(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/568) (“the International Travel Regulations”) to:
amend the requirement to self-isolate (regulation 4 of the International Travel Regulations) so that it applies to people who have, within the 10 days prior to their arrival in England, been in or transited through a non-exempt country or territory;
amend the length of time for which a person is required to self-isolate so that a person must self-isolate until the end of the 10th day after the day on which they last departed from or transited through such a country or territory, or until they depart from England or become required to self-isolate under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1045);
amend the list of exempt countries and territories by adding Botswana and Saudi Arabia and removing the Canary Islands.
Consequential amendments are made to:
the information that passengers are required to provide under Schedule 1 to the International Travel Regulations; and
the information that operators are required to provide to passengers under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Passengers Travelling to England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/567).
These Regulations also correct drafting errors in the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1337), which themselves amend the International Travel Regulations with effect from 15th December 2020.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.