SCHEDULE 2Persons not required to comply with regulation 3 or 4

PART 1Persons not required to comply with regulation 3 and regulation 4

3.

(1)

A person who is a Crown Servant, a government contractor, or a member of a visiting force, who—

(a)

is required to undertake work necessary to the delivery of essential defence activities, F1...

F2(aa)

has travelled from a point of origin within the common travel area or from an exempt country or territory on a vessel or aircraft operated by, or in support of, Her Majesty’s armed forces or by, or in support, of a visiting force and that vessel or aircraft has not taken on any persons, docked in any port or landed in any non-exempt country or territory, or

(b)

has undertaken a continuous period of at least 14 days immediately preceding their arrival aboard a vessel operated by or in support of Her Majesty's Naval Service F3or by, or in support of, a visiting force and that vessel has not taken on any persons or docked in any port outside of the common travel area for a period of at least 14 days immediately preceding its arrival in the United Kingdom.

(2)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

“defence” has the meaning given in section 2(4) of the Official Secrets Act 1989,

(b)

“visiting force” means a visiting force within the meaning given in section 12(1) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 M1, where that force is from a country which is listed under section 1(1)(a), or designated under section 1(1)(b) or 1(2) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952, or which is a county member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.