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

PART 2 E+W Requirement to provide information

Persons arriving from outside the common travel area E+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 14 days ending with the person's arrival, been in a place outside the common travel area.

(2) But references to P do not include [F1 —

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

(b) a person described in paragraph 12(1)(b) of Schedule 2 (operational, maintenance and security workers working on the Channel Tunnel), or

(c) a person described in paragraph (3), in respect of whom the condition in paragraph (4) is met.]

[F2 (3) The descriptions of person are—

(a) a person who is a road passenger transport worker, within the meaning of paragraph 6 of Schedule 2;

(b) a person described in paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 (masters and seamen);

(c) a person described in paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 (pilots involved in merchant shipping);

(d) a person described in paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 (inspectors and surveyors of ships);

(e) a person described in paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 (crew on aircraft);

(f) a person described in paragraph 12(1)(a) or (c) of Schedule 2 (drivers, crew and other persons performing essential functions in relation to the Channel Tunnel).

(4) The condition mentioned in paragraph (2)(c) is met in relation to a person if the person has, on their journey to Wales travelled only—

(a) on a ship or aircraft which does not carry passengers;

(b) in an area of a ship or aircraft which is not accessed by passengers.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 3(2) substituted (10.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/714), regs. 1(2), 3(2) (with reg. 7)

F2 Reg. 3(3)(4) inserted (10.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/714), regs. 1(2), 3(3) (with reg. 7)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Requirement to provide passenger information E+W

4.—(1) P must submit the following information to the Secretary of State electronically [F3 on 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

F3 Words in reg. 4(1) substituted (21.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 20) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1329), regs. 1(2), 4

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 4 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Requirement to notify changes to passenger information E+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

I3 Reg. 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 control E+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

I4 Reg. 6 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)