The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 137

Public Health, England

Transport, England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021

Made

9th February 2021

Laid before Parliament

10th February 2021

Coming into force

at 4.00 a.m. on 11th February 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(1).

Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021 and come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 11th February 2021.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply in relation to England only.

(3) In these Regulations, “the International Travel Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020(2).

Amendment of the International Travel Regulations

2.—(1) The International Travel Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(13)—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (ba);

(b) in sub-paragraph (ca)(i), omit—

(i) “a new domestic elite sportsperson,”; and

(ii) “(za),”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (persons not required to comply with regulation 3 or 4)—

(a) omit paragraph 28A;

(b) in paragraph 31, after “Human Medicines Regulations 2012” insert “, or who has been appointed as an inspector under regulation 33 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013(3), and”;

(c) in paragraph 34(1)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “or”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) insert “or”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(d) a “qualified person (manufacture)” as referred to in paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 2 to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013,”;

(d) in paragraph 39—

(i) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) A domestic elite sportsperson, an international elite sportsperson, a domestic ancillary sportsperson or an international ancillary sportsperson.”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(aa) in the definition of “domestic elite sportsperson” for sub-paragraph (c)(i) substitute—

“(i) has departed from or transited through the non-exempt country or territory in order to compete in an elite sports event, or to participate in training for an Olympic or Paralympic event, and has returned to England with the intention of continuing activities as a sportsperson, or”;

(bb) omit the definition of “multinational ancillary sportsperson”;

(cc) omit the definition of “new domestic elite sportsperson”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (3)(a), insert—

“(aa) “Olympic or Paralympic event” means a specified competition or other sporting event in which the participants compete to qualify for the right to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Tokyo Olympic or Paralympic Games;”;

(iv) omit sub-paragraph (4)(za).

(4) In Schedule 3 (specified competitions)—

(a) omit the following entries—

(i) “Classic Chase horse-racing”;

(ii) “Clarence House Chase horse-racing”;

(iii) “England Roses v Jamaica Sunshine Girls - Vitality International Netball Series”;

(iv) “Festival Trials Day (Cheltenham) horse-racing”;

(v) “Professional Darts Corporation – Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals”;

(vi) “Professional Darts Corporation – PDPA World Championship Qualifier”;

(vii) “Professional Darts Corporation – William Hill World Darts Championship”;

(viii) “Professional Darts Corporation – World Youth Championship”;

(ix) “Scottish Cheltenham Trials Weekend horse-racing”;

(x) “Tingle Creek Chase horse-racing”;

(xi) “World Snooker Tour - The Masters”;

(b) at the end insert—

• “All-Weather Finals Day horse-racing

• Aintree Grand National Meeting horse-racing

• Boxing Road to Tokyo

• British Dressage – Keysoe International

• British Eventing Elite Pathways Events

• British Showjumping’s Winter Classic series qualifiers

• Burnham Market International

• Cage Warriors 120

• Challenger Series Finals Day horse-racing

• Cheltenham April Meeting horse-racing

• Classic Trial Day & Jumps Finale Day horse-racing

• Craven Meeting horse-racing

• Greenham Meeting horse-racing

• International Boxing - Dennis Hobson Promotions

• Manchester Squash Open 2021

• Matchroom - World Pool Masters

• Professional Darts Corporation - Q School

• Scottish National Meeting horse-racing

• Super League Triathlon Arena Games London

• Track Cycling Nations Cup

• Vitality Big Half

• World Snooker Tour - Betfred World Championship (including qualifiers)”.

Transitional and saving provision

3.  In relation to any person who arrived in England before the coming into force of these Regulations, the International Travel Regulations apply as if the amendments made by regulations 2(2), 2(3)(a) and 2(3)(d) had not been made.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Courts

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

9th February 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/568) (“the International Travel Regulations”) to—

(a) tighten the exemptions from self-isolation for domestic and international elite sportspersons by removing certain categories of person from those exemptions;

(b) update the list of sporting events in Schedule 3;

(c) amend the medicines, human and veterinary exemptions to include a reference to the definitions of ‘Qualified person’ and ‘Inspector’ from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)

1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

(2)

S.I. 2020/568, amended by S.I. 2020/691, 724, 799, 805, 813, 819, 841, 866, 890, 913, 959, 980, 1013, 1039, 1070, 1076, 1094, 1129, 1161, 1190, 1227, 1238, 1277, 1292, 1323, 1337, 1360, 1424, 1517, 1595, 2021/18, 25, 38, 47, 49, 68 and 98.

(3)

S.I. 2013/2033, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.