PART 2Obligations on persons arriving in England and others
Requirement to provide informationI13
1
A person who arrives in England from outside the common travel area must, subject to paragraph (2), provide on the Passenger Locator Form the information set out in Schedule 1 (“passenger information”) on their arrival.
2
A person who presents at immigration control at the Channel Tunnel shuttle terminal area in France M1, with the intention of boarding a shuttle service destined for the United Kingdom, must provide on the Passenger Locator Form their passenger information on so presenting.
3
Subject to paragraph (4), a person who arrives in England from within the common travel area who has been outside the common travel area at any time in the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of their arrival in England must provide on the Passenger Locator Form their passenger information on their arrival.
4
Paragraph (3) does not apply to a person described in that paragraph who arrives in England from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland and who has completed a form equivalent to a Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, specifying an address in England where that person intends to self-isolate.
5
A person who is travelling with a child for whom they have responsibility, must ensure that passenger information is provided in relation to that child on the Passenger Locator Form—
a
on their arrival in England, in the case of a person described in paragraph (1) or (3), or
b
when they present at immigration control, in the case of a person described in paragraph (2).
6
If a person described in any of paragraphs (1) to (3) provides their passenger information, and any passenger information required by virtue of paragraph (5), on the Passenger Locator Form in the 48 hours before they are required to do so, then they are treated as having complied with those paragraphs (as applicable).
7
A person who has provided passenger information in advance in accordance with paragraph (6) must provide evidence that they have done so if requested by an immigration officer.
8
If passenger information changes or becomes available to a person required to self-isolate during that person's period of self-isolation in England that person must, as soon as reasonably possible take all reasonable steps to complete a Passenger Locator Form, or a new Passenger Locator Form, as the case may be.
9
Nothing in this regulation requires a person to provide any information if that information is not within their possession or control.
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The following are not required to comply with this regulation—
a
a person described in regulation 4(12),
b
a person described in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 2,
c
a person described in any of paragraphs 4A to 4F of Schedule 2 who meets the condition in paragraph 4G of that Schedule,
d
a person described in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2.
11
For the purposes of this regulation, “shuttle service” has the meaning given in section 1(9) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 M2.
Requirement to self-isolateI24
1
This regulation applies where a person (“P”)—
a
arrives in England from F5a non-exempt country or territory, or
2
P must remain in isolation from others (“self-isolate”) in accordance with this regulation.
3
P must self-isolate—
a
unless sub-paragraph (b) or (c) applies—
i
in the case of a person F8who has arrived from outside the common travel area, at an address specified in P's Passenger Locator Form as the intended place of self-isolation, as required by regulation 3 and paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1,
ii
in the case of a person F9who has arrived from within the common travel area, or a person described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (other than one described in paragraph (13)(a)(i)), at a place at which they intend to self-isolate while in England,
iii
where it is not possible for P to self-isolate in accordance with paragraph (i) or (ii), in accommodation facilitated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of P's self-isolation,
b
where P is an asylum seeker, in accommodation provided or arranged under section 4, 95 or 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 M3,
c
where P is a person described in paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 (powers of Secretary of State to enable person to meet bail conditions), in accommodation provided or arranged under that paragraph.
4
The address specified by P in the Passenger Locator Form as the intended place of self-isolation must be—
a
their home,
b
the home of a friend or family member, or
c
a hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast accommodation, or other suitable place.
5
More than one address may be specified in the Passenger Locator Form where—
a
a legal obligation requires P to change addresses, or
b
it is necessary for P to stay overnight at an address on their arrival in England before travelling directly to another address at which they will be self-isolating.
6
In paragraph (3)(a)(ii) “a place at which they intend to self-isolate while in England” means—
a
where the person has completed a Passenger Locator Form, at an intended place of self-isolation specified in that form,
b
where the person has completed a form equivalent to a Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, at an intended place of self-isolation specified in that form,
c
in any other case at a place described in paragraph (4)(a) to (c).
7
P must, on their arrival in England, travel directly to the place at which they are to self-isolate, and must then self-isolate until whichever is the earlier of—
a
the end of the 14th day after the day on which they F10last departed from or transited through a non-exempt country or territory, or
b
their departure from England.
8
Paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation—
a
from any person with whom they were travelling when they arrived in England and who is also self-isolating in the place where P is self-isolating,
b
where P is self-isolating in their home, from any member of their household,
c
where P is self-isolating in the home of a friend or family member, from any member of the household of that friend or family member.
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Paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation from a person (“V”) when V is at the place where P is self-isolating—
a
to provide emergency assistance,
b
to provide care or assistance, including relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 1(1B) or 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 F12, to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating,
c
to provide medical assistance, including to provide any of the services mentioned in paragraph (9)(b), to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner,
d
to provide veterinary services, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon,
e
to provide critical public services, including those mentioned in paragraph (9)(g)(ii)(aa) and (bb).
9
During the period of their self-isolation, P may not leave, or be outside of, the place where P is self-isolating except—
a
to travel in order to leave England, provided that they do so directly,
b
to seek medical assistance, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner, including to access F3services from dentists, opticians, audiologists, chiropodists, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health practitioners, including services relating to mental health,
F2ba
to access veterinary services where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon,
c
to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings,
d
to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm,
e
on compassionate grounds, including to attend a funeral of—
i
a member of P's household,
ii
a close family member, or
iii
if no-one within paragraph (i) or (ii) are attending, a friend,
f
to move to a different place for self-isolation specified in the Passenger Locator Form or a form equivalent to a Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, or
g
in exceptional circumstances such as—
i
to obtain basic necessities such as food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) where it is not possible to obtain these provisions in any other manner,
ii
to access critical public services, including—
aa
social services,
bb
services provided to victims (such as victims of crime),
iii
to move to a different place for self-isolation where it becomes impracticable to remain at the address at which they are self-isolating.
10
For the purposes of this regulation, the place referred to in paragraph (3) includes the premises where P is self-isolating together with any garden, yard, passage, stair, garage, outhouse, or other appurtenance of such premises.
11
If P is a child, any person who has custody or charge of P during P's period of self-isolation must ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that P self-isolates in accordance with this regulation.
12
If P is a person described in paragraph (1)(b) who—
a
has arrived from Wales or Scotland, and
b
is in England, temporarily, for a reason which would constitute an exception under paragraph (9),
P is not required to comply with this regulation.
13
If P is a person described—
a
in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2—
i
where P is a person described in paragraph 1(1)(a) to (k) of, and meets the conditions set out in paragraph 1(2) of, that Schedule, P is not required to comply with this regulation,
ii
in any other case, paragraph (3)(b) and (c) does not apply to P,
b
in paragraph 28 of Schedule 2, paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation in the circumstances set out in paragraph 28,
c
in paragraph 38 of Schedule 2—
i
paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation from any other person who is living or working on the specified farm,
ii
paragraph (3)(a)(i) applies with the modification that the address specified by P as the address at which they intend to self-isolate must be the specified farm,
where “specified farm” has the meaning given in paragraph 38 of Schedule 2,
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in paragraph 39 of Schedule 2—
i
where P is an international elite sportsperson or an international ancillary sportsperson, P satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2) if P complies with the conditions specified in paragraph 39(4)(a) or (b), as the case may be, of Schedule 2,
ii
in any other case, P is not required to comply with this regulation,
cb
in paragraph 40 of Schedule 2, paragraph (2) does not—
i
prevent P from travelling from the place where P is self-isolating to the place where the production is taking place, or
ii
require P to remain in isolation from any other person who is working on the same production,
d
in any other paragraph of Schedule 2, P is not required to comply with this regulation.