(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (“the International Travel Regulations”).
Regulation 5 amends regulation 3A (requirement to possess notification of a negative rest result) of the International Travel Regulations by inserting provision allowing an immigration officer to require a person to undertake a test in certain circumstances if the person is subject to immigration control and they fail to produce valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test when requested to do so.
Regulation 8 amends regulation 4B (probation on the arrival of aircraft into England) so as to disapply the prohibition on certain aircraft landing in England in respect of aircraft operated by or in support of a person attending or facilitating an event or meeting connected to the United Kingdom’s 2021 presidency of the G7 (“a G7 event”).
Regulation 10 amends Schedule B1 to the International Travel Regulations to add India to the list of countries and territories subject to additional measures (such as the requirement for travellers from those countries or territories to obtain a managed self-isolation package).
Regulation 11 amends Schedule B1A (additional measures) to the International Travel Regulations so as to—
a
add Bristol Airport to the list of ports designated as permitted ports of entry for travellers arriving in England from countries or territories subject to additional measures,
b
exclude from the application of Schedule B1A a person who has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of transporting human tissue to be used for the provision of healthcare, and
c
modify the application of Schedule B1A in relation to a person who has travelled to England under a skilled worker visa entitling them to take up employment as a nurse in the National Health Service in England.
Regulation 12 amends Schedule 2 to the International Travel Regulations to ensure that persons attending or facilitating a G7 event are excluded from the requirement to self-isolate and to undertake mandatory day 2 and day 8 tests.
These Regulations make further minor amendments, including corrections, to the International Travel 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.