The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information to Travellers and Operator Liability) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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

5.  For regulation 3 (provision of information before booking and at check-in) and 3A (provision of information prior to departure) substitute—

“Provision of information prior to departure

3.— (1) The operator of an international passenger service must ensure that a passenger who arrives at a port in Wales on such a service is provided with the information required by paragraph (3) and in the manner required by that regulation at the times specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The times are—

(a) where a booking was made for the passenger to travel on the relevant service more than 24 hours before departure, at least 24 hours before departure;

(b) (where a booking was made for the passenger to travel on the relevant service less 24 hours before departure, at any time before departure.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the required information—

(a) may be provided orally or in writing;

(b) if provided orally, is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule (essential information to enter the UK);

(c) if provided in writing, is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule (essential information to enter the UK) and—

(i) where it is provided by electronic means, a hyperlink to each of the relevant websites;

(ii) where it is provided by other means, the text or the URLs of each of the relevant websites;

(iii) in any event, must be provided in a way that draws the passengers attention to it by being particularly prominent and distinct from other written information provided in relation to the booking.

(4) 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 if the required information is provided to A in the required manner at the times specified in paragraph (2), along with a written request that A provide that information to the passenger.

(5) Where the operator does not directly manage the booking or check in process, the operator must take all reasonable measures to ensure that the person managing the process complies with paragraph (1) on the operator’s behalf.

(6) Nothing in this regulation or regulation 4 requires information to be provided to a person who, by virtue of age or mental capacity, is unlikely to be capable of understanding it.”