The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) Regulations 2020

[F1 Provision of information prior to departure E+W

3A.— (1) Paragraph (2) applies where at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of an international passenger service, a booking is made for a passenger (“P”) to travel on that service.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, between 24 and 48 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of the service, the operator of the service must ensure that P has been provided with the information specified in paragraph (4) (“the required information”).

(3) The required information must be provided by text message, push notification, email or orally.

(4) The required information mentioned in paragraph (2) is—

(a) where the information is provided by text message or push notification, text which—

(i) informs P of the requirement to provide information,

(ii) informs P that penalties apply for failure to comply with the requirement to provide information,

(iii) includes a link to https://www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk, and

(iv) if the international passenger service is one on which P is allocated a seat numbers, advises P to provide the seat number as part of the requirement to provide information;

[F2 (v) informs P of the requirement to possess notification of a negative test result in accordance with regulation 6A of the International Travel Regulations;]

[F3 (b) where the information is provided by email—

(i) the information set out in Part 1 of the Schedule,

(ii) a link to www.gov.uk/uk-border-control (referred to in Part 1 of the Schedule),

(iii) a link to https://gov.wales/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-people-travelling-wales (referred to in Part 1 of the Schedule),

(iv) a link to www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-test-to-release-for-international-travel (referred to in Part 1 of the Schedule),

(v) a link to www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk, and

(vi) a link to https://gov.wales/exemptions-self-isolation-coronavirus-covid-19-html;]

(c) where the information is provided orally, the information set out in Part 1 of the Schedule.

(5) Where another person (“A”) makes a booking on an international passenger service on behalf of another passenger (whether or not A is also a passenger on that service), the requirement to provide information in accordance with this regulation is to be treated as complied with, as regards the time set out in paragraph (1), if the required information was provided to A in the required manner between 24 and 48 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of that service, along with a written request that A provides that information to the passenger.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 3A inserted (4.11.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1118), regs. 1(2), 2(4)

F2 Reg. 3A(4)(a)(v) inserted (23.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/72), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)

F3 Reg. 3A(4)(b) substituted (23.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/72), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)