F1SCHEDULE 2CMandatory testing after arrival in England
Consequences of test results3
1
Subject to paragraphs 4 (optional tests) and 5 (tests other than in accordance with these Regulations), where a mandatory test undertaken by P in accordance with regulation 3B generates a positive result—
a
the following do not apply in relation to P—
i
regulation 4(9)(a) or, as the case may be, paragraph 13(1)(a) of Schedule B1A (leaving self-isolation to travel in order to leave England);
ii
subject to sub-paragraph (2), regulation 2 (requirements on person notified of positive test) of the Self-Isolation Regulations, and
b
P and, subject to sub-paragraph (3), any person who is self-isolating with P must continue to self-isolate in accordance with the relevant self-isolation provisions until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test.
2
Regulation 2 of the Self-Isolation Regulations continues to apply to a person within regulation 3B(1)(b).
3
Where a person (“B”) is self-isolating with P pursuant to the relevant self-isolation provisions, the requirement to self-isolate under sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to B where—
a
the test referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is P’s day 8 test, and
b
B undertook a day 2 test that generated a positive result.
4
Subject to paragraph 4, where P’s day 2 test and day 8 test both generate a negative result, P must continue to self-isolate in accordance with the relevant self-isolation provisions until the later of—
a
the end of the default self-isolation period;
b
the day on which P receives the result of their day 8 test.
5
Where a mandatory test undertaken by P generates an inconclusive result P must continue to self-isolate in accordance with the relevant self-isolation provisions—
a
until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test,
b
where P undertakes a test to which sub-paragraph (7) applies and the test generates a negative result, until the later of—
i
the end of the default self-isolation period;
ii
the day on which P receives the negative result, or
c
where P undertakes a test to which sub-paragraph (7) applies and the test generates a positive result, until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test.
6
Where sub-paragraph (5)(c) applies, P is not required to undertake a day 8 test in accordance with regulation 3B.
7
This sub-paragraph applies to—
a
a day 8 test;
b
a test—
i
complying with the requirements for a day 8 test specified in paragraphs 8 and 9 (other than the requirement in paragraph 9(1)(e) that the test be administered or provided to P no earlier than the end of the seventh day after the day on which P arrived in England),
ii
undertaken in the circumstances specified in paragraph 10 (other than the circumstances in paragraph 10(2) about when a test must be undertaken), and
iii
undertaken during the period specified in sub-paragraph (5)(a).
Sch. 2C inserted (15.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/150), regs. 1(1), 19 (with reg. 23)