The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 24) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 1434

Public Health, England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 24) Regulations 2021

Made

14th December 2021

Coming into force

at 4.00 a.m. on 15th December 2021

Laid

at 11.00 a.m. on 15th December 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B 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 and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 24) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 15th December 2021.

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

(4) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021(2).

Amendment of the International Travel Regulations

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

(2) In Schedule 3 (Category 3 countries and territories), for the existing text substitute “There are no countries or territories specified in this Schedule.”.

(3) In paragraph 4 of Schedule 13, omit “Angola”, “Botswana”, “Eswatini”, “Lesotho”, “Malawi”, “Mozambique”, “Namibia”, “Nigeria”, “South Africa”, “Zambia” and “Zimbabwe”.

Transitional provision

3.  In relation to any person who arrived in England before the coming into force of an amendment made by these Regulations, the principal Regulations apply as if that amendment had not been made.

Maria Caulfield

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

14th December 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/582) (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2 removes all entries from the list of category 3 countries and territories in Schedule 3 and the list of countries and territories in paragraph 4 of Schedule 13 to the principal Regulations.

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. 2021/582 amended by S.I. 2021/589, 670, 682, 731, 766, 795, 865, 914, 923, 966, 974, 1003, 1033, 1066, 1107, 1130, 1155, 1179, 1210, 1213, 1289, 1323, 1331, 1339, 1367 and 1371.