PART 1General

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1

In these Regulations—

  • “child” means a person under the age of 16,

  • “common travel area” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 M1,

  • “constable” has the meaning given by section 99(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 M2,

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

  • F2“coronavirus disease” means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus),

  • “exempt country or territory” means a country or territory F6, or part of a country or territory, specified in schedule A1 and “non-exempt country or territory” means any other country or territory F7, or part of a country or territory, outside the common travel area,

  • “immigration officer” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 M3,

  • “information offence” means an offence under regulation 5(1) or (2) or an offence under regulation 9(4) where the person is believed to have intentionally obstructed an immigration officer carrying out a function in relation to Part 2,

  • “passenger information” means the information specified in schedule 1, F3...

  • “Passenger Locator Form” means the electronic form published by the Secretary of State for the provision of passenger information M4.

  • F4“specified competition” means a competition listed in F5schedule 3A,

2

For the purposes of these Regulations, an individual has responsibility for a child if the individual has—

a

custody or charge of the child for the time being, or

b

parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to the child (see sections 1(3) and 2(4) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) M5.

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For the purposes of these Regulations a person (“P”) is not treated as departing from or transiting through a country or territory F8, or part of a country or territory, if, at all times whilst in that country, territory or part thereof—

a

P remains on a conveyance on which no other person is permitted to be taken on board, or

b

P is kept separated from passengers who did not arrive on the same conveyance as P, and no such passengers are permitted to be taken on board the conveyance on which P leaves that F9country, territory or part thereof.