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6.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the screening requirements, in relation to a person (“P”) are requirements to the effect that P must─
(a)answer questions about P’s health or other relevant circumstances (including travel history and information about other individuals with whom P may have had contact);
(b)produce any documents which may assist a registered public health consultant or public health officer in assessing P’s health;
(c)at such time as a registered public health consultant may specify, allow a public health officer, or a medical officer, to take a biological sample of P, including a sample of P’s respiratory secretions or blood, by appropriate means including by swabbing P’s nasopharyngeal cavity, or provide such a sample; and
(d)provide sufficient information to enable P to be contacted immediately by a public health officer during such period as a registered public health consultant may specify, where the registered public health consultant considers that such provision of information is necessary in order to reduce or remove the risk of P infecting or contaminating others.
(2) Where P is—
(a)a child; and
(b)accompanied by a responsible adult,
paragraph (3) applies.
(3) The responsible adult must─
(a)secure that P answers questions in accordance with paragraph (1)(a);
(b)answer the questions if P is unable to do so or cannot reliably do so;
(c)produce any documents, required under paragraph (1)(b), on P’s behalf;
(d)allow a public health officer, or a medical officer, to take a biological sample of P, including a sample of P’s respiratory secretions or blood, by appropriate means including by swabbing P’s nasopharyngeal cavity, or provide such a sample; and
(e)provide information where required by a public health officer under paragraph (1)(d).
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