The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) Regulations 2020 E+W

17.  The Schedule to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) Regulations 2020(1) is amended as follows—

(a) for Part 1 substitute—

“Part 1 E+W

The information to be provided for the purposes of regulations 3(2)(a)(i), 3(2)(b)(i), 3(2)(c)(i), 3A(4)(b)(i) and 3A(4)(c) is—

“Essential information to enter Wales from overseas

Everyone entering Wales from overseas (including UK nationals and residents) must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 3 days of departure to Wales.

Fill in your passenger locator form up to 48 hours before arrival. You must declare all countries you have visited or transited through in the 10 days prior to your arrival in the UK on your passenger locator form.

Before departure, check the list of red, amber and green countries as the list can change regularly.

Red list passengers

1.   Book a Managed Quarantine Package

2.   Complete a passenger locator form

You can only enter if you are a British or Irish National, or you have residence rights in the UK. You must enter through a designated port and quarantine in a government approved hotel for 10 days.

Amber list passengers

1. Book tests for day 2 and 8

2. Complete a passenger locator form

3. Make plans to self-quarantine in private accommodation for 10 full days after arrival (or full duration of stay if less than 10 days).

If you are arriving from an amber country, and have been fully vaccinated through an approved vaccination programme, at least 14 days before your arrival in Wales, you must:

1. Book a test for day 2

2. Complete a passenger locator form

Green list passengers

1. Book a test for day 2

2. Complete a passenger locator form

These measures apply to all persons (including UK nationals and residents) arriving in Wales from outside the common travel area comprising the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. The British Overseas Territories are not in the common travel area. Public health requirements may vary depending upon in which nation of the UK you are staying.

England: https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control

Northern Ireland: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-international-travel-advice

Scotland: https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-international-travel-quarantine/pages/overview/

Wales: https://gov.wales/travelrules

Failure to comply with these measures is a criminal offence and you could be fined. There are a limited set of exemptions from these measures. Check the list of exemptions carefully. You may be fined if you fraudulently claim an exemption.;””;

(b) in Part 2—

(i) in paragraph (a) (Welsh language version), after “o fewn y ddau ddiwrnod cyntaf ar ôl ichi gyrraedd” insert “, hyd yn oed os ydych wedi eich brechu yn llawn”;

(ii) in paragraph (b) (English language version), after “within the first two days after you arrive” insert “, even if you have been fully vaccinated”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 17 in force at 19.7.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.I. 2020/595 (W. 136), amended by S.I. 2020/714 (W. 160), S.I. 2020/1118 (W. 253), S.I. 2020/1521 (W. 325), S.I. 2021/72 (W. 18), S.I. 2021/171 (W. 39), S.I. 2021/457 (W. 145), S.I. 2021/584 (W. 161), S.I. 2021/646 (W. 166) and S.I. 2021/765 (W. 187).