or

(vi)mushrooms;

[F149“elite athlete” (“athletwr elît”) has the same meaning as in [F150[F151paragraph 21(2)(a)] of Schedule 5]];

[F149“elite competition” (“cystadleuaeth elît”) has the same meaning as in [F152[F153paragraph 21(2)(b)] of Schedule 5]];

“health service” (“gwasanaeth iechyd”) means a service provided for or in connection with—

(i)

the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness, or

(ii)

the promotion or protection of public health;

M10“registered medical practitioner” (“ymarferydd meddygol cofrestredig”) means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 who holds a licence to practise under that Act;

“specified activities” (“gweithgareddau penodedig”), in relation to edible horticulture, means—

(i)

crop maintenance,

(ii)

crop harvesting,

(iii)

tunnel construction and dismantling,

(iv)

irrigation installation and maintaining,

(v)

crop husbandry,

(vi)

packing and processing of crops on employers premises,

(vii)

preparing and dismantling growing areas and media,

(viii)

general primary production work in edible horticulture,

(ix)

activities relating to supervising teams of horticulture workers.

F154(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F154(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F154(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F154(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I10Reg. 10 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M101983 c. 54. see section 55(1). The definition of “fully registered person” was amended by S.I. 2006/1914, S.I. 2007/3101 and S.I. 2008/1774

Requirement on persons with responsibility for childrenE+W

11.  Where a requirement is imposed under regulation 7, 8 or 10 on a child, a person with responsibility for the child must take all reasonable measures to ensure that the child complies with the requirement.

Commencement Information

I11Reg. 11 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Last day of isolationE+W

[F15512.  For the purposes of regulations 7, 8 and 10, the last day of P’s isolation is the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day after the day on which P was last in a non-exempt country.]

Textual Amendments

Special rules applicable to persons travelling from DenmarkE+W

F15612A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Special rules applicable to persons travelling from South AfricaE+W

F15712C.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F158PART 3AE+WTravel from Denmark

Textual Amendments

Prohibition on the arrival of aircraft and vessels travelling directly from DenmarkE+W

F15812B.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F159PART 3BE+WTravel from South Africa

Textual Amendments

Prohibition on the arrival of aircraft and vessels travelling directly from DenmarkE+W

F15912D.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F160PART 3CE+WTravel from a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A

Textual Amendments

Additional measures applicable to persons travelling from a country or territory listed in Schedule 3AE+W

[F16112E.—(1) A person (“P”) may not enter Wales if P has been in a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A at any time in the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of P’s arrival in Wales.

(2) But paragraph (1) does not apply where P is—

(a)a person described in paragraph 1(1)(a) to (h) or (k) of Schedule 2 or a member of the family forming part of their household;

(b)a person described in paragraph 1(1)(i) or (j) of Schedule 2 where the conditions in paragraph (3) are met;

(c)a member of the family forming part of the household of a person to whom sub-paragraph (b) applies, where—

(i)the conditions in paragraph (3) are met in relation to that person,

(ii)the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been notified of P’s arrival, and

(iii)the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has confirmed that paragraph (1) should not apply to P;

(d)a person described in the following paragraphs of Schedule 2—

(i)paragraphs 2 to 5;

[F162(iaa)paragraph 6;]

[F163(ia)paragraph 7, unless they have travelled to the United Kingdom to work, or have been repatriated to the United Kingdom after working, on board a cruise ship;

(ib)paragraph 8;

(ic)paragraph 9, unless they have travelled to the United Kingdom to work, or have been repatriated to the United Kingdom after working, on board a cruise ship;

(id)paragraph 10;]

F164(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)paragraph 13 or 13A;

(iv)paragraph 15 or 16.

[F165(e)a person—

(i)who is, or was on 1 September [F1662021], a child,

(ii)who has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purposes of receiving education at [F167an educational institution] in Wales at which education and accommodation is due to be provided for P, and

(iii)who is not accompanied into the United Kingdom by an individual who has responsibility for P, or if P is aged 18, would have had such responsibility if P were a child.]

[F168(f)a person described in paragraph 14 of Schedule 5;

(g)a person who—

(i)is required to undertake work as a health or care professional in the United Kingdom,

(ii)is eligible to practice a profession regulated by any of the bodies mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 or section 67 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, and

(iii)has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of employment as a health or care professional.]

(3) The conditions specified in this paragraph are that, prior to P’s departure to the United Kingdom—

(a)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 P 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

(b)the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has then confirmed in writing to the person giving the confirmation referred to in sub-paragraph (a) that—

(i)it has received that confirmation, and

(ii)P is travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom and is not required to comply with paragraph (1).

[F169(3A) This paragraph applies where an isolation requirement (within the meaning given by regulation 10(2)) is imposed on P where P has entered Wales and has been in a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A at any time in the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of P’s arrival in Wales.

(3B) Where paragraph (3A) applies—

(a)regulations 7, 8, 9 and 10 apply to P with the modifications in paragraphs (3C) to (3F);

(b)the isolation requirement imposed on P as modified by paragraphs (3C) to (3F) is also imposed on all members of P’s household.

(3C) Regulation 7 applies as if—

(a)in paragraph (1), references to “a non-exempt country or territory” were references to “a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A”;

(b)paragraph (4)(b) is omitted.

(3D) Regulation 8 applies as if—

(a)in paragraph (1), references to “a non-exempt country or territory” were references to “a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A”;

(b)paragraph (2)(b) is omitted.

(3E) Regulation 9 applies as if for paragraph (2) there were substituted—

“(2) Regulations 7 and 8 do not apply to a person described in [F170regulation 12E(2)(a) to (d)].”

(3F) Regulation 10 applies as if—

(a)in paragraph (3), for “paragraph (4)(b) to (k) there” were substituted “paragraph (4)”;

(b)for paragraph (4) there were substituted—

“(4) P may leave and be outside the premises for as long as is necessary—

(a)to travel for the purpose of leaving Wales;

(b)to seek medical assistance, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner;

(c)to avoid illness, injury, or other risk of harm;

(d)to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings;

(e)where P is a child who does not live in the same household as P’s parents, or one of P’s parents, to continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, P and P’s parents, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, “parent” includes a person who is not a parent of P, but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, P;

(f)for compassionate reasons, including to attend the funeral of—

(i)a member of P’s family;

(ii)a close friend;

(g)for the purpose of obtaining a test for coronavirus provided or administered under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

(h)if required to do so by a constable.

[F171(i)where P is a person falling within paragraph (2)(f), for the purpose of undertaking that work.”]]

(4) Where a word or expression is defined for the purposes of Schedule 2 and is used in this regulation, the same definition applies for the purposes of this regulation.]

[F172(5) In this regulation—

(a)[F173“educational institution” means a school, college or higher education provider], which—

(i)provides accommodation for its pupils or, as the case may be, students on its own premises, or

(ii)arranges accommodation for its pupils or students to be provided elsewhere (other than in connection with a residential trip away from the school);

(b)“school” means—

(i)a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school within the meaning of section 20 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998,

(ii)an independent school included in the register of independent schools in Wales (kept under section 158 of the Education Act 2002),

(iii)a non-maintained special school (as defined in section 337A of the Education Act 1996), or

(iv)a pupil referral unit within the meaning of section 19(2) of the Education Act 1996;

(c)“college” means an institution within the further education sector within the meaning of section 91 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

[F174(d)“higher education provider” has the meaning in section 83(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.]]

Textual Amendments

Prohibition on the arrival of aircraft and vessels travelling directly from a country or territory listed in Schedule 3AE+W

12F.—[F175(1) The person with management or control of an aircraft or vessel whose last point of departure was a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A must not cause or permit it to arrive in Wales unless—

(a)it is reasonably necessary for it to do so to secure the safety of the aircraft or vessel or the health and safety of any person aboard it;

(b)the arrival in Wales is only for the purpose of refuelling, or maintenance of the aircraft or vessel, and no passengers are permitted to board, or disembark from, the aircraft or vessel;

(c)the aircraft is an air ambulance and landing for the purpose of transporting a person for medical treatment; or

(d)otherwise required pursuant to a direction issued under Schedule 3A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.]

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a)a commercially operated aircraft or vessel carrying no passengers;

(b)an aircraft or vessel operated by or in support of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom;

(c)an aircraft or vessel which was last in a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A 11 or more days prior to its arrival in Wales;

[F176(d)an aircraft or vessel which is operated by or in support of a foreign country or territory where, prior to its arrival in Wales, a Government Department has provided written confirmation to the operator that the aircraft or vessel is carrying passengers who are travelling to conduct official business with the United Kingdom.]

(3) In this regulation—

(a)“arrive” means—

(i)in relation to an aircraft, to land;

(ii)in relation to a vessel, to moor at any place;

(b)“passenger” means a person carried in or on an aircraft or vessel other than a member of its crew.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

PART 4E+WEnforcement and offences

Enforcement of requirement to isolateE+W

[F17713.—(1) Where an authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe that a person (“P”) has left, or is outside of, the place where P is isolating in contravention of regulation 7(3) or 8(3)(b) the authorised person may—

(a)direct P to return to the premises where P is residing;

(b)where the authorised person is a constable, remove P to the premises where P is residing;

(c)where the authorised person is a constable and it is not practicable or appropriate in the circumstances to take the action in sub-paragraph (a) or (b), remove P to premises secured by the Welsh Ministers which are suitable for P to reside in for the purposes of regulation 7(3) or 8(3)(b).

(2) Where an authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe that P is a person who falls within regulation 12E(3A), an authorised person may do any of the following for the purpose of ensuring that P complies with a requirement in regulations 7 and 8—

(a)give a direction to P, including a direction—

(i)that P remain in a particular area of a port to await transportation to a specified premises;

(ii)that P move to a particular place to board transportation to a specified premises;

(iii)that P board transportation to travel to specified premises;

(iv)that P remain in the premises where P is residing;

(b)remove P to a specified premises.

(3) Where an authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe that P is a person who falls within regulation 12E(3A) and that P has committed an offence under regulation 14(1)(g), the authorised person may—

(a)require P to produce their passport or travel document for examination,

(b)detain P for up to three hours,

(c)search P and any baggage belonging to P or under P’s control, or any vehicle in which P has travelled, for evidence, other than items subject to legal privilege, that relates to the possible commission of an offence under regulation 14(1)(g), and

(d)seize and retain any document or article recovered by a search under sub-paragraph (c).

(4) Paragraph (3) does not confer a power to detain or search an unaccompanied child.

(5) Any search under paragraph (3) must be conducted by an authorised person of the same gender as P.

(6) Paragraph (3) does not confer a power to conduct an intimate search.

(7) An authorised person exercising the power in paragraph (1)(b) or (c), (2)(b) or (3) may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the power.

(8) Where P is a child, and has left or is outside of, the premises where they are residing and is accompanied by an individual who has responsibility for them—

(a)an authorised person may direct that individual to take P to the premises where P is residing, and

(b)that individual must, so far as reasonably practicable, ensure that P complies with any direction given by an authorised person to P.

(9) Where P is a child, and an authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe that P is repeatedly failing to comply with a requirement in regulation 7 or 8, the authorised person may direct any individual who has responsibility for P to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that P so complies.

(10) An authorised person may take such other action as the authorised person considers necessary and proportionate to facilitate the exercise of a power conferred on the authorised person by this regulation.

(11) An authorised person may only exercise a power conferred on the authorised person by this regulation if the authorised person considers that it is a necessary and proportionate means of ensuring compliance with a requirement in regulation 7 or 8.

(12) For the purposes of this regulation—

“authorised person” (“person awdurdodedig”) means—

(a)

a constable, or

(b)

for the purposes of paragraphs (2), (3) and (10) only, an immigration officer;

“specified premises” (“mangre benodedig”) means a premises specified under regulation 7 or a premises deemed suitable under regulation 8.]

Textual Amendments

OffencesE+W

14.—(1) An adult who contravenes a requirement in regulation—

(a)4(1) or (4),

[F178(aa)6A(1) or (2),]

(b)5(2),

(c)7(2), (3) or (5),

(d)8(3) or (4),

(e)10(6), F179... F180...

(f)11, F181... F182...

[F183(g)[F18412E],]

[F185(h)[F1866AB], F187...

F188(ha). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(i)[F1896DA and 6DB]] F190...

[F191(j)6K] [F192or]

[F193(k)6L,]

commits an offence.

[F194(1A) But a person does not commit an offence where they contravene a requirement in regulation 6A(1), if they reasonably believed at the time of the contravention that a notification in their possession of a negative result relating to the person or to a child for whom the person has responsibility (as the case may be) was valid and from a qualifying test (for the purposes of that regulation).]

[F195(1B) But a person does not commit an offence if they have a reasonable excuse for contravening regulation [F1964(1) or (4), 5(2),] [F1976AB] [F198, 6K or 6L].

(1C) For the purposes of [F199regulation 6AB] a reasonable excuse includes, in particular, where—

(a)it was not reasonably practicable for a person to book a test due to a disability;

(b)a person reasonably considered before arriving in Wales that it would not be reasonably practicable for the person (or, as the case may be, the child for whom the person has responsibility) to provide a sample for a test due to a disability;

(c)a person required medical treatment with such urgency that booking a test was not reasonably practicable;

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

(e)a person began their journey to Wales in a country or territory in which the person did not have reasonable access to the facilities or services required to book a test, with or without payment, and such facilities or services were not reasonably accessible in their last point of departure if this was different to where they began their journey.

(1D) For the purposes of [F200regulation 6AB] F201..., a reasonable excuse includes, in particular, where—

(a)it is not reasonably practicable for P to undertake a test due to a disability;

(b)P requires medical treatment with such urgency that undertaking a test is not reasonably practicable;

(c)a test is cancelled for reasons beyond P’s control.]

[F202(1E) For the purposes of [F203regulations 6K and 6L as regards the taking of tests], a reasonable excuse includes, in particular, where—

(a)it is not reasonably practicable for P to undertake a test due to a disability,

(b)P requires medical treatment with such urgency that undertaking a test is not reasonably practicable,

(c)a test is cancelled for reasons beyond P’s control,

(d)P has left Wales.]

(2) It is an offence for an adult to provide false or misleading information to the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulation 4, 5, 7(5), 8(4) or 10(6) where—

(a)the person knows the information is false or misleading, or

(b)the person is reckless as to whether the information is false or misleading.

[F204(2A) But a person does not commit an offence under regulation 4 or 5 if they have a reasonable excuse for providing false or misleading information to the Secretary of State.]

(3) An adult who fails to comply with a direction given by a constable under regulation 13 commits an offence.

(4) An adult who intentionally obstructs any person exercising functions under these Regulations commits an offence.

(5) It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence under paragraph (1) or (3) to show that the person had a reasonable excuse for the contravention, or failure to comply, in question.

[F205(5A) In relation to an offence of contravening regulation 6A(1), the circumstances under which a person has a reasonable excuse include where—

(a)a person was medically unfit to provide a sample for a qualifying test before travelling to Wales and possesses a document, 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 before travelling to Wales due to—

(i)a disability,

(ii)the need to obtain urgent medical treatment

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

(d)a person began their journey to Wales 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,

(e)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 Wales meant that it was not reasonably practicable for them to meet the requirement in paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 1A, and it was not reasonably practicable for them to obtain a qualifying test in their last point of departure.]

(6) A person who commits an offence under this regulation is liable on summary conviction to a fine.

(7) Section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 M11 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

Commencement Information

I12Reg. 14 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M111984 c. 60. Section 24 was substituted by s.110(1) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15).

ProsecutionsE+W

15.  No proceedings for an offence under these Regulations may be brought other than by the Director of Public Prosecutions or any person designated by the Welsh Ministers.

Commencement Information

I13Reg. 15 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Fixed penalty noticesE+W

16.—(1) An immigration officer may issue a fixed penalty notice to any adult the officer reasonably believes has committed an offence—

(a)under regulation 14(1) or (2)—

(i)in relation to a requirement in regulation 4(1) or (4), 5(2), [F2066A(1) or (2)] [F207,] 7(5) [F208or 12E], or

(ii)in relation to a contravention of the requirement in regulation 11 which relates to the requirement in regulation 7(5), or

(b)under regulation 14(4) where the person is believed to have intentionally obstructed a person carrying out a function in relation to one of those requirements.

(2) A constable may issue a fixed penalty notice to any adult the constable reasonably believes has committed an offence under these Regulations.

(3) A fixed penalty notice is a notice offering the person to whom it is issued the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for the offence by payment of a fixed penalty to—

(a)the Welsh Ministers, or

(b)a person designated by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of receiving payment under this regulation.

(4) Where a person is issued with a notice under this regulation in respect of an offence—

(a)no proceedings may be taken for the offence before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date the notice is issued;

(b)the person may not be convicted of the offence if the person pays the fixed penalty before the end of that period.

(5) A fixed penalty notice must—

(a)describe the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence,

(b)state the period during which (because of paragraph (4)(a)) proceedings will not be taken for the offence,

(c)specify the amount of the fixed penalty,

(d)state the name and address of the person to whom the fixed penalty may be paid, and

(e)specify permissible methods of payment.

(6) Where the fixed penalty notice is issued in respect of an offence—

(a)of contravening a requirement imposed by regulation 7(2) or (3), 8(3) or 11,

[F209(aa)of contravening a requirement imposed by regulation 6A,]

[F210(ab)of contravening a requirement imposed by [F211regulation 6DA or 6DB],]

[F212(ac)of contravening a requirement in Schedule 1D,]

(b)under regulation 14(3), or

(c)under regulation 14(4) where the person is believed to have intentionally obstructed a person carrying out a function in relation to regulation 7(2) or (3), 8(3) or 11,

the amount specified under paragraph (5)(c) [F213is to be as set out in paragraph (6A)].

[F214(6A) The amount specified as the fixed penalty in paragraph (6) is to be—

(a)in the case of the first fixed penalty notice received, £500;

(b)in the case of the second fixed penalty notice received, £1000;

(c)in the case of the third fixed penalty notice received, £2000;

(d)in the case of the fourth and any subsequent fixed penalty notice received, £4000.]

[F215(6AA) Where the fixed penalty notice is issued to a person in respect of an offence described in regulation 14(1)(g), then the amount specified under paragraph (5)(c) must be £10,000.

(6AB) Where the fixed penalty notice is issued to a person in respect of an offence described in regulation 14(1)(h) F216..., then the amount specified under paragraph (5)(c) must be—

(a)in the case of a fixed penalty notice issued in respect of a failure to arrange tests in accordance with [F217regulation 6AB(3)], £1,000;

(b)in the case of the first fixed penalty notice issued in respect of a failure to take a test in accordance with [F218regulation 6AB(7)] F219..., £1,000;

(c)in the case of the second fixed penalty notice issued in respect of a failure to take a test in accordance with [F218regulation 6AB(7)] F220..., £2,000.]

[F221(6AC) Where the fixed penalty notice is issued to a person in respect of an offence described in regulation 14(1)(j) for contravening a requirement in regulation 6K, [F222or regulation 14(1)(k) for contravening a requirement in regulation 6L,] then the amount specified under paragraph (5)(c) must be—

(a)in the case of a first fixed penalty notice, £1,000;

(b)in the case of a second fixed penalty notice, £2,000;

(c)in the case of a third and subsequent fixed penalty notice, £3,000.]

(7) [F223Subject to paragraph (7A),] where the fixed penalty notice is issued in respect of an offence (an “information or notification offence”)—

(a)of contravening a requirement imposed by regulation 4(1) or (4), 5(2), 7(5), 8(4) or 10(6), or

(b)under regulation 14(4) where the person is believed to have intentionally obstructed a person carrying out a function in relation to one of those requirements,

the amount specified under paragraph (5)(c) must be £60 (subject to paragraphs (8) and (9)).

[F224(7A) Where a fixed penalty notice is issued to a person in respect of an offence—

(a)under regulation 14(2), and

(b)it relates to that person’s travel history to a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A,

the amount specified under paragraph (5)(c) must be £10,000.]

(8) A fixed penalty notice issued in respect of an information or notification offence may specify that if £30 is paid before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day after the date the notice is issued, that is the amount of the fixed penalty.

(9) But if the person to whom a fixed penalty notice in respect of an information or notification offence is issued has already received a fixed penalty notice in respect of such of such an offence—

(a)paragraph (8) does not apply, and

(b)the amount specified as the fixed penalty is to be—

(i)in the case of the second fixed penalty notice received, £120;

(ii)in the case of the third fixed penalty notice received, £240;

(iii)in the case of the fourth fixed penalty notice received, £480;

(iv)in the case of the fifth fixed penalty notice received, £960;

(v)in the case of the sixth and any subsequent fixed penalty notice received, £1920.

(10) Whatever other method may be specified under paragraph (5)(e), payment of a fixed penalty may be made by pre-paying and posting to the person whose name is stated under paragraph (5)(d), at the stated address, a letter containing the amount of the penalty (in cash or otherwise).

(11) Where a letter is sent as mentioned in paragraph (10), payment is regarded as having been made at the time at which that letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

(12) In any proceedings, a certificate that—

(a)purports to be signed by or on behalf of—

(i)the Welsh Ministers, or

(ii)a person designated by the Welsh Ministers under paragraph (3)(b), and

(b)states that the payment of a fixed penalty was, or was not, received by the date specified in the certificate,

is evidence of the facts stated.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I14Reg. 16 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

PART 5E+WInformation sharing

Use and disclosure of informationE+W

17.—(1) In this regulation and regulation 18, “relevant information” means—

(a)Welsh passenger information;

(b)other UK passenger information.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)“Welsh passenger information” means—

(i)passenger information provided to the Secretary of State for the purpose of regulation 4 or 5;

(ii)information provided to the Secretary of State in a notification given under regulation 7(5)(b), 8(4) or 10(6);

[F225(iii)where a person [F226arranges or takes a test under regulation 6AB]—

(aa)information generated where the person arranges or takes a test;

(bb)information obtained by a [F227test provider] F228... under [F229regulation 6AB(6)];

(cc)the results of a test;

(dd)information recorded by a [F227test provider] in the course of administering a test taken in accordance with [F230regulation 6AB] (including confirmation that the test was taken, details of when and where it was taken, any reasons for a test not being taken and the details of any replacement test to be taken);

(iv)information provided to an immigration officer pursuant to [F231regulation 6AB(11)];

(v)where a sample taken in respect of a day 2 test under [F232regulation 6AB] has been sequenced, the sorted BAM file relating to that sample containing all reads aligning to the SARS-CoV-2 reference genome with unaligned and human reads removed;]

(b)“other UK passenger information” means information provided to a person under provision in Regulations made as respects England, Scotland or Northern Ireland (as the case may be) that is equivalent to provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).

(3) In this regulation, any reference to the holder of information is a reference to—

(a)the Secretary of State;

(b)a person to whom the information was disclosed under paragraph (4) or (5);

[F233(c)a [F234test provider];

(d)an immigration officer.]

(4) The holder of Welsh passenger information may disclose it to another person (the “recipient”) in circumstances where it is necessary for the recipient to have the information—

(a)for the purpose of carrying out a function of the recipient under—

(i)these Regulations, or

(ii)Regulations made as respects England, Scotland or Northern Ireland (as the case may be) that are equivalent to these Regulations;

(b)for the purpose of—

(i)preventing danger to public health as a result of the spread of infection or contamination with coronavirus,

(ii)monitoring the spread of infection or contamination with coronavirus, or

(iii)giving effect to any international agreement or arrangement relating to the spread of infection or contamination with coronavirus;

(c)for a purpose connected with, or otherwise incidental to, a purpose described in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).

(5) The holder of other UK passenger information may disclose it to another person (the “recipient”) in circumstances where it is necessary for the recipient to have the information—

(a)for the purpose of carrying out a function of the recipient under these Regulations;

(b)for the purpose of—

(i)preventing danger to public health in Wales as a result of the spread of infection or contamination with coronavirus,

(ii)monitoring the spread of infection or contamination with coronavirus in Wales, or

(iii)giving effect in Wales to any international agreement or arrangement relating to the spread of infection or contamination with coronavirus;

(c)for a purpose connected with, or otherwise incidental to, a purpose described in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).

(6) A holder of relevant information may not use the information otherwise than—

(a)for the purpose of carrying out a function of the holder under these Regulations;

(b)in the case of Welsh passenger information, for a purpose described in paragraph (4)(b);

(c)in the case of other UK passenger information, for a purpose described in paragraph (5)(b);

(d)for a purpose connected with, or otherwise incidental to, a purpose described in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

(7) Despite paragraphs (4), (5) and (6), this regulation does not limit the circumstances in which information may otherwise lawfully be disclosed or used under any other enactment or rule of law.

(8) Disclosure which is authorised by this regulation does not breach—

(a)an obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or

(b)any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

(9) Nothing in this regulation authorises the disclosure of personal data where doing so contravenes the data protection legislation.

(10) In [F235paragraph (9)], “data protection legislation” and “personal data” have the same meanings as in section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 M12.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I15Reg. 17 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

Self-incriminationE+W

18.—(1) Relevant information may be used in evidence against the person to whom the information relates in criminal proceedings.

(2) Where the information is used in [F236such] proceedings F237... —

(a)no evidence relating to the information may be adduced by or on behalf of the prosecution, and

(b)no question relating to the information may be asked by or on behalf of the prosecution.

[F238(2A) Paragraph (2) does not apply if the proceedings are for—

(a)an offence under these Regulations,

(b)an offence under section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 (false statements made otherwise than on oath),

(c)an offence under section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006 (fraud), or

(d)an offence under section 2 or 3 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (offence of copying or using a false instrument).]

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply if, in the proceedings—

(a)evidence relating to the information is adduced by or on behalf of the person who provided it, or

(b)a question relating to the information is asked by or on behalf of that person.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I16Reg. 18 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

PART 6E+WReview and expiry

Review of requirementsE+W

19.  The Welsh Ministers must review the need for the requirements imposed by these Regulations, and whether those requirements are proportionate to what the Welsh Ministers seek to achieve by them—

(a)by 29th June 2020,

[F239(b)by 27 July 2020;

(c)at least once in the period of 28 days beginning with 28 July 2020;

(d)at least once in each subsequent period of 28 days.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I17Reg. 19 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Expiry of RegulationsE+W

20.—(1) These Regulations expire at the end of [F24031 May 2022].

(2) The expiry of these Regulations does not affect the validity of anything done pursuant to these Regulations before they expire.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I18Reg. 20 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Mark Drakeford

The First Minister, one of the Welsh Ministers

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1E+WPassenger information

1.  Personal details—E+W

(a)full name,

(b)sex,

(c)date of birth,

(d)passport number, or travel document reference number (as appropriate), issue and expiry dates and issuing authority,

(e)telephone number,

(f)home address,

(g)email address.

Commencement Information

I19Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

2.  Journey details—E+W

(a)if applicable, the address of suitable premises in Wales at which P intends to reside as required by regulation 7(3),

(b)if applicable, the address of suitable premises in the United Kingdom at which P intends to reside as required by equivalent provision in Regulations made as respects England, Scotland or Northern Ireland,

(c)the date, or planned date, as appropriate of arrival at an address specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b),

(d)the operator P is travelling, or travelled, with or through which P's booking was made,

F241(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F242(ea)coach number,]

(f)flight number [F243or vessel name],

F244(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h)the location at which P will arrive, or has arrived, in the United Kingdom,

(i)the country P is travelling, or travelled, from,

[F245(ia)any other country or territory P will be, or has been, in during the period of [F24610] days ending with the date of P’s arrival, or planned arrival, in the United Kingdom,

(ib)where sub-paragraph (ia) applies, the dates on which P was or will be in the other country or territory,]

(j)the date and time, or planned date and time, as appropriate, of P's arrival in the United Kingdom,

(k)whether P is connecting through the United Kingdom to a destination outside the United Kingdom and, if so—

(i)the location at which P will depart from in the United Kingdom,

(ii)P's final destination country,

(iii)the operator P is travelling with or through which the booking was made for the onward journey,

F247(iv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v)the flight number [F248or vessel name for] of the onward journey.

[F249(vi)the coach number for their onward journey.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I20Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

[F2503.  Where [F251regulation 6AB] requires a day 2 test and a day 8 test to be arranged—E+W

(a)the name of the provider of the tests, and

(b)the reference number for the tests provided to them by the test provider in accordance with [F252regulation 6AB(6)].]

Textual Amendments

[F253[F2543A.]  Where the passenger intends to take advantage of an exemption as a regulation 2A traveller, the fact that the passenger has been vaccinated or falls within one of the other categories of exemption within regulation 2A.]E+W

Textual Amendments

4.  Where P is travelling with a child for whom they have responsibility—E+W

(a)the full name and date of birth of that child,

(b)the relationship of the passenger to that child.

Commencement Information

I21Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

F2555.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W

Textual Amendments

Regulation 6A

[F256SCHEDULE 1AE+WTesting before arrival in Wales

Textual Amendments

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

(a)it is a test for the detection of coronavirus, which is—

(i)a polymerase chain reaction test, or

(ii)undertaken using a device which the manufacturer states has—

(aa)a sensitivity of at least 80%,

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

(cc)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 Service (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 [F25748] hours before—

(i)in the case of that person travelling to Wales 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 Wales.

Textual Amendments

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 [F258or age],

(c)the (negative) result of the test,

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

[F259(e)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,]

F260(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)the name of the test provider.

Textual Amendments

3.—(1) The persons referred to in regulation [F2616A(4)(c)] (as not being required to comply with that regulation) are—E+W

F262(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)a person described in—

(i)paragraph 13(1)(b) of Schedule 2 where, prior to the person’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has certified that they meet this description and are not required to comply with regulation 6A, or

(ii)paragraph 13A of Schedule 2 where, prior to person’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has also certified that they are not required to comply with regulation 6A,

(c)a Crown servant or government contractor (“C”) who is required to undertake essential government work or essential policing 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 6A,

(d)a representative (“R”) of a foreign country or 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 6A,

(e)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 [F263,

(f)a member of aircraft crew carried on a flight for the purpose of performing duties to be assigned by the operator or the pilot in command of the aircraft, in the interests of the safety of the aircraft, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.]

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

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

“Crown servant” (“gwas i’r Goron”), “essential government work” (“gwaith llywodraeth hanfodol”), “essential policing” (“plismona hanfodol”) and “government contractor” (“contractwr llywodraeth”) have the meanings given in paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 2. ]

Textual Amendments

[F265Regulation 6AB]

[F264SCHEDULE 1BE+WBooking information

Textual Amendments

Booking informationE+W

1.  Personal details—

(a)full name;

(b)sex;

(c)ethnicity;

(d)date of birth;

(e)passport number, or travel document reference number (as appropriate);

(f)NHS number (if known and applicable);

(g)telephone number;

(h)home address;

(i)email address.

2.  Journey details—

[F266(aa)P’s home address;

(ab)where P is a person to whom regulation 7(1) or 8(1) applies, the address at which they intend to isolate (if different from their home address);

(ac)where P is a person to whom regulation 7(1) or 8(1) does not apply, the address or addresses where they intend to stay during the period of 10 days beginning on the day after the date of their arrival in the United Kingdom;]

(b)the date of arrival in the United Kingdom;

(c)coach number;

(d)flight number of vessel name;

(e)the date on which P was last in a non-exempt country or territory;

(f)the country or territory P will be travelling from when P arrives in the United Kingdom, and any country or territory P will have been in as part of that journey.]

Textual Amendments

[F268Regulation 6AB]

[F267SCHEDULE 1CE+WMandatory testing after arrival in Wales

Textual Amendments

[F269Day 2 tests: general requirements]E+W

1.—[F270(1) A day 2 test complies with this paragraph where the test complies with sub-paragraph (2) and—

(a)it is a test provided by a public test provider, or

(b)it is a test provided by a private test provider where the private test provider complies with paragraph 1ZA.]

[F271(2)] A day 2 test complies with this [F272sub-paragraph] where—

(a)it is a semi-quantitative test for the detection of coronavirus which—

(i)targets a minimum of two distinguishable SARS-CoV-2 genes other than the S gene and performance reference controls,

(ii)includes routine in silico assurance against every variant of concern, and

(iii)produces a test solution that provides extracted nucleic acid that is suitable for whole genome sequencing using a specified method,

(b)the manufacturer of any device used for the purposes of the test states that the device—

(i)uses an established molecular detection method,

(ii)has a specificity and a sensitivity greater than [F273or equal to] 99% ([F274or] a 95% two-sided confidence interval entirely above 97%),

(iii)has a limit of detection of less than or equal to 1000 SARS-CoV-2 copies per millilitre, and

(iv)is suitable for identifying every variant of concern, and

(c)any device used for the purposes of the test—

(i)can be put into service in accordance with Part 4 of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002, other than solely by virtue of regulation 39(2) of those Regulations, and

(ii)has been validated no more than 18 months before the test is administered or provided to P.

Textual Amendments

[F275Day 2 tests: private test provider requirementsE+W

1ZA.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(b), a private test provider complies with this paragraph where—

(a)they provide day 2 tests in a single end-to-end testing service (whether or not they arrange with another person (“X”) for X to provide one or more elements of the service on their behalf);

(b)a registered medical practitioner has oversight and approval of medical practices undertaken by the private test provider, and responsibility for reporting medical issues;

(c)they have an effective system of clinical governance in place which includes appropriate standard operating procedures in relation to the carrying out of day 2 tests;

(d)a registered clinical scientist has oversight of clinical practices undertaken by the private test provider, and responsibility for reporting clinical issues;

(e)they have systems in place to identify any adverse incidents or quality control issues in relation to day 2 tests and be able to report them as soon as reasonable practicable to the Welsh Ministers;

(f)if the private test provider is a laboratory that conducts diagnostic test evaluation for testing in accordance with this Schedule, they have made a declaration to the Secretary of State that they meet the minimum standards for private sector-provided testing at https://support-covid-19-testing.dhsc.gov.uk/InternationalTesting;

(g)they have provided the Secretary of State with a list of all organisations that they work with (whether by sub-contract or otherwise) to carry out the testing service or to carry out genomic sequencing, indicating the nature of the service that each organisation is providing, and kept that list updated as appropriate;

(h)the person responsible for the taking of samples meets the relevant requirements for accreditation to ISO standard 15189 or ISO/IEC standard 17025 in respect of the taking of samples;

(i)the laboratory used by the private test provider for the processing of samples meets the relevant requirements for ISO standard 15189 or ISO/IEC standard 17025 in respect of the evaluation of the established molecular detection method and the genome sequencing of samples;

(j)they receive the information required by regulation 6AB(5), and they administer or provide the test to P no later than the end of the second day after the day on which P arrived in Wales;

(k)each day, they notify the Secretary of State in writing of—

(i)the number of tests they sold on that day, and

(ii)in relation to each test sold on that day—

(aa)the date of arrival into the United Kingdom of the person in respect of whom the test was sold;

(bb)whether the person in respect of who the test was sold is a arrival who has not within the period of 10 days ending with P’s arrival in Wales, been in a non-exempt country or territory, or not;

(cc)whether the person in respect of whom the test was sold is a regulation 2A traveller or not;

(dd)the test reference number given to P in accordance with regulation 6AB(6);

(l)they sequence each sample with a cycle threshold less than 30 (equivalent to 1,000 viral genome copies per millilitre);

[F276(la)where—

(i)a sample is to be sequenced in accordance with paragraph (l), and

(ii)the sequencing is to take place at a laboratory (“the sequencing laboratory”) other than the laboratory at which the sample was initially processed (“the diagnostic laboratory”),

they secure that the sample is received at the sequencing laboratory no later than 24 hours after the result of the initial processing becomes known to the diagnostic laboratory;]

(m)in respect of the sequencing of samples, they must secure a reference genome coverage breadth of at least 50% and at least 30 times coverage;

(n)on a request by the Welsh Ministers or the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium, they make samples available for the purpose of dual sequencing;

(o)they preserve and transport samples in a manner that enables genome sequencing;

(p)they have in place a process to remove human reads from any data submitted in a notification to Public Health Wales pursuant to the Health Protection (Notification) (Wales) Regulations 2010;

(q)if they arrange with another person (“X”) for X to carry out any element of the single end-to-end testing service on their behalf, the private test provider ensures that X complies with the following so far as relevant to the carrying out of that element—

(i)paragraphs (b) to (e) and (g) to (p) of this sub-paragraph;

(ii)paragraph 2C(2) to (4).

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(h) and (i), a person or laboratory (as the case may be) meets the relevant requirements for accreditation to a standard where the person who is the operator of the laboratory complies with the requirements of paragraph 2B, as if a reference to a test were a reference to a day 2 test.

(3) In this paragraph, “registered clinical scientist” means a person registered as a clinical scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council pursuant to article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001.]

Textual Amendments

Day 2 tests: general requirements for lateral flow device testsE+W

F2771ZB.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Day 2 tests: private test provider requirements for lateral flow device testsE+W

F2781ZC.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

[F2791A.  The circumstances mentioned in regulation 6AB(2)(a) are—E+W

(a)that P undertake the day 2 test no later than the end of the second day after the day on which P arrived in Wales, and

F280(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

[F281[F282Day 8 tests: general requirements]E+W

2.—[F283(1) A day 8 test complies with this paragraph where the test complies with sub-paragraph (2) and—

(a)it is a test provided by a public test provider, or

(b)it is a test provided by a private test provider where the private test provider complies with paragraph 2ZA.]

[F284(2)] A day 8 test complies with this sub-paragraph where—

(a)it is a semi-quantitative test for the detection of coronavirus which—

(i)targets a minimum of two distinguishable SARS-CoV-2 genes other than the S gene and performance reference controls,

(ii)includes routine in silico assurance against every variant of concern, and

(iii)produces a test solution that provides extracted nucleic acid that is suitable for whole genome sequencing using a specified method,

(b)the manufacturer of any device used for the purposes of the test states that the device—

(i)uses an established molecular detection method,

(ii)has a specificity greater than or equal to 97% (or a 95% two-sided confidence interval entirely above 95%),

(iii)has a sensitivity greater than or equal to 95% (or a 95% two-sided confidence interval entirely above 90%),

(iv)has a limit of detection of less than or equal to 1000 SARS-CoV-2 copies per millilitre, and

(v)is suitable for identifying every variant of concern, and

(c)any device used for the purposes of the test—

(i)can be put into service in accordance with Part 4 of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002, other than solely by virtue of regulation 39(2) of those Regulations, and

(ii)has been validated no more than 18 months before the test is administered or provided to P.]

Textual Amendments

[F285Day 8 tests: private test provider requirementsE+W

2ZA.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(b), a private test provider complies with this paragraph where—

(a)they comply with the requirements of paragraph 1ZA(1)(a) to (e) as if any reference in those provisions to a day 2 test were a reference to a day 8 test;

(b)if the private test provider is a laboratory that conducts diagnostic test evaluation for testing in accordance with this Schedule, they have made a declaration to the Secretary of State that they meet the minimum standards for private sector-provided testing at https://support-covid-19-testing.dhsc.gov.uk/InternationalTesting;

(c)they have provided the Secretary of State with a list of all organisations that they work with (whether by sub-contract or otherwise) to carry out the testing service or to carry out genomic sequencing, indicating the nature of the service that each organisation is providing, and kept that list updated as appropriate;

(d)the person responsible for the taking of samples meets the relevant requirements for accreditation to ISO standard 15189 or ISO/IEC standard 17025 in respect of the taking of samples;

(e)the laboratory used by the private test provider for the processing of samples meets the relevant requirements for ISO standard 15189 or ISO/IEC standard 17025 in respect of the evaluation of the established molecular detection method and the genome sequencing of samples;

(f)they receive the information required by regulation 6AB(5), and they administer or provide the test to P no later than the end of the eighth day after the day on which P arrived in Wales;

(g)each day, they notify the Secretary of State in writing of—

(i)the number of tests they sold on that day, and

(ii)in relation to each test sold on that day—

(aa)the date of arrival into the United Kingdom of the person in respect of whom the test was sold;

(bb)whether the person in respect of whom the test was sold is a regulation 2A traveller or not;

(cc)the test reference number given to P in accordance with regulation 6AB(6);

(h)they sequence each sample with a cycle threshold less than 30 (equivalent to 1,000 viral genome copies per millilitre);

[F286(ha)where—

(i)a sample is to be sequenced in accordance with paragraph (h), and

(ii)the sequencing is to take place at a laboratory (“the sequencing laboratory”) other than the laboratory at which the sample was initially processed (“the diagnostic laboratory”),

they secure that the sample is received at the sequencing laboratory no later than 24 hours after the result of the initial processing becomes known to the diagnostic laboratory;]

(i)in respect of the sequencing of samples, they must secure a reference genome coverage breadth of at least 50% and at least 30 times coverage;

(j)on a request by the Welsh Ministers or the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium, they make samples available for the purpose of dual sequencing;

(k)they preserve and transport samples in a manner that enables genome sequencing;

(l)they have in place a process to remove human reads from any data submitted in a notification to Public Health Wales pursuant to the Health Protection (Notification) (Wales) Regulations 2010;

(m)if they arrange with another person (“X”) for X to carry out any element of the single end-to-end testing service on their behalf, the private test provider ensures that X complies with the following so far as relevant to the carrying out of that element—

(i)paragraph 1ZA(1)(b) to (e) as applied by sub-paragraph (1)(a);

(ii)sub-paragraph (1)(c) to (l);

(iii)paragraph 2C(2) to (4).

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d) and (e), a person or laboratory (as the case may be) meets the relevant requirements for accreditation to a standard where the person who is the operator of the laboratory complies with the requirements of paragraph 2B, as if a reference to a test were a reference to a day 8 test.]

Textual Amendments

[F2872A.  The circumstances mentioned in regulation 6AB(2)(b) are that P undertake the day 8 test no later than the end of the seventh day after the day on which P arrived in Wales.]E+W

Textual Amendments

[F288UKAS accreditationE+W

2B.—(1) Before providing a test, a private test provider must have been accredited by UKAS to the relevant ISO standard.

(2) If the private test provider arranges with another person (“X”) for X to carry out any element of the testing service on their behalf, the private test provider must—

(a)ensure that X complies with any provision of this paragraph that is relevant to the carrying out of that element, and

(b)subject to sub-paragraph (3), cease to provide tests under arrangement with X if X fails to comply with any such provision.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to a test that was administered before the date that X failed to comply with this paragraph.

(4) In this paragraph—

“the relevant ISO standard” (“y safon ISO berthnasol”) means—

(a)

in the case of a test which requires laboratory processing, ISO standard 15189 or ISO/IEC standard 17025, and

(b)

in the case of a point of care test, ISO standard 15189 and ISO standard 22870, and for this purpose “point of care test” means a test processed outside a laboratory environment;

“UKAS” (“UKAS”) means the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, a company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England and Wales under number 3076190.

Textual Amendments

Notification of test resultsE+W

2C.—(1) This paragraph applies to a private test provider who administers or provides a test to P in the circumstances described in regulation 6AB and paragraphs 1 to 2A of this Schedule.

(2) The private test provider must, within 48 hours of the time when the sample taken for the purposes of the test is received by the diagnostic laboratory—

(a)notify P and, where applicable, any person who arranges the test on P’s behalf, by email, letter or text message, the result of P’s test, or

(b)make P’s test result available to P and, where applicable, any person who arranges the test on P’s behalf, via a secure web portal,

in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

(3) The notification of P’s test result must include P’s name, date of birth, passport number, or travel document reference number (as appropriate), the name and contact details of the private test provider and P’s test reference number, and must be conveyed so as to inform P whether the test was negative, positive, or inconclusive.]

Textual Amendments

Notification of test results: lateral flow device testsE+W

F2892D.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

InterpretationE+W

3.  In this Schedule—

(a)“specified method” means a targeted sequence method specific to SARS-CoV-2 or an equivalent—

(i)amplicon method, or

(ii)sequence bait capture method;

(b)“validated”, in relation to a device, means confirmed as having a sensitivity of at least 97% and a specificity of at least 99% for at least 150 positive samples and 250 negative samples, by—

(i)the Welsh Ministers,

(ii)the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or

(iii)a laboratory which is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (“UKAS”) to ISO standard 15189 or ISO/IEC standard 17025, other than a laboratory which processes tests provided by the test provider for the purposes of this Schedule or is owned by the test provider;

(c)“variant of concern” means a variant of SARS-CoV-2 identified in a designation made by the relevant expert UK Group (currently NERVTAG) for the purposes of these Regulations and published in a way that the Welsh Ministers consider to be appropriate.

[F290(d)“single end-to-end testing service” F291... means a service which comprises accepting the booking from the person to be tested, collecting and processing the sample to be tested, carrying out genomic sequencing and providing the test result to P.]]

Textual Amendments

Regulation 6K

[F292SCHEDULE 1DE+WWorkforce tests

Textual Amendments

Interpretation of Schedule 1DE+W

1.  In this Schedule—

“P” means a person required to undertake workforce tests under regulation 6K (workforce testing);

“workforce test” means any of the categories of workforce test described in regulation 6K(6).

Requirement after failure to undertake testE+W

2.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where P fails to undertake a workforce test that P is required by regulation 6K to undertake.

(2) Where this sub-paragraph applies, P must isolate at a suitable premises until the earlier of—

(a)the end of the 14th day after the day on which they arrived in Wales; or

(b)the time P obtains a negative result from a workforce test.

(3) P must comply with any applicable obligations in regulation 6K(2) during any period that P is required to isolate in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).

(4) Where P is required to isolate in accordance with sub-paragraph (2), regulation 10(4) applies.

Consequences of test resultsE+W

3.—(1) Where a workforce test undertaken by P in accordance with regulation 6K generates a positive result—

(a)P must as soon as reasonably practicable undertake a further test which complies with the requirements for a day 2 test specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1C;

(b)P must isolate at a suitable premises until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test.

(2) Where P is required to isolate in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(b), regulation 10(4) applies.

(3) Where a workforce test undertaken by P in accordance with regulation 6K generates a positive result—

(a)if that test was a workforce test undertaken for day 2, P is not required to undertake a workforce test for day 5 or day 8;

(b)if that test was a workforce test undertaken for day 5, P is not required to undertake a workforce test for day 8.

(4) Where a further test undertaken in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(a) generates a negative result, this paragraph applies to P from the time P is notified of that negative result as if the workforce test undertaken by P in accordance with regulation 6K had generated a negative result (and accordingly, from that time, P is no longer required to isolate).

(5) Where a workforce test undertaken by P in accordance with regulation 6K generates an inconclusive result, P must as soon as reasonably practicable undertake a further workforce test and that further workforce test is to be treated as a replacement workforce test within the meaning of regulation 6K(4) (requirement to undertake workforce tests).

Duties on employersE+W

4.—(1) An employer with more than 50 employees who is the employer of any person who is required to undertake workforce tests or has responsibility for any agency worker who is required to undertake workforce tests, must take reasonable steps to facilitate the taking of those tests by that person or agency worker in accordance with these Regulations.

(2) In the discharge of the duty under sub-paragraph (1), an employer must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of this paragraph.

(3) In paragraph (1) an employer has responsibility for an agency worker if—

(a)the agency worker is supplied or to be supplied by a person (an “agent”) to the employer under a contract or other arrangements made between the agent and the employer; and

(b)the agency worker is not—

(i)a worker because of the absence of a worker’s contract between the agency worker and the agent or the employer, or

(ii)a party to a contract under which the agency worker undertakes to do the work for another party to a contract whose status is, by virtue of the contract, that of a client or customer of any profession or business undertaking carried on by the agency worker.]

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[F293SCHEDULE 1EE+WSpecified testing events

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European Tour – Cazoo Open]

[F294R & A – The Curtis Cup]

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Regulations 3(2), 7(4)(b) and 9

SCHEDULE 2E+W[F295Exempt persons]

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PART 1E+WPersons not required to comply with regulation [F2964, 5, 7 or 8]

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1.—(1) A person (“P”) who is—E+W

(a)a member of a diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom;

(b)a member of a consular post in the United Kingdom;

(c)an officer or servant of an international organisation;

(d)employed by an international organisation as an expert or on a mission;

(e)a representative to an international organisation;

(f)a representative at an international or United Kingdom conference [F297in the United Kingdom] who is granted privileges and immunities in the United Kingdom;

(g)a member of the official staff of a representative to an international organisation, or of a person falling within paragraph (f);

(h)described in paragraph (a) or (b) who is passing through the United Kingdom commence or continue their functions at a diplomatic mission or consular post in another country or territory, or to return to the country of their nationality;

(i)a representative of a foreign country or territory travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom;

(j)a representative of the government of a British overseas territory;

(k)a diplomatic courier or a consular courier;

(l)a member of the family forming part of the household of a person falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (k).

(2) The conditions referred to in regulation [F2989(2)(bb)] (persons exempt from regulation 7 or 8) are that—

(a)the relevant head of the mission, consular post, international organisation, or conference, 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 [F299the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office] that—

(i)P is required to undertake work which is essential to the functioning of the mission, consular post, international organisation, conference, or office, or 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)that work cannot be undertaken whilst P is complying with regulation 7 or 8, and

(b)prior to P's arrival in the United Kingdom [F300the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]—

(i)has confirmed in writing to the person giving the confirmation referred to in paragraph (a) that it has received that confirmation, and

(ii)where P is a representative of a foreign country or territory, has then confirmed in writing to the person giving the confirmation referred to in paragraph (a) that P is travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom and is not required to comply with regulation 7 or 8.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)“consular courier” means a person who has been provided by the State on behalf of which they are acting with an official document confirming their status as a consular courier in accordance with Article 35(5) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963,

(b)“consular post” means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-consulate or consular agency,

(c)“diplomatic courier” means a person who has been provided by the State on behalf of which they are acting with an official document confirming their status as a diplomatic courier in accordance with Article 27(5) of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961,

(d)“international organisation” means an international organisation accorded privileges and immunities in the United Kingdom,

(e)“member of a consular post” means a “consular officer”, “consular employee” and “member of the service staff” as defined in Schedule 1 to the Consular Relations Act 1968 M13, and head of consular post” has the meaning given in that Schedule,

(f)“member of a diplomatic mission” means the “head of the mission”, “members of the diplomatic staff”, “members of the administrative and technical staff” and “members of the service staff” as defined in Schedule 1 to the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 M14.

(4) This paragraph is without prejudice to any immunity from jurisdiction or inviolability which is accorded to any person described in sub-paragraph (1) under the law of England and Wales apart from these Regulations.

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I22Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M131968 c. 18. There are amendments but none is relevant.

M141964 c. 81. There are amendments but none is relevant.

2.—(1) A Crown servant or government contractor—E+W

(a)who is required to undertake essential government work related to the United Kingdom border in the United Kingdom within [F30110] days of arriving in the United Kingdom, or

(b)who is undertaking essential government work related to the United Kingdom border outside the United Kingdom but—

(i)is required to return to the United Kingdom temporarily, and

(ii)will subsequently depart to undertake essential government work related to the United Kingdom border outside the United Kingdom.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) and paragraph 3—

(a)“Crown servant” has the meaning given in section 12(1)(a) to (e) of the Official Secrets Act 1989 M15;

(b)“essential government work” means work which has been designated as such by the relevant Department or employer;

(c)“government contractor” has the meaning given in section 12(2) of that Act.

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I23Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M151989 c. 6. Section 12 was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 10 to the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14), by paragraph 30 of Schedule 12 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), by paragraph 26 of Schedule 8 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), by paragraph 9(3) of Schedule 13 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), by paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32), by paragraph 6 of Schedule 14 to the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), by paragraph 58 of Schedule 4 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, by paragraph 34 of Schedule 10, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 12, to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) and by paragraph 36 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).

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, F302...

[F303(aa)has travelled 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, immediately before the person's arrival, been aboard a vessel operated by or in support of Her Majesty's Naval Service [F304or by, or in support of, a visiting force] for a continuous period of at least [F30510] days and that vessel has not taken on any persons or docked in any port [F306in a non-exempt country or territory] during that period.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“defence” has the meaning given in section 2(4) of the Official Secrets Act 1989 M16,

[F307(b)“visiting forces” 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.]

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I24Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

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4.  An official of a foreign Government required to travel to the United Kingdom to undertake essential border security duties, or a contractor directly supporting these essential border security duties where—E+W

(a)the official or contractor is in possession of a written notice signed by a senior member of the foreign Government confirming that they are required to undertake essential border security duties in the United Kingdom within [F30810] days of arrival and that that work cannot be undertaken whilst the person is complying with regulation 7 or 8, or

(b)the official's or contractor's deployment is pursuant to a standing bilateral or multilateral agreement with Her Majesty's Government on the operation of border controls within the United Kingdom.

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I25Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

[F3095.  A person who, on arrival in the United Kingdom, passes through to another country or territory without entering the United Kingdom.]E+W

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PART 2E+WPersons not required to comply with regulation [F3107 or 8]

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6.—(1) A road haulage worker F312... .E+W

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)“driver” includes a person who is travelling in a vehicle as a relief driver,

(b)“goods vehicle” has the meaning given in section 192 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 M17,

F313(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)“road haulage worker” means—

(i)the driver of a goods vehicle that is being used in connection with the carriage of goods, other than goods for non-commercial personal use by the driver, or

(ii)a person who is employed by the holder of a Community licence issued under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council M18, and who is acting in the course of their employment.

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I26Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

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M171988 c. 52. There are amendments to section 192 but none is relevant.

M18OJ No. L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 72.

[F3156A.—(1) A road passenger transport worker.E+W

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)“road passenger transport worker” means—

(i)the driver of a public service vehicle, or

(ii)a person who is employed by the holder of a Community licence issued under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and who is acting in the course of their employment;

(b)“driver” includes a person who is travelling in a vehicle as a relief driver;

(c)“public service vehicle” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.]

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7.—(1) Masters and seamen, as defined in section 313(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 M19, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work or have been repatriated to the United Kingdom in accordance with the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 or the Work in Fishing Convention 2007.E+W

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) F316... —

(a)“the Maritime Labour Convention 2006” means the Convention adopted on 23 February 2006 by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation M20,

(b)“the Work in Fishing Convention 2007” means the Convention adopted at Geneva on 14 June 2007 by the International Labour Organisation M21.

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I27Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M191995 c. 21. There are amendments to section 313(1) but none is relevant.

M20Cm. 7049. ISBN 978 010 1889 766.

M21Cm 7375.

8.  A pilot, as defined in paragraph 22(1) of Schedule 3A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 M22, where the pilot has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of the pilot's work or has been repatriated to the United Kingdom F317....E+W

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I28Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

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M22Schedule 3A was inserted by Schedule 1 to the Marine Safety Act 2003 (c. 16).

[F3189.  An inspector, or a surveyor of ships, appointed under section 256 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 or by a government of a relevant British possession as defined in section 313(1) of that Act, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.]E+W

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I29Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

[F31910.—(1) A member of aircraft crew where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work or are otherwise required to travel to the United Kingdom for work purposes.E+W

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)“member of aircraft crew” means a person who—

(i)acts as a pilot, flight navigator, flight engineer or flight radiotelephony operator of the aircraft,

(ii)is carried on the flight deck and is appointed by the operator of the aircraft to give or to supervise the training, experience, practice and periodical tests required for the flight crew under article 114(2) of the Air Navigation Order 2016, or

(iii)is carried on the flight for the purpose of performing duties to be assigned by the operator or the pilot in command of the aircraft in the interests of the safety of passengers or of the aircraft;

(b)travel for work purposes includes, in particular—

(i)where the member of aircraft crew resides outside the United Kingdom, travelling to the United Kingdom to work on an aircraft departing from the United Kingdom,

(ii)travelling to attend work-related training in the United Kingdom,

(iii)returning to the United Kingdom following work-related training outside the United Kingdom.]

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11.  A civil aviation inspector as defined in Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on 7 December 1944 M23, where the inspector has travelled to the United Kingdom when engaged on inspection duties.E+W

Commencement Information

I30Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M23The latest edition of Annex 9, which is published by the International Civil Aviation Organization, is the 15th edition, which applied from 23 February 2018 (ISBN 978-92-9258-301-9).

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[F32113.—(1) Any person who the relevant Department has certified as meeting the descriptions in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c)—E+W

(a)a crown servant or government contractor who is required to undertake essential policing or essential government work in the United Kingdom within the period during which they would, but for this paragraph, have had to self-isolate in accordance with regulations 7 or 8;

(b)a person returning from undertaking essential state business outside of the United Kingdom;

(c)a person returning to the United Kingdom where this is necessary to facilitate the functioning of a diplomatic mission or consular post of Her Majesty or of a military or other official posting on behalf of Her Majesty.

(2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)—

(a)“consular post” means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-consulate or consular agency,

(b)“Crown servant” has the meaning given in section 12(1)(a) to (e) of the Official Secrets Act 1989,

(c)“essential government work” means work which has been designated as such by [F322the Welsh Ministers or] the relevant Department, and includes, in particular, work related to national security, the work of the National Crime Agency in pursuance of its statutory functions, and work related to immigration, the coronavirus disease or any other crisis response, but does not include work of the description in paragraph 2(1) of Part 1 of this Schedule,

(d)“essential policing” means activity which has been designated as such on behalf of the relevant chief officer or chief constable,

(e)“essential state business” means activity which has been designated as essential to the United Kingdom or Her Majesty’s Government by the relevant Department, and includes, in particular, bilateral or multilateral discussions with another state or international organisation and visits to another state on behalf of the United Kingdom or Her Majesty’s Government,

(f)“government contractor” has the meaning given in section 12(2) of the Official Secrets Act 1989.]

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[F32313A.—(1) A person returning from undertaking essential or emergency work outside of the United Kingdom, which has been certified by the relevant Department as necessary to facilitate essential government work or essential state business.E+W

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) “essential government work” and “essential state business” have the same meaning as in paragraph 13.]

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14.  A person designated by the relevant Minister under section 5(3) of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 M24.E+W

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I31Sch. 2 para. 14 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

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15.  A person responsible for escorting a person sought for extradition pursuant to a warrant issued under Part 3 of the Extradition Act 2003 M25 or sought for extradition pursuant to any other extradition arrangements.E+W

Commencement Information

I32Sch. 2 para. 15 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

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16.  A representative of any territory travelling to the United Kingdom in order to take into custody a person whose surrender has been ordered pursuant to any provision of the Extradition Act 2003.E+W

Commencement Information

I33Sch. 2 para. 16 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

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36.  A person—E+W

(a)pursuing an activity as an employed or self-employed person in the United Kingdom and who resides in another country to which they usually return at least once a week, or

(b)residing in the United Kingdom and who pursues an activity as an employed or self-employed person in another country to which they usually go at least once a week,

[F326where that activity cannot reasonably be undertaken at home.]

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I34Sch. 2 para. 36 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

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F330SCHEDULE 3E+WExempt countries and territories outside the common travel area

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[F345SCHEDULE 5E+WSectoral Exceptions

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1.—(1) A worker engaged in essential or emergency works—E+W

(a)related to water supplies and sewerage services, and

(b)carried out by, for, or on behalf of a water undertaker, sewerage undertaker, water supply licensee, sewerage licensee or local authority,

where the worker has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of the work.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“essential or emergency works” includes—

(i)inspections, maintenance, repairs, and asset replacement activities;

(ii)monitoring, sampling and analysis of water supplies under the Private Water Supplies (Wales) Regulations 2017, the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2018, the Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016 or the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016;

(b)“sewerage licensee” means a person who is the holder of a sewerage licence under section 17BA of the Water Industry Act 1991;

(c)“sewerage services” has the meaning given in section 219(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991;

(d)“sewerage undertaker” means a company appointed as a sewerage undertaker under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991;

(e)“water supply licensee” has the meaning given in sections 17A(7) and 219(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991;

(f)“water undertaker” means a company appointed as a water undertaker under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991.

2.—(1) A worker engaged in essential or emergency works relating to flood and coastal erosion risk management on behalf of—E+W

(a)the Environment Agency;

(b)Natural Resources Wales;

(c)a lead local flood authority in Wales;

(d)a lead local flood authority in England.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “flood and coastal erosion risk management” and “lead local flood authority” have the meaning given by the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.

3.  A worker engaged in essential or emergency works relating to current or former mining operations on behalf of—E+W

(a)the Coal Authority;

(b)a council for a county or county borough in Wales;

(c)Natural Resources Wales.

4.—(1) A worker engaged in essential or emergency works—E+W

(a)related to—

(i)a generating station,

(ii)an electricity interconnector,

(iii)a district heat network as defined in regulation 2 of the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014,

(iv)communal heating as defined in regulation 2 of the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014,

(v)automated ballast cleaning and track relaying systems on a network, or

(vi)the commissioning, maintenance and repair of industrial machinery for use on a network, or

(b)carried out by, for, or on behalf of—

(i)the national system operator,

(ii)a person holding a transmission licence,

(iii)a person holding a distribution licence,

(iv)a person holding a licence under sections 7 and 7ZA of the Gas Act 1986,

(v)a LNG import or export facility as defined in section 48 of the Gas Act 1986, or

(vi)a person holding a network licence under section 8 of the Railways Act 1993,

where the worker has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purposes of the work.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“distribution licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1)(c) of the Electricity Act 1989;

(b)“essential or emergency works” includes commissioning, inspections, maintenance, repairs, and asset replacement activities;

(c)“national system operator” means the person operating the national transmission system for Great Britain;

(d)“network” has the meaning given in section 83(1) of the Railways Act 1993;

(e)“transmission licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1)(b) of the Electricity Act 1989;

(f)“electricity interconnector”, “generating station” and “transmission system” have the meanings given in section 64(1) of the Electricity Act 1989.

5.—(1) A person who is—E+W

(a)nuclear personnel, and who is essential to the safe and secure operation of a site in respect of which a nuclear site licence has been granted,

(b)a nuclear emergency responder, or

(c)an agency inspector,

where the person travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of the person’s work.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“agency inspector” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000;

(b)“nuclear emergency responder” means a person providing assistance to the United Kingdom in accordance with the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency done at Vienna on 26 September 1986, who has been duly notified to and accepted by the United Kingdom, where the United Kingdom has requested assistance under that Convention;

(c)“nuclear personnel” means—

(i)a worker who is employed to carry out work on or in relation to a site in respect of which a nuclear site licence has been granted, or

(ii)an employee of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority;

(d)“nuclear site licence” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965.

6.  An inspector from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, within the meaning given to “inspector” by section 24(e) of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996, who has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purposes of an inspection.E+W

7.—(1) A person who is—E+W

(a)carrying out a critical function at a space site,

(b)a spacecraft controller responsible for command and control of a launch vehicle or spacecraft for nominal operations, collision avoidance or anomalies, or

(c)employed by, or contracted to provide services to, a person who operates or maintains space situational awareness capabilities,

where the person has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of the work.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“space site” has the meaning given in paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 4 to the Space Industry Act 2018;

(b)“space situational awareness capabilities” means the sensors, systems and analytical services needed to provide time-sensitive warnings of space weather events, orbital collisions, orbital fragmentations or the re-entry of man-made objects from orbit;

(c)“spacecraft” has the meaning given in section 2(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018;

(d)“spacecraft controller” means a person competent, authorised and responsible for maintaining the safe and secure operation of spacecraft through monitoring the status of a spacecraft, issuing manoeuvre commands or controlling other aspects of the spacecraft that influence its behaviour including its motion in space.

8.—(1) A specialist aerospace engineer, or a specialist aerospace worker, where the engineer or worker has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.E+W

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“specialist aerospace engineer” means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged to provide engineering services for the purpose of ensuring the continued operation of aviation activities (including but not limited to the provision of maintenance and repair services for production lines, aviation components, grounded aircraft and new aircraft);

(b)“specialist aerospace worker” means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged to provide services for the purpose of ensuring safety management and quality assurance as required by relevant standards, guidance and publications on aviation safety produced by the Civil Aviation Authority or the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

9.—(1) A person engaged in operational, maintenance or safety activities of a downstream oil facility that has a capacity in excess of 20,000 tonnes, where—E+W

(a)the downstream oil facility is engaged in a specified activity carried on in the United Kingdom in the course of a business, and contributes (directly or indirectly) to the supply of crude oil based fuels to consumers in the United Kingdom or persons carrying on business in the United Kingdom, and

(b)the activities are required to ensure continued safe operation of the facility,

where the person has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of the person’s work.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)a facility has a capacity in excess of 20,000 tonnes at any time if it was used in the previous calendar year for the purposes of downstream oil sector activities in relation to more than that number of tonnes of oil;

(b)“specified activities” are—

(i)storing oil;

(ii)handling oil;

(iii)the carriage of oil by sea or inland water;

(iv)conveying oil by pipes;

(v)refining or otherwise processing oil.

10.—(1) A worker required to undertake or commence within the period during which they would, but for this paragraph, have been subject to an isolation requirement (within the meaning of regulation 10(2) of these Regulations)—E+W

(a)activities on or in relation to an offshore installation,

(b)activities on or in relation to upstream petroleum infrastructure,

(c)critical safety work on an offshore installation or well that is being decommissioned or preserved pending demolition or reuse, or

(d)activities for the provision of workers, goods, materials or equipment or other essential services required to support the safe operation of the activities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c),

where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“offshore installation” has the meaning given in section 44 of the Petroleum Act 1998;

(b)“upstream petroleum infrastructure” has the meaning given in section 9H of the Petroleum Act 1998;

(c)“well” has the meaning given in section 45A(10) of the Petroleum Act 1998.

11.  A postal operator, as defined in section 27(3) of the Postal Services Act 2011, where the operator has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.E+W

12.  A worker with specialist technical skills, where those specialist technical skills are required for essential or 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, where the worker has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work or otherwise to commence or resume their work.E+W

13.  A worker with specialist technical skills, where those specialist technical skills are required for essential or emergency works (including construction, commissioning, installation, maintenance, repairs and safety checks) or to fulfil contractual obligations or warranty specifications in, or in connection with, waste management facilities used for the management, sorting, treatment, recovery, or disposal of waste (including energy from waste), where the worker has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.E+W

14.—(1) A person who has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of transporting material which consists of, or includes, human cells or blood and which is to be used for the provision of a health service by a provider of health services.E+W

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“blood” includes blood components;

(b)“health service” has the meaning given by regulation 10(8).

15.  A person who is an “inspector” within the meaning given in regulation 8(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 who has travelled to the United Kingdom to undertake activities in relation to their role as such a person.E+W

16.—(1) A person who—E+W

(a)has travelled to the United Kingdom to—

(i)conduct a clinical trial within the meaning of “conducting a clinical trial” in regulation 2(1) of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004,

(ii)undertake such activities as are necessary or expedient to prepare for the conduct of a clinical trial, or

(iii)carry out any necessary compliance activity in relation to a clinical trial that cannot be conducted remotely,

(b)is a “qualified person” within the meaning of regulation 43 of those Regulations, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in order to undertake activities in relation to their role as such a person, or

(c)is a “sponsor” within the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations of a clinical trial, or carries out the functions or duties of such a sponsor, and has travelled to the United Kingdom to undertake activities in relation to the clinical trial.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “clinical trial” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004.

17.  A person who has travelled to the United Kingdom to conduct a “clinical investigation” within the meaning of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002, or to undertake such activities as are necessary or expedient to prepare for the conduct of a clinical investigation or carry out any other necessary compliance activity in relation to a clinical investigation that cannot be conducted remotely.E+W

18.—(1) A person who is—E+W

(a)a “qualified person” within the meaning of regulation 41(2) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012,

(b)a “responsible person” within the meaning of regulation 45(1) of those Regulations, or

(c)“an appropriately qualified person responsible for pharmacovigilance” within the meaning of regulation 182(2)(a) of those Regulations,

where the person has travelled to the United Kingdom in order to undertake activities in relation to their role as such a person.

19.—(1) A person who has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purposes of their work in essential infrastructure industries including—E+W

(a)a person involved in essential maintenance and repair of data infrastructure required to reduce and resolve outages, or in the provision of goods and services to support these activities, and

(b)an information technology or telecommunications professional (including information technology consultant, quality analyst, software tester, systems tester, and telecommunications planner), whose expertise is required to—

(i)provide an essential or emergency response to threats and incidents relating to the security of any network and information system, and

(ii)ensure the continued operation of any network and information system.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “network and information system” has the meaning in regulation 1(2) of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018.

20.  A person who is engaged in urgent or essential work—E+W

(a)that is necessary for the continued operation of—

(i)electronic communications networks and services as defined in section 32 of the Communications Act 2003, or

(ii)the BBC’s broadcasting transmission network and services,

(b)in supply chain companies that maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the electronic communications networks and services and the BBC transmission network and services,

where the person has travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.

21.—(1) A person habitually resident in the United Kingdom who—E+W

(a)is an elite athlete who participated in an overseas elite competition,

(b)provided coaching or other support to an elite athlete at an overseas elite competition,

(c)officiated at, or was involved in running, an overseas elite competition,

(d)is an elite athlete who attended an overseas training programme for the purpose of training or preparing for participation in an elite competition,

(e)provided coaching or other support to an elite athlete at an overseas training programme for the purpose of training or preparing that elite athlete for participation in an elite competition,

where the person has travelled to the United Kingdom to return from the overseas elite competition or the overseas training programme.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“elite athlete” means a person—

(i)who derives a living from competing in a sport,

(ii)who is designated as such for the purposes of these Regulations by the Sports Council for Wales,

(iii)who is designated as such for the purposes of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (despite the revocation of those Regulations), or

(iv)not falling within sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) who participates in the UEFA Champions’ league or UEFA Europa league;

(b)“elite competition” means a sporting competition at which any of the participants compete—

(i)to derive a living, or

(ii)to qualify for, or as part of a selection process for, the Olympics, Paralympics or Commonwealth Games;

(c)“overseas elite competition” means an elite competition taking place outside the United Kingdom; and a person is to be treated as having returned from such a competition if the person has within the period of 10 days ending with the person’s last day of isolation, been in a non-exempt country or territory for the purposes of such a competition.

22.  A person—E+W

(a)who is engaged in the installation, maintenance or repair of subsea fibre optic telecommunications infrastructure,

(b)whose role directly supports the installation, maintenance or repair of subsea fibre optic telecommunications infrastructure,

where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.]

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in response to the danger to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wales. Section 45B of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 enables the Welsh Ministers, by regulations, to make provision for the purpose of (amongst other things) preventing danger to public health from “vessels, aircraft, trains or other conveyances arriving at any place”.

The Regulations place a requirement on certain categories of people arriving in Wales from outside the common travel area—

  • to provide information about where they will reside in Wales and other related matters, and

  • to isolate for a period of 14 days.

Regulation 4 requires persons arriving in Wales by ship or aircraft to provide information electronically to the Secretary of State. In practice this will be done by completing an online form on www.gov.uk for this purpose. Where a person is accompanied by a child for whom they are responsible, they must also provide the child's information.

Regulation 5 provides that a person must notify the Secretary of State of any changes to the information provided as soon as reasonably practicable. This will also be done using the same online facility.

Schedule 1 sets out the types of information required to be provided under regulation 4 or 5. This will be the information that must be included when filling in the online form.

In some cases the information required in Schedule 1 will depend on the circumstances (for example, under paragraph 1(d) the person must provide passport details or details of the other travel document that permits the person to travel if they do not possess a passport). Persons who fall into one of the categories set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 are not required to provide information under regulations 4 and 5. If the person does not hold the information they do not have to provide it (regulation 6).

Regulations 7 and 8 require the following categories of persons to isolate for a period of 14 days upon their arrival in Wales—

(a)

a person arriving in Wales by ship or aircraft from outside the common travel area,

(b)

a person arriving in Wales from the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man who has, within a period of 14 days ending with the person's arrival in Wales, arrived in the common travel area from a place outside that area, or

(c)

a person who arrives in Wales from elsewhere in the United Kingdom who has in the previous 14 days arrived from a place outside the common travel area.

These persons must not leave or be outside of the premises where they are isolating before the end of the last day of isolation (other than for reasons set out in regulation 10).

Regulation 8 further provides that where a person arrives in Wales from another part of the United Kingdom who has in the previous 14 days arrived from a place outside the common travel area, they must notify the Secretary of State prior to, or as soon as practicable after arriving in Wales, of the address at which they will reside (again using the online form).

Schedule 2 (introduced by regulation 9) sets out the categories of person who are exempt from the requirement to isolate. Regulation 10 provides that the requirement to isolate ceases to apply if the person travels to leave Wales (paragraph (3)), sets out the limited circumstances in which a person may be permitted to be temporarily outside the place at which they are isolating (paragraph (4)), permits a person to change the place where they are isolating if they have to do so for legal reasons or are otherwise unable to stay at the original place (paragraph (5)) and provides that the requirement to isolate does not apply to a person subject to certain requirements imposed under the Coronavirus Act 2020 or immigration legislation.

Regulation 13 provides police officers with powers to direct or remove persons to a place where they are isolating if they reasonably suspect that the person is in breach of a requirement to isolate.

Regulation 14 provides that contravention of a requirement imposed by these Regulations is an offence, as is the obstruction of a person exercising functions under these Regulations. A person found guilty of an offence under these Regulations may be fined and there is no limit on the fine that may be imposed.

Regulation 16 provides that fixed penalties may be imposed on persons who are suspected of committing an offence under these Regulations as an alternative to prosecution. Where the alleged offence relates to a breach of a requirement to isolate the penalty is £1000, in other cases the penalty is £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days) rising each time a similar fixed penalty notice is issued up to a maximum of £1920.

Regulation 17 sets out the circumstances in which information provided under these Regulations (and equivalent Regulations made as respects England, Scotland or Northern Ireland) may be disclosed or used. Regulation 18 prevents information provided under these Regulations from being used to incriminate a person in proceedings for any offence other than one under these Regulations of the offence of making a false statement other than under oath.

The necessity and proportionality of these Regulations must be reviewed every 21 days (regulation 19).

The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared as to the likely cost and benefit of complying with these Regulations.