The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Amendment of Schedule 13

9.  In Schedule 13 (prohibition on arrival of aircraft and vessels into England)—

(a) in paragraph 2(2) at the end insert—

“(d) a commercially operated aircraft carrying passengers that lands at—

(i) Birmingham Airport, or

(ii) Heathrow Airport ”;

(b) in paragraph 4—

(i) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) Bahrain;

(ab) Bangladesh;”,

(ii) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(da) Egypt;”,

(iii) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—

“(ea) India;

(eb) Kenya;”,

(iv) after sub-paragraph (g) insert—

“(ga) Pakistan;”,

(v) after sub-paragraph (i) insert—

“(ia) Sri Lanka;”;

(c) after paragraph 6 insert—

“Airport operators to ensure passengers use designated terminals

7.— (1) An airport operator must not cause or permit—

(a) passengers to arrive at a terminal or part of a terminal other than a terminal or part of a terminal designated for direct flights from category 3 countries or territories, if the landing of the aircraft on which they arrived in England would have been prohibited but for paragraph 2(2)(d);

(b) other passengers, apart from Schedule 11 passengers, to arrive at a terminal or part of a terminal designated for direct flights from category 3 countries or territories.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where causing or permitting passengers to arrive at a terminal other than in accordance with that sub-paragraph is reasonably necessary to secure the safety of the aircraft or the health and safety of any person.

(3) An airport operator who contravenes sub-paragraph (1) commits an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine.

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) “airport operator” has the meaning given in section 82 of the Airports Act 1986(1);

(b) a passenger arrives at a terminal or part of a terminal if after disembarking from an aircraft they enter the terminal or part of the terminal for the purpose of entering the United Kingdom or as a transit passenger;

(c) the following are designated for direct flights from category 3 countries or territories—

(i) the part of the terminal at Birmingham Airport known as “South arrival and immigration hall”;

(ii) Heathrow Airport Terminal 3.”.

(1)

1986 c. 31.