PART 1General
Interpretation2.
(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;
“
” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);“
” means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus);“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.
F4(3)
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.