SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 21Powers relating to potentially infectious persons
PART 1Overview and interpretation
Potentially infectious persons
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1
For the purposes of this Schedule, a person is “potentially infectious” at any time if—
a
the person is, or may be, infected or contaminated with coronavirus, and there is a risk that the person might infect or contaminate others with coronavirus, or
b
the person has been in an infected area within the 14 days preceding that time.
2
For the purposes of this paragraph, “infected area” means any country, territory or other area outside the United Kingdom which the Secretary of State has declared as a country, territory or area—
a
where there is known or thought to be sustained human-to-human transmission of coronavirus, or
b
from which there is a high risk that coronavirus will be transmitted to the United Kingdom.
3
A declaration under sub-paragraph (2)—
a
is to be made by being published online, and
b
must, as soon as reasonably practicable after it is made, also be published in the London Gazette.