PART 1General
Citation, commencement and applicationI11
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.
InterpretationI22
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);
F8“device” means an in vitro diagnostic medical device within the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002;
F7“disability” has the meaning given in the Equality Act 2010 (see section 6 of, and Schedule 1 to, that Act);
F2“exempt country or territory” means a country or territory F3, or part of a country or territory, specified in Schedule A1 and “non-exempt country or territory” means any other country or territory F4, 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;
F11“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;
F12“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;
- a
F9“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;
F10“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.
F13
For the purposes of these Regulations, a person (“P”) is not treated as departing from or transiting through a country or territory F5, 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 F6country, territory, or part.