PART 3Restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom
Restrictions on leaving the United KingdomI18
1
No person may, without a reasonable excuse—
a
leave England to travel to a destination outside the United Kingdom, or
b
travel to, or be present at, an embarkation point for the purpose of travelling from there to a destination outside the United Kingdom.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), the circumstances where a person (“P”) has a reasonable excuse to travel outside the United Kingdom include those set out in Schedule 5.
3
Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person listed in Schedule 6.
4
A person (“P”) who is travelling to, or present at, an embarkation point for the purpose of travelling from there directly or indirectly to a destination outside the United Kingdom must have with them a completed travel declaration form.
5
The travel declaration form referred to in paragraph (4) must—
a
include the following information—
i
P's full name,
ii
P's date of birth and nationality,
iii
P's passport number, or travel document reference number (as appropriate),
iv
P's home address,
v
P's destination,
vi
the reason P is leaving the United Kingdom,
vii
a statement that P certifies that the information P provides is true, and
viii
the date on which the declaration is completed, and
b
be in the form published by the Secretary of State M1.
6
Where P is travelling with a relevant individual (“C”) for whom P has responsibility, P must also complete a travel declaration form containing—
a
the information referred to in paragraph (5)(a), in the form required by paragraph (5)(b), on behalf of C, and
b
a statement that P certifies that the information provided in relation to C is true to the best of P's knowledge and belief.
7
Paragraphs (4) and (6) do not apply—
a
to a relevant individual, or
b
to any person referred to in Schedule 6.
8
In this regulation, “relevant individual” means—
a
a child, or
b
a person who lacks capacity (within the meaning of section 2 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 M2) to complete the travel declaration form.