PART 1General
InterpretationI12
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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);
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;
“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;
“self-isolate” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2), and “self-isolation” and “self-isolating” are to be construed accordingly.
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.
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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.