The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 13) Regulations 2021

Amendments to Schedule 8

23.—(1) Schedule 8 (mandatory testing after arrival in England) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph 1(1)(d) substitute—

“(d) “P”—

(i) means a person required to undertake a mandatory test under regulation 6 (requirement to book and undertake tests), and

(ii) in paragraphs 7, 10 and 11 includes a person required to undertake a day 2 test under regulation 3J (testing requirements on eligible travellers (non-workers));”.

(3) In paragraph 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), in the opening words, for “regulation 5(1)(b), (c) or (d)” substitute “regulation 5(1)(a), (c), (d) or (e)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for “regulation 5(1)(b), (c) or (d)” substitute “regulation 5(1)(a), (c), (d) or (e)”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (5), for “regulation 5(1)(b), (c) or (d)” substitute “regulation 5(1)(a), (c), (d) or (e)”.

(4) In the opening words of paragraph 6(1), for “regulation 6(12)(a)” substitute “regulations 3J(10) and 6(12)(a)”.

(5) In paragraph 7(1)(g)(ii)—

(a) omit paragraph (bb);

(b) in paragraph (cc)(1), for “category 2 arrival” substitute “traveller”.

(6) In paragraph 9(1)(g)(ii)(bb), for “category 2 arrival” substitute “traveller”.

(7) In paragraph 10(1), for “regulation 6(12)(a) and (b)” substitute “regulations 3J(10) and 6(12)(a) and (b)”.

(8) In paragraph 11—

(a) for the forms specified in sub-paragraph (3), substitute—

“Form A: negative test result

Your coronavirus (COVID-19) test result is negative. You did not have the virus when the test was done.

You are not required to quarantine or take a day 8 test if you are travelling from a country not on the red list and meet the requirements of being an ‘eligible traveller’.

If you are travelling from a country not on the red list and are not an ‘eligible traveller’, if you took the test on or before day 2 of your quarantine period, you must continue to quarantine until you have completed the 10 day quarantine period and received a negative result for a test taken on day 8. If you took the test on day 8, you may stop quarantining when you have completed your 10 day quarantine period.

You should self-isolate again if you get symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) – get an NHS coronavirus (COVID-19) test from https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test and self-isolate until you get the results.

For advice on when you might need to self-isolate and what to do, go to https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ and read ‘Self-isolation and treating symptoms’.

Form B: positive test result

Your coronavirus test result is positive. You had the virus when the test was done.

Even if you have not had symptoms of coronavirus, you must self-isolate for 10 days from the day after your test date. Your test sample may be genome sequenced to check whether you have a virus variant of concern or variant under investigation.

If you received a positive test result for the test taken you do not need to take any further tests.

You may be contacted for contact tracing and to check that you, and those who you live or are travelling with, are self-isolating.

You must not travel, including to leave the UK, during self-isolation.

Contact 111 if you need medical help. In an emergency dial 999.

Form C: unclear test result

Your coronavirus test result is unclear. It is not possible to say if you had the virus when the test was done.

You must take another test or self-isolate for 10 days from the day after your test date.

You may be contacted to check that you are self-isolating.”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (5)(e)—

(i) omit sub-paragraph (i);

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii)(2), for “category 2 arrival” substitute “traveller”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (iia), for “neither a category 1 arrival nor an eligible category 2 arrival” substitute “not an eligible traveller”.

(1)

Inserted by S.I. 2021/865.

(2)

Paragraph 11(5)(e)(i) and (iia) were substituted by S.I. 2021/865.