The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2021

Amendments to Schedule 4A

18.—(1) Schedule 4A (Conference of the Parties representatives) is amended as follows.

(2) The existing text is numbered as Part 2 (including the heading, which becomes the heading to Part 2).

(3) At the beginning insert—

“PART 1 Application of Regulations to Conference of the Parties participants

1.— (1) These Regulations apply in relation to participants in the COP World Leaders summit event (“the WLS event”) and the COP with the modifications contained in this Schedule.

(2) A person (“P”) is a participant in the WLS event for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) where sub-paragraph (3) and (4) apply in relation to P.

(3) P—

(a) either—

(i) travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending or facilitating the WLS event, and P is in England for the purpose of attending or facilitating the WLS event or of travelling in order to leave the United Kingdom, or

(ii) travelled to the United Kingdom for another purpose, and after their arrival in England is attending, facilitating, or travelling to or from the WLS event; and

(b) has been invited by Her Majesty’s Government to attend or facilitate the WLS event.

(4) The relevant person has—

(a) provided written confirmation to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office that P will comply with the health protocols for the WLS event; and

(b) received written confirmation from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office that P is a person described in sub-paragraph (2) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has not withdrawn the confirmation.

(5) Where P is—

(a) attending or facilitating the WLS event on behalf of a State, the relevant person for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) is the relevant head of the mission or head of consular post in the United Kingdom, or, where no such person exists, the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a person acting on their authority;

(b) attending or facilitating the WLS event on behalf of a foreign territory, the relevant person for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) is the head of the office representing the foreign territory in the United Kingdom;

(c) attending or facilitating the WLS event on behalf of an organisation, the relevant person for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) is the head of the organisation;

(d) attending or facilitating the WLS event on their own behalf, the relevant person for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) is P.

(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (5) “head of the mission” and “head of consular post” have the same meaning as in paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 4.

(7) A person (“P”) is a participant in the COP for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) where sub-paragraph (8) applies in relation to P.

(8) P—

(a) either—

(i) travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending or facilitating the COP, and P is in England for the purpose of attending or facilitating the COP or of travelling in order to leave the United Kingdom, or

(ii) travelled to the United Kingdom for another purpose, and after their arrival in England is attending, facilitating, or travelling to or from the COP;

(b) is a person who has been registered to attend the COP with the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and has confirmation of their registration from the secretariat;

(c) has provided written confirmation to the Cabinet Office that P will comply with the health protocols for the COP; and

(d) has received written confirmation from the Cabinet Office that P is a person described in this sub-paragraph and the Cabinet Office has not withdrawn the confirmation.

WLS invitees and Part 2 participants

2.— (1) This paragraph applies to a person (“P”) who is—

(a) a person invited by Her Majesty’s Government to attend the WLS event;

(b) a person invited by Her Majesty’s Government to attend both the WLS event and the COP; or

(c) a person described in Part 2 of this Schedule.

(2) Where this paragraph applies—

(a) P is not required to comply with regulation 3 (requirement on passengers to provide information);

(b) P is required to comply with regulation 4 (requirement to possess notification of negative test result);

(c) Part 1B of these Regulations does not apply in relation to P;

(d) other than regulation 4, Part 2 of these Regulations does not apply in relation to P.

Eligible category 2 participants

3.— (1) This paragraph applies to a person (“P”) who—

(a) is not a person to whom paragraph 2 of this Schedule applies;

(b) is a person who has been registered to attend the COP with the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and has confirmation of their registration from the secretariat;

(c) meets the conditions in regulation 3B (eligible travellers) as that regulation applies in relation to P with the modifications made by this paragraph.

(2) Regulation 3A (interpretation of Part) applies in relation to P as if, for the definition of “authorised vaccine”, there were substituted—

““authorised vaccine” means a medicinal product for vaccination against coronavirus authorised—

(i)

following evaluation by the regulator for a country or territory, or

(ii)

otherwise by the government of a country or territory, or pursuant to its authority;”.

(3) Regulation 3B applies in relation to P as if in paragraph (1)(b) the reference to regulations 3C to 3H were a reference to 3C to 3G.

(4) Regulation 3C applies in relation to P as if—

(a) paragraph (1)(b) to (e) were omitted;

(b) for paragraph (2)(a) there were substituted—

“(a) P has completed a course of doses of an authorised vaccine if P has received the complete course of doses of the authorised vaccine as specified in the manufacturer’s guidance for that vaccine;”;

(c) paragraph (3) were omitted.

(5) These Regulations apply in relation to P as if for regulations 3D and 3E there were substituted—

“3D.   P meets the requirements of this regulation if P has participated, or is participating in a clinical trial regulated by the relevant regulator in the country or territory where the trial is carried out, of a vaccine for vaccination against coronavirus and has declared on the Passenger Locator Form that P meets the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility criteria.”.

(6) Regulation 3G applies in relation to P as if paragraph (b) were omitted.

(7) These Regulations apply in relation to P as if regulation and 3H and 3I were omitted.

(8) Regulation 3J applies in relation to P as if—

(a) paragraphs (2) to (5) were omitted;

(b) the reference in each of paragraphs (6) and (7) to “the day 2 test” were a reference to “a day 2 test”.

(9) These Regulations apply in relation to P as if paragraph 10(3) to (5) of Schedule 8 were omitted.

(10) These Regulations apply in relation to P as if, other than regulation 4, Part 2 of these Regulations does not apply to P.

Non-eligible category 2 participants

4.— (1) This paragraph applies to a person (“P”) who—

(a) is not a person to whom paragraph 2 of this Schedule applies;

(b) is a person who has been registered to attend the COP with the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and has confirmation of their registration from the secretariat;

(c) meets the condition in regulation 3B(1)(a) but does not meet the condition in regulation 3B(1)(b) as if that regulation has effect with the modifications made by paragraph 3(2) to (7).

(2) Where this paragraph applies these Regulation apply in relation to P as if—

(a) other than regulations 4 and 6 and Schedule 8, Part 2 of these Regulations does not apply to P;

(b) for the purpose of regulation 6, paragraph (12)(c)(ii) applies to P (meaning that the testing package required for P includes a day 2 and a day 8 test);

(c) paragraphs (3) to (5) and (11) of regulation 6 were omitted;

(d) in Schedule 8—

(i) paragraph 3(2) provided for regulation 2A of the Self Isolation Regulations to continue to apply to a person within this paragraph.

(ii) paragraph 10(3) to (5) were omitted.

Eligible category 3 participants

5.— (1) This paragraph applies to a person (“P”) who—

(a) is not a person to whom paragraph 2 of this Schedule applies;

(b) is a person who has been registered to attend the COP with the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and has confirmation of their registration from the secretariat;

(c) does not meet the condition in regulation 3B(1)(a);

(d) meets the condition in regulation 3B(1)(b) as if that regulation has effect with the modifications made by paragraph 3(2) to (7) and the further modification made by sub-paragraph (2)(a).

(2) Where this paragraph applies, these Regulations apply in relation to P with following modifications—

(a) regulation 3C(1)(a) applies as if for “14th day” there were substituted “9th day”;

(b) Schedule 8 applies as if it required that—

(i) if the day 2 test taken by P generates a negative result, P is required to self-isolate in accordance with Schedule 11, as modified by this paragraph, until the end of the 5th day after P entered the designated accommodation,

(ii) if the day 8 test taken by P generate a positive result, P is required to self-isolate in accordance with regulation 2A of the Self-Isolation Regulations until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test,

(iii) if the day 8 test taken by P generates an inconclusive result, P is required to self-isolate in accordance with regulation 2A of the Self-Isolation Regulations until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test, or take a test of the description in paragraph 3(7)(b) of Schedule 8 (“the subsequent test”), in which case—

(aa) if the subsequent test generates a positive result, P must self-isolate in accordance with regulation 2A of the Self-Isolation Regulations until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook that test,

(bb) if the subsequent test generates a negative result, P may cease self-isolation immediately;

(c) paragraph 10(a) of Schedule 11 applies as if instead of “10 days” there were specified “5 days”.”.