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4.—(1) This regulation applies where a person (“P”)—
(a)arrives in England from [F1a non-exempt country or territory], or
(b)arrives in England from within the common travel area [F2or from an exempt country or territory], and has at any time in the period beginning with the [F310th] day before the date of their arrival in England, [F4departed from or transited through a non-exempt country or territory][F5, or
(c)is residing with another person (“B”), and B has arrived in England from a country or territory listed in Schedule B1 or has, within the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of B’s arrival in England, departed from or transited through a country or territory listed in Schedule B1]
F6(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)[F7, (c) or (d)] 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 F9..., as required by regulation 3 and paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1,
(ii)in the case of a person [F10who 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 M1,
(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 [F11, or
(d)where P is a person described in paragraph (1)(c) (residing with another person, “B”), at the address at which P is residing with B].
(4) [F12Where 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 [F13as 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) [F14Where 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 [F1510th] day after the day on which they [F16last departed from or transited through a non-exempt country or territory], F17...
(b)their departure from England [F18, 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).]
[F19(7A) Where P is a person described in paragraph (1)(c) (residing with another person, “B”), P must self-isolate until the end of the period during which B is required to self-isolate.]
(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 [F20,
(d)where P leaves, or is outside of, the place where they are self-isolating in accordance with paragraph (9)(h), from any person (other than a person who is required by paragraph (2) to self-isolate) whose assistance P reasonably requires in order to undertake the test, by reason of —
(i)P being a child, or
(ii)any disability of P's].
[F21(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 F22, 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) [F23,
(f)to administer a test to P in accordance with Schedule 2A].]
(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 [F24services from dentists, opticians, audiologists, chiropodists, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health practitioners, including services relating to mental health],
[F25(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 [F26,
(h)for the purposes of, or connected with, undertaking a test in accordance with Schedule 2A].
(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 [F27of that Schedule],
[F28(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,
[F29(ca)in paragraph 39 of Schedule 2—
(i)where P is [F30a 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) [F31(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,]
[F32(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,]
F33(cd). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F33(ce). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F34(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.
[F35(13A) P ceases to be required to comply with this regulation, where P—
(a)has undertaken a test in accordance with Schedule 2A, and
(b)is notified in accordance with paragraph 5(2) of that Schedule that the result of that test is negative,
from the time P is so notified.]
[F36(14) Paragraphs (13) and (13A) do not apply in relation to—
(a)a person who has, at any time in the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of their arrival in England, departed from or transited through a country or territory listed in Schedule B1, or
(b)a person residing with a person described in sub-paragraph (a).]
F37(15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F38(16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words 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)
F2Words 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)
F3Word 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)
F4Words 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)
F5Reg. 4(1)(c) and word inserted (23.12.2020 at 9.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from South Africa) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1644), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(a) (with reg. 4)
F6Reg. 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)
F7Words in reg. 4(3)(a) substituted (23.12.2020 at 9.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from South Africa) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1644), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(i) (with reg. 4)
F8Words 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)
F9Words 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)
F10Words 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)
F11Reg. 4(3)(d) and word inserted (23.12.2020 at 9.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from South Africa) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1644), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(ii) (with reg. 4)
F12Words 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)
F13Words 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)
F14Words 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)
F15Word 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)
F16Words 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)
F17Word 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)
F18Reg. 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)
F19Reg. 4(7A) inserted (23.12.2020 at 9.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from South Africa) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1644), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(c) (with reg. 4)
F20Reg. 4(8)(d) inserted (15.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1337), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)
F21Reg. 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)
F222006 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
F23Reg. 4(8A)(f) inserted (15.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1337), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)
F24Words 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)
F25Reg. 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)
F26Reg. 4(9)(h) inserted (15.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1337), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)
F27Words 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)
F28Reg. 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)
F29Reg. 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)
F30Words 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)
F31Word 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)
F32Reg. 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)
F33Reg. 4(13)(cd)(ce) omitted (9.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/18), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 3)
F34Reg. 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)
F35Reg. 4(13A) inserted (15.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1337), regs. 1, 2(3)(d)
F36Reg. 4(14) inserted (23.12.2020 at 9.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from South Africa) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1644), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(d) (with reg. 4)
F37Reg. 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)
F38Reg. 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
I1Reg. 4 in force at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
M11999 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
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