In these Regulations—

• “child” means a person under the age of 18,

• “coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),

• “coronavirus disease” means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus),

• “Department” means the Department of Health,

• “government department” means—

  1. a

     a United Kingdom Government Department,

  2. b

     Northern Ireland department,

  3. c

     a part of the Scottish Administration,

  4. d

     the Welsh Government,

• “immigration officer” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 19713,

• “isolation” means, as the context requires, either—

  1. a

     self-isolation (see regulations 10 to 13, and Schedule 6 where it applies), or

  2. b

     managed isolation (see regulations 14 and 15, Schedule 7 and Schedule 6 where it applies),

• “passenger information” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2) together with Schedule 3,

• “Passenger Locator Form” means the form published electronically by the United Kingdom Government, and as may be from time to time amended, for the provision of passenger information, and unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Passenger Locator Form includes a reference to a Passenger Locator Form completed in accordance with an enactment in Scotland, Wales or England4,

• “qualifying test” means a test that is a qualifying test for the purposes of regulation 6 (and see in particular paragraph 1 of Schedule 5).

In these Regulations any reference to infection or contamination is a reference to infection or contamination with coronavirus which presents or could present significant harm to human health.