The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 18) Regulations 2021

Amendments to regulation 3A

4.  In regulation 3A (interpretation of Part)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (b), insert—

“(c) a reference to a country does not include a reference to the overseas territories and dependencies of that country unless otherwise stated.”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the definition of “authorised vaccine”, in sub-paragraph (c), for the words from “would be authorised” to the end, substitute—

“—

(i) would be authorised as provided for in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) if the doses were received in the United Kingdom, or

(ii) are listed in lines 10, 11 or 13 of the Guidance Document “Status of COVID-19 Vaccines within WHO EUL/PQ evaluation process” published by the World Health Organisation on 11th November 2021(2), and authorised or certified in a relevant country listed in paragraph (4);”;

(ii) in the definition of “NHS COVID pass”—

(aa) after “records”, insert “available”;

(bb) after “NHS.uk or”, insert “in”;

(iii) after the definition of “NHS Wales”, insert—

“North American Certificate” means, in relation to a State listed in the table in paragraph (2B), the certificate identified in the corresponding row of the second column of that table;”;

(iv) after the definition of “NHS Wales”, insert—

““Regulation (EU) 2021/953” means Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2021 on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic(3)”.

(c) after paragraph (2), insert—

“(2A) The following countries and territories are approved third countries or territories for the purposes of this Part—

• Albania

• Armenia

• Faroe Islands

• Israel

• Morocco

• North Macedonia

• Panama

• Turkey

• Ukraine.

(2B) The table referred to in the definition of “North American Certificate” in paragraph (2) is—

State	Certificate Name
California	Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record
New York	Excelsior Pass Plus
Washington State	WA Verify”;

(d) in paragraph (3), in the opening words, after “paragraph (2)” insert “except in the definition of “North American Certificate””;

(e) in paragraph (4), in the list of countries and territories, at the appropriate places insert entries for—

• “Belarus

• Bolivia

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Dominican Republic

• Ecuador

• Laos

• Libya

• Malawi

• Mozambique

• Samoa

• Senegal

• Vanuatu

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe.”.

(1)

Regulations 3A to 3K were inserted by S.I. 2021/1107.

(2)

A copy may be downloaded from https://extranet.who.int/pqweb/sites/default/files/documents/Status_COVID_VAX_11Nov2021.pdf. A hard copy may be obtained from the Department of Health and Social Care, 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0EU.

(3)

OJ L 211, 15.6.21, p.1.