PART 1
F1Requirements on persons who are close contacts of persons who have tested positive for coronavirus: exceptions for participants in a testing scheme2D
1
This regulation applies where—
a
paragraph (1)(a) or (b) of regulation 2B applies to P,
b
P is not taking part in coronavirus related research,
c
P was not, immediately before the relevant notification was given to P, or R where P is a child, subject to the requirement to self-isolate in regulation 4 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020,
d
P is eligible to participate in a testing scheme, and
e
P agrees to participate, or R, where P is a child, agrees to P participating, in that testing scheme.
2
Regulation 2B(2)(a) or (3)(a) (as the case may be) does not apply, whilst P—
a
remains eligible to participate in the testing scheme, and
b
is participating in it in accordance with the requirements of the scheme.
3
Paragraph (2) ceases to apply to P from the relevant time if—
a
the result of a test taken by P under the testing scheme is positive for coronavirus, or
b
after the agreement is given as described in paragraph (1)(e), P receives a further notification, or R, where P is a child, receives a further notification in respect of P, given under regulation 2B(1).
4
For the purposes of paragraph (3) “the relevant time” is the time when P, or R where P is a child, receives the result of the test or the notification given under regulation 2B(1).
5
Where—
a
the result of the last test that P is required to take in accordance with the testing scheme is negative, and
b
P, or R where P is a child, receives the result of that test before the end of P’s relevant period of self-isolation,
that period ends at the time when P or R (as the case may be) is notified of the result.
6
For the purposes of this regulation—
“the relevant period of self-isolation” means the period of self-isolation which began when P or R (as the case may be) received the relevant notification;
“the relevant notification” means the notification given under regulation 2B which triggers the application of paragraph (1)(a) or (b) of that regulation to P;
“testing scheme” means a scheme—
- a
under which participants take a test for the detection of coronavirus at such intervals as are specified in the scheme for a period specified in the scheme, and at a place and in a manner specified in the scheme, and
- b
which is approved by, or on behalf of, the Secretary of State.
- a