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

PART 2 E+W Obligations on persons arriving in England and others

Requirement to provide information E+W

3.—(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 [F1 10th] 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, [F2 specifying—

(a) in the case of a person who is required to comply with regulation 4, an address in England where that person intends to self-isolate, or

(b) in the case of any other person, an address in England where that person intends to stay during the period of [F3 10] days beginning on the day after the date of their arrival in the United Kingdom].

(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.

[F4 (10) 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.]

F5 (10A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(11) For the purposes of this regulation, “shuttle service” has the meaning given in section 1(9) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 M2 .

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 3(3) substituted (14.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1517), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 3(4) substituted (29.8.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/913), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

F3 Word in reg. 3(4)(b) substituted (14.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1517), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(b)

F4 Reg. 3(10) substituted (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), 4 (with reg. 2)

F5 Reg. 3(10A) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1360), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 4)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 Article 4(1) of the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1813) has the effect of extending all frontier control enactments to the control zone in France. A “frontier control enactment” is an enactment which contains provision relating to frontier controls and the definition of “frontier controls” in Schedule 1 to that Order includes controls in relation to health. The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and these Regulations made under it therefore apply in the control zone.

M2 1987 c. 53.

Requirement to self-isolate E+W

4.—(1) This regulation applies where a person (“P”)—

(a) arrives in England from [F6 a non-exempt country or territory], or

(b) arrives in England from within the common travel area [F7 or from an exempt country or territory], and has at any time in the period beginning with the [F8 10th] day before the date of their arrival in England, [F9 departed from or transited through a non-exempt country or territory] [F10 .]

F11 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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) [F12 or (c)] applies—

(i) in the case of a person [F13 who has arrived from outside the common travel area], at an address specified in P's Passenger Locator Form F14 ..., as required by regulation 3 and paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1,

(ii) in the case of a person [F15 who 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.

F16 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) [F17 Where P is required to comply with this regulation, the address specified by P in the Passenger Locator Form pursuant to paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1] 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 [F18 as the place at which P intends to self-isolate] 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) [F19 Where P is a person described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b),] 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 [F20 10th] day after the day on which they [F21 last departed from or transited through a non-exempt country or territory], F22 ...

(b) their departure from England [F23 , or

(c) the beginning of the period for which they are required to self-isolate under regulation 2(2)(a)(i) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 (after which they are subject to that self-isolation requirement).]

F24 (7A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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.

[F25 (8A) 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 F26 , 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 [F27 services from dentists, opticians, audiologists, chiropodists, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health practitioners, including services relating to mental health],

[F28 (ba) 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 [F29 of that Schedule],

[F30 (ba) in paragraph 28A of Schedule 2, paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation in the circumstances set out in paragraph 28A of that Schedule,]

(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,

[F31 (ca) in paragraph 39 of Schedule 2—

(i) where P is [F32 a new domestic elite sportsperson,] 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) [F33 (za),] (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,]

[F34 (cc) in paragraph 41 of Schedule 2, paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation in the circumstances set out in paragraph 41 of that Schedule,]

[F35 (cd) in paragraph 42 of Schedule 2, where P is carrying out specified poultry processing activities at a specified farm—

(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,

and “specified poultry processing activities” and “specified farm” have the meanings given in paragraph 42 of Schedule 2,

(ce) in paragraph 42 of Schedule 2, where P is carrying out specified poultry processing activities at the specified premises and living at the specified accommodation—

(i) paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation from any other person who is living at the specified accommodation or working at the specified premises,

(ii) paragraph (3)(a)(i) applies with the modification that P is treated as self-isolating at the specified accommodation when working at the specified premises and when travelling directly between the specified accommodation and the specified premises,

and “specified poultry processing activities” and “specified premises” have the meanings given in paragraph 42 of Schedule 2, and “specified accommodation” means the address specified in P’s passenger information at which P intends to self-isolate,]

[F36 (cf) in paragraph 43 of Schedule 2, paragraph (2) does not—

(i) prevent P from travelling between the place where P is self-isolating and any place where P’s presence is required for the purposes of work as a journalist, or

(ii) require P to remain in isolation from any other person with whom P reasonably needs to meet in person for the purposes of work as a journalist,

(cg) in paragraph 44(1) of Schedule 2, paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation in the circumstances set out in paragraph 44(2) of that Schedule,]

(d) in any other paragraph of Schedule 2, P is not required to comply with this regulation.

F37 (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F38 (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F39 (16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in reg. 4(1)(a) substituted (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), 5(2)(a) (with reg. 2)

F7 Words in reg. 4(1)(b) 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), 5(2)(b)(i) (with reg. 2)

F8 Word in reg. 4(1)(b) substituted (14.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1517), regs. 1(3), 3(3)

F9 Words in reg. 4(1)(b) substituted (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), 5(2)(b)(ii) (with reg. 2)

F10 Full stop in reg. 4(1)(b) substituted for word (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1360), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)(i) (with reg. 4)

F11 Reg. 4(1)(c) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1360), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)(ii) (with reg. 4)

F12 Words in reg. 4(3)(a) substituted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1360), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)(i) (with reg. 4)

F13 Words in reg. 4(3)(a)(i) substituted (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), 5(3)(a) (with reg. 2)

F14 Words in reg. 4(3)(a)(i) omitted (29.8.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/913), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F15 Words in reg. 4(3)(a)(ii) substituted (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), 5(3)(b) (with reg. 2)

F16 Reg. 4(3)(d) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1360), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)(ii) (with reg. 4)

F17 Words in reg. 4(4) substituted (29.8.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/913), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)

F18 Words in reg. 4(5) inserted (29.8.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/913), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(c)

F19 Words in reg. 4(7) inserted (7.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 23) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1238), regs. 1(1), 3(4) (with reg. 4)

F20 Word in reg. 4(7)(a) substituted (14.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1517), regs. 1(3), 3(3)

F21 Words in reg. 4(7)(a) substituted (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), 5(4) (with reg. 2)

F22 Word in reg. 4(7)(a) omitted (2.10.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1070), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)

F23 Reg. 4(7)(c) and word inserted (2.10.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1070), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)

F24 Reg. 4(7A) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1360), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c) (with reg. 4)

F25 Reg. 4(8A) inserted (31.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/813), regs. 1, 2(2)

F26 2006 c. 47. Paragraph 1(1B) of Schedule 4 was inserted by section 64(3) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9) and paragraph 7(3B) was substituted by section 66(2) of that Act

F27 Words in reg. 4(9)(b) substituted (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), 5(5)(a) (with reg. 2)

F28 Reg. 4(9)(ba) 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), 5(5)(b) (with reg. 2)

F29 Words in reg. 4(13)(b) inserted (26.9.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 15) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1039), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)

F30 Reg. 4(13)(ba) inserted (26.9.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 15) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1039), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)

F31 Reg. 4(13)(ca)(cb) 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), 5(6) (with reg. 2)

F32 Words in reg. 4(13)(ca)(i) inserted (5.12.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 28) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1424), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(i)

F33 Word in reg. 4(13)(ca)(i) inserted (5.12.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 28) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1424), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(ii)

F34 Reg. 4(13)(cc) inserted (26.9.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 15) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1039), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(c)

F35 Reg. 4(13)(cd)(ce) inserted (17.11.2020 at 4.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 24) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1292), regs. 1(1), 2(2)

F36 Reg. 4(13)(cf)(cg) inserted (5.12.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 28) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1424), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)

F37 Reg. 4(14) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1360), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c) (with reg. 4)

F38 Reg. 4(15) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1360), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c) (with reg. 4)

F39 Reg. 4(16) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1360), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c) (with reg. 4)

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 4 in force at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M3 1999 c. 33. Section 4 was amended by section 49 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), by section 10(1) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), by section 43(7) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), and by paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19). Section 95 was amended by section 50(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and by paragraph 29 of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016