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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

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PART 3E+WOperator liability in respect of arrivals

InterpretationE+W

4.  In this Part—

“authorised person” (“person awdurdodedig”) F1[F2... means]—

(a)

in relation to passengers arriving on a vessel, the Secretary of State;

(b)

in relation to passengers arriving on an aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority M1;

F3...

[F4“common travel area” (“ardal deithio gyffredin”) has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971;]

[F5eligible traveller has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the International Travel Regulations;]

“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 M2;

“international passenger service” (“gwasanaeth teithwyr rhyngwladol”) means a commercial service by which passengers travel on a vessel or aircraft from outside the common travel area to a port in Wales;

[F6“the International Travel Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Teithio Rhyngwladol”) means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2022;]

F7...

“operator” (“gweithredwr”) F8[F9... means] operator of an international passenger service;

“passenger” (“teithiwr”) means a person travelling on an international passenger service who is not a member of that service's crew;

“port” (“porthladd”) includes an airport, heliport or seaport;

F10...

F11...

F12...

F13...

“the requirement to possess notification of a negative test result” (“y gofyniad i feddu ar hysbysiad o ganlyniad prawf negyddol”) means the requirement in regulation [F147(3)] of the International Travel Regulations;

F15...

F16...

“vessel” (“llestr”) means every description of vessel used in navigation (including a hovercraft within the meaning of Hovercraft Act 1968) which is 24 metres or more in length.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 4 in force at 18.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1The Civil Aviation Authority is a body corporate established by section 1 of the Civil Aviation Act 1971 (c. 75).

M21971 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.

[F17Requirement to implement and maintain processes and systemsE+W

5.—(1) An operator must implement and maintain adequate processes and systems to ensure that passengers arriving in Wales on international passenger services—

(a)have complied with the requirement in regulation 6 (requirement to provide passenger information) of the International Travel Regulations, if they are passengers required to comply with that regulation;

(b)are in possession of evidence that they are person described in Schedule 5 (exempt persons), if they claim to be such a person on a facility referred to in regulation 6(1) of the International Travel Regulations;

(c)are in possession of a required notification, if they are passengers required to comply with regulation 7 (requirement to possess notification of a negative test result) of the International Travel Regulations;

(d)are in possession of eligibility evidence, if they have indicated on a facility referred to in regulation 6(1) of the International Travel Regulations that they meet the COVID-19 vaccination eligibility criteria.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a passenger (“P”) is not considered to be required to comply with the requirements in regulation 6 or 7 of the International Travel Regulations if the operator, or a person acting behalf of the operator, would have cause to reasonably believe that—

(a)P is not required to comply with the relevant requirement,

(b)P has a reasonable excuse which would protect P from liability for breach of the relevant requirement under regulation 13 (offences), or

(c)P is being lawfully compelled to travel to the United Kingdom in the course of an extradition, prisoner repatriation or deportation.

(3) An operator must retain such records and information as are required to show that they have complied with paragraph (1).

(4) An authorised person may request from an operator copies of such records and information as the authorised person considers are required to determine whether the operator has complied with paragraph (1).

(5) A request under paragraph (4) must specify the period within which the operator must provide the records and information requested.

(6) In determining whether an operator has complied with paragraph (1), an authorised person must have regard to the following matters so far as they have information about them—

(a)the regime by which the operator complies with paragraph (1), together with the approach to retaining contemporaneous evidence;

(b)the existence and quality of any guidance or training programmes for those involved in the day-to-day operation of the processes and systems;

(c)whether the operator has—

(i)appointed a named contact to assist the authorised person in determining if the operator has complied with paragraph (1), and

(ii)notified the authorised person of the identity of that contact;

(d)the speed and effectiveness of any response the operator makes to any recommendations made by the authorised person intended to secure the operator’s compliance with paragraph (1);

(e)any failure to comply with a request under paragraph (4);

(f)any other matter the authorised person considers appropriate.

(7) In this regulation “eligibility evidence” means—

(a)evidence described in regulation 3(3)(b), 3(4)(b) or 3(6)(b) of the International Travel Regulations,

(b)where P intends to take advantage of the exemption in regulation 3(6) of the International Travel Regulations (P is under the age of 18), evidence of P’s age, or

(c)a facility referred to in regulation 6(1) of the International Travel Regulations which indicates that P’s vaccine status is: “Vaccine Status: Verified Exempt/Full.]

Textual Amendments

Requirement to ensure passengers possess notification of post arrival testing arrangementsE+W

F175A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Requirement to ensure that certain passengers do not arrive at ports in WalesE+W

F175B.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Requirement to check vaccination statusE+W

F175C.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Requirement to check exemptionsE+W

F175D.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

[F18OffencesE+W

6.—(1) An operator who fails to comply with a requirement in—

(a)regulation 5(1),

(b)regulation 5(3), or

(c)a request under regulation 5(4) to provide records and information within the period specified for the purposes of regulation 5(5),

commits an offence.

(2) An offence under paragraph (1) is punishable on summary conviction by a fine.]

Textual Amendments

Fixed penalty noticesE+W

7.—(1) An authorised person may issue a fixed penalty notice to any operator who the authorised person reasonably believes has committed an offence under regulation 6(1).

(2) A fixed penalty notice is a notice offering the operator 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.

(3) Where an operator is issued with a notice under paragraph (1) in respect of an offence—

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

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

(4) A fixed penalty notice must—

(a)give reasonably detailed particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence, including the name of the relevant passenger;

(b)state the period during which (because of paragraph (3)(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 payment of the fixed penalty may be paid or evidence of the defence is to be provided; and

(e)specify permissible methods of payment.

(5) The amount of the fixed penalty for the purposes of paragraph (4)(c) is £1,000.

(6) In any proceedings, a certificate that—

(a)purports to be signed on behalf of—

(i)the Welsh Ministers, or

(ii)any person designated by the Welsh Ministers under paragraph (2)(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.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 7 in force at 18.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

ProsecutionsE+W

8.  Proceedings for an offence under regulation 6(1) may only be brought by an authorised person.

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 8 in force at 18.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Power to use and disclose informationE+W

9.—(1) This regulation applies to any person (“P”) who holds information described in paragraph (2) relating to a relevant passenger (“relevant information”).

(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) is—

(a)information provided by, or on behalf of, the relevant passenger by way of explanation for failing to comply with regulation [F196 or 7] of the International Travel Regulations,

(b)information about the steps taken, pursuant to the International Travel Regulations, in relation to the relevant passenger, including details of any fixed penalty notice issued under those Regulations,

(c)personal details of the relevant passenger, including their—

(i)full name,

(ii)date of birth,

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

(iv)home address,

(v)telephone number,

(vi)email address,

(d)journey details of the relevant passenger, including—

(i)their time and date of arrival in Wales,

(ii)the name of the operator of the international passenger service on which they arrived or through which their booking was made,

(iii)the flight number or vessel name,

(iv)the departure and arrival locations of the international passenger service.

(3) P may only use relevant information where it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out a function under these Regulations.

(4) P may only disclose relevant information to another person (“the recipient”) where it is necessary for the recipient to have the relevant information for the purpose of carrying out a function under these Regulations.

(5) This regulation does not limit the circumstances in which information may otherwise lawfully be disclosed under any other enactment or rule of law.

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

(7) For the purposes of this regulation “data protection legislation” and “personal data” have the same meanings as in section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 M3.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 9 in force at 18.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

ReviewE+W

10.  The Welsh Ministers must review the need for the requirement imposed by [F20regulation 5] of these Regulations by 8 February 2021 and at least once every 28 days after that date.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 10 in force at 18.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

ExpiryE+W

11.—(1) These Regulations expire at the end of [F2131 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

I6Reg. 11 in force at 18.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

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