The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (revoked)

PART 1 E+W General

Citation, commencement and application E+W

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 8th June 2020.

(2) These Regulations apply as respects England only.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1(1)

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“child” means a person under the age of 18;

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

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

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

[F1 “device” means an in vitro diagnostic medical device within the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002;]

[F2 “disability” has the meaning given in the Equality Act 2010 (see section 6 of, and Schedule 1 to, that Act);]

[F3 “exempt country or territory” means a country or territory [F4 , or part of a country or territory,] specified in Schedule A1 and “non-exempt country or territory” means any other country or territory [F5 , 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 to the Immigration Act 1971 M2 ;

[F6 “managed self-isolation package” has the meaning given in paragraph 8 of Schedule B1A;]

“passenger information” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1);

“Passenger Locator Form” means the form published electronically by the Secretary of State for the provision of passenger information M3 ;

[F7 “port”, except where the context otherwise requires, means—

(a)

any port (including a seaport, airport or heliport), or

(b)

a place which is an authorised terminal control point for international services for the purposes of sections 11 and 12 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987;]

[F8 “qualifying test” means a test that is a qualifying test for the purposes of regulation 3A;]

“self-isolate” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2), and “self-isolation” and “self-isolating” are to be construed accordingly;

[F9 “sensitivity”, in relation to a device, means how often the device correctly generates a positive result;

“specificity”, in relation to a device, means how often the device correctly generates a negative result.]

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

(a) has custody or charge of the child for the time being, or

(b) has parental responsibility for the child within the meaning given in section 3 of the Children Act 1989 M4 .

[F10 (3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person (“P”) is not treated as departing from or transiting through a country or territory [F11 , 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 and no other passenger 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 [F12 country, territory, or part].]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (15.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/38), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a) (with reg. 4)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (15.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1337), regs. 1, 2(2)

F3 Words in reg. 2 inserted (10.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/691), regs. 1(3), 3(a) (with reg. 2)

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (9.9.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/959), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(i)

F5 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (9.9.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/959), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(ii)

F6 Words in reg. 2 inserted (15.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/150), regs. 1(1), 3(a) (with reg. 23)

F7 Words in reg. 2 inserted (15.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/150), regs. 1(1), 3(b) (with reg. 23)

F8 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (15.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/38), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b) (with reg. 4)

F9 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (15.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/38), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(c) (with reg. 4)

F10 Reg. 2(3) inserted (7.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/691), regs. 1(2), 3(b) (with reg. 2)

F11 Words in reg. 2(3) substituted (9.9.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/959), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)(i)

F12 Words in reg. 2(3)(b) substituted (9.9.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/959), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)(ii)

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 1(3) provides that the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and the Republic of Ireland are collectively referred to in that Act as “the common travel area”.

M2 1971 c. 77. Paragraph 1 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c. 17), and by S.I. 1993/1813.

M3 The Passenger Locator Form is available on www.gov.uk. No hard copy version is generally available but, where a person arrives at a place staffed by Immigration Officers, they will be provided with the ability to complete the form electronically on their arrival in England if not completed in advance; assistance will be available for completion of the electronic form if required.

M4 1989 c. 41.