[Additional measures applicable to persons travelling from a country or territory listed in Schedule 3AE+W
[12E.—(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;
[(iaa)paragraph 6;]
[(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;]
(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii)paragraph 13 or 13A;
(iv)paragraph 15 or 16.
[(e)a person—
(i)who is, or was on 1 September [2021], a child,
(ii)who has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purposes of receiving education at [an 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.]
[(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).
[(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 [regulation 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.
[(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.]
[(5) In this regulation—
(a)[“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.
[(d)“higher education provider” has the meaning in section 83(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.]]]