The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Information for Passengers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendment of regulation 3 (information requirement)

9.—(1) Regulation 3 is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, an outbound operator must ensure that a passenger who departs from a port on a relevant outbound service at a relevant time has been provided with the information required by regulation 4 and in the manner required by that regulation at each of the times specified in paragraph (2B).

(2B) The times are—

(a) where prior to departure a booking was made online for the passenger to travel on the relevant outbound service, before the booking was made; and

(b) where, at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of the relevant outbound service, a booking was made for the passenger to travel on it, at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of that service.

(2C) Paragraph (2A) does not apply in relation to a passenger who arrives in England on a relevant service and later departs from England on a relevant outbound service if both journeys are part of the same booking.”.

(3) After paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A) Paragraph (2B) applies only if the booking was made—

(a) after that provision comes into force; and

(b) at a relevant time.”.

(4) After paragraph (6) insert—

“(6A) In relation to a booking on a relevant outbound service—

(a) paragraphs (5) and (5A) apply as if a reference in those paragraphs to—

(i) “the relevant service” was to “the relevant outbound service”; and

(ii) “the information requirement” was to “the outbound information requirement”;

(b) paragraph (5) applies as if the reference, in that paragraph, to paragraph (2)(a) was to paragraph (2B)(a);

(c) paragraph (5A) applies as if—

(i) the reference, in that paragraph, to paragraph (2)(aa) was to paragraph (2B)(b); and

(ii) for “between 24 and 48 hours” there was substituted “at least 24 hours”.”.

(5) In paragraph (7), after “the information requirement” insert “or outbound information requirement”.

(6) In paragraph (9), after “or (b),” insert “or (2B)(a) or (b),”.

(7) In paragraph (9A), after “the information requirement” insert “or outbound information requirement”.

(8) In paragraph (10), after the definition of “exemption period” insert—

““relevant time” means a time when paragraph 2A(1) (requirement to carry travel declaration) of Schedule 3A to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020(1) is in force.”.

(1)

S.I. 2020/1374. Paragraph 2A was inserted by S.I. 2021/247. There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.