The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introductory

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, extent and application

   2. 2. Interpretation and introduction of Schedules 1 to 4

3. PART 2 Requirements on persons arriving in England

   1. 3. Requirement on passengers to provide information

   2. 4. Requirement to possess notification of negative test result

   3. 5. Requirements relating to tests

   4. 6. Requirement to book and undertake tests

   5. 7. Requirement to undertake workforce tests

   6. 8. Test requirements: offshore installation workers

   7. 9. Further requirements on arrivals from category 2 countries and territories

   8. 10. Further requirements on arrivals from category 3 countries or territories

4. PART 3 Enforcement

   1. 11. Enforcement of requirement to self-isolate

   2. 12. Power of entry

5. PART 4 Requirements on operators

   1. 13. Passenger information requirement

   2. 14. Required information and manner

   3. 15. Records and information

   4. 16. Requirement to ensure passengers have completed a Passenger Locator Form

   5. 17. Requirement to ensure passengers possess notification of negative test result

   6. 18. Requirement to ensure that certain passengers arrive only at designated ports

6. PART 5 Offences, proceedings and information

   1. 19. Offences and penalties

   2. 20. Fixed penalty notices

   3. 21. Prosecutions

   4. 22. Power to use and disclose information

   5. 23. Self-incrimination

7. PART 6 Final provisions

   1. 24. Review of need for requirements

   2. 25. Expiry of Regulations

   3. 26. Revocations, transitional provision consequential amendments and savings

8. Signature

9. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      Category 1 countries and territories

      1. Australia Brunei Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Gibraltar Iceland Israel New...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Category 2 countries and territories

      1. Any country or territory outside the common travel area not...

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Category 3 countries and territories

      1. Afghanistan Angola Argentina Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Botswana Brazil Burundi Cape...

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      Exemptions

      1. 1. (1) A person (“P”), other than a person described in...

      2. 2. (1) A Crown servant or government contractor where they are—...

      3. 3. (1) A person who is a Crown servant, a government...

      4. 4. An official of a foreign Government, required to travel to...

      5. 5. (1) A road passenger transport worker. (2) For the purposes...

      6. 6. (1) Seamen and masters, as defined in section 313(1) of...

      7. 7. A pilot, as defined in paragraph 22(1) of Schedule 3A...

      8. 8. An inspector, or a surveyor of ships, appointed under section...

      9. 9. (1) A member of aircraft crew where they have travelled...

      10. 10. Any of the following who have travelled to the United...

      11. 11. (1) The condition mentioned in regulation 3(10)(c) is that the...

      12. 12. (1) A transit passenger. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph...

      13. 13. (1) A road haulage worker. (2) For the purposes of...

      14. 14. Civil aviation inspectors, as defined in Annex 9 to the...

      15. 15. Operational, rail maintenance, safety and security workers working on the...

      16. 16. (1) Any person who the relevant Department has certified as...

      17. 17. (1) A person returning from undertaking essential or emergency work...

      18. 18. A person designated by the relevant Minister under section 5(3)...

      19. 19. A person responsible for escorting a person sought for extradition...

      20. 20. A representative of any territory travelling to the United Kingdom...

      21. 21. (1) Workers engaged in essential or emergency works—

      22. 22. (1) Workers engaged in essential or emergency works relating to...

      23. 23. (1) Workers engaged in essential or emergency works—

      24. 24. (1) A person who is— (a) nuclear personnel, and who...

      25. 25. An inspector from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...

      26. 26. (1) A person who is— (a) carrying out a critical...

      27. 27. (1) A specialist aerospace engineer, or a specialist aerospace worker,...

      28. 28. (1) A person engaged in operational, maintenance or safety activities...

      29. 29. (1) A worker required to undertake or commence within the...

      30. 30. A postal operator, as defined in section 27(3) of the...

      31. 31. A worker with specialist technical skills, where those specialist technical...

      32. 32. A worker with specialist technical skills, where those specialist technical...

      33. 33. (1) Any of the following— (a) a person (“P”) who—...

      34. 34. (1) A person who has travelled to the United Kingdom...

      35. 35. A person who is an “inspector” within the meaning given...

      36. 36. (1) A person who— (a) has travelled to the United...

      37. 37. A person who has travelled to the United Kingdom to...

      38. 38. A person who is— (a) a “qualified person” within the...

      39. 39. (1) A person who has travelled to the United Kingdom...

      40. 40. A person who is engaged in urgent or essential work—...

      41. 41. A person— (a) who is engaged in the installation, maintenance...

      42. 42. (1) A person ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and...

      43. 43. (1) A person who has an offer of employment for...

      44. 44. (1) A domestic elite sportsperson, an international elite sportsperson, a...

      45. 44A. (1) A Euro 2020 invitee. (2) For the purposes of...

      46. 44B. (1) A Euro 2020 Final attendee. (2) For the purposes...

      47. 45. (1) A person who has travelled to the United Kingdom...

      48. 46. A person who is travelling to the United Kingdom under,...

      49. 47. An in-flight security officer deployed pursuant to an international agreement...

      50. 48. (1) A senior executive. (2) The circumstances referred to in...

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      List of sporting events

      1. Betfred Super League Rugby Football League fixtures England & Wales...

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      Passenger information

      1. 1. Personal details of the passenger— (a) their full name;

      2. 2. Journey details of the passenger— (a) the address or addresses...

      3. 3. Where the passenger is travelling with a child for whom...

      4. 4. Where the passenger is a person required by regulation 9(2)...

      5. 5. Where regulation 6 (requirement to book and undertake tests) requires...

   7. SCHEDULE 7

      Testing before arrival in England

      1. 1. Compliant tests

      2. 2. Form of notification of negative result

      3. 3. Persons not required to comply with regulation 4

   8. SCHEDULE 8

      Mandatory testing after arrival in England

      1. 1. Interpretation of this Schedule

      2. 2. Requirement to self-isolate on failure to undertake a mandatory test

      3. 3. Consequences of test results

      4. 4. Optional tests

      5. 5. Tests other than in accordance with these Regulations

      6. 6. Day 2 tests: general test requirements

      7. 7. Day 2 tests: private provider requirements

      8. 8. Day 8 tests: general test requirements

      9. 9. Day 8 tests: private provider requirements

      10. 10. Required circumstances for undertaking a day 2 test or a day 8 test

      11. 11. Notification of test results

      12. 12. Charge for day 2 tests and day 8 tests

   9. SCHEDULE 9

      Workforce tests

      1. 1. Interpretation of this Schedule

      2. 2. Requirement after failure to undertake test

      3. 3. Consequences of test results

      4. 4. Duties on employers

   10. SCHEDULE 10

       Optional testing after arrival in England

       1. 1. Application of this Schedule

       2. 2. Appropriate tests

       3. 3. Test providers

       4. 4. Required circumstances for undertaking testing

       5. 5. Notification of test results

   11. SCHEDULE 11

       Additional measures applicable to arrivals from category 3 countries and territories

       1. 1. Application of this Schedule

       2. 2. (1) This Schedule does not apply where P is—

       3. 3. Limitation on ports of entry

       4. 4. The following ports are designated for the purposes of this...

       5. 5. Duties on arrival

       6. 6. P must, on arrival in England, travel directly to the...

       7. 7. If P is not in possession of a managed self-isolation...

       8. 8. In this Schedule a “managed self-isolation package” means—

       9. 9. Charge for managed self-isolation package

       10. 10. Duty to self-isolate and period of self-isolation

       11. 11. Exceptions from duty to self-isolate

       12. 12. Paragraph 10 does not require P to remain in self-isolation...

       13. 13. Permitted reasons to leave or be outside place of self-isolation

       14. 14. Meaning of “place”

       15. 15. Designations

       16. 16. Duties where P is a child

       17. 17. Person caring for P

       18. 18. Modification of application of this Schedule where P is a relevant person

       19. 19. Modification of application of this Schedule where P is taking up employment as an NHS nurse

   12. SCHEDULE 12

       Information for passengers

       1. PART 1

          1. The specified information is—

          2. ESSENTIAL INFORMATION TO ENTER ENGLAND FROM OVERSEAS

          3. Fill in your Passenger Locator Form up to 48 hours...

          4. Before departure check the list of red, amber, and green...

          5. Red list passengers

          6. 2. Complete a Passenger Locator Form

          7. You can only enter if you are a British or...

          8. Amber list passengers

          9. 2. Complete a Passenger Locator Form

          10. 3. Make plans to self-quarantine in private accommodation for 10 full days after...

          11. Green list passengers

          12. 2. Complete a Passenger Locator Form

          13. These measures apply to all persons (including UK nationals and...

          14. England: https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control

          15. Northern Ireland: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-international-travel-advice

          16. Scotland: https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-international-travel-quarantine/

          17. Wales: https://gov.wales/arriving-wales-overseas

          18. Failure to comply with these measures is a criminal offence...

       2. PART 2

          1. Onboard announcement

          2. However long you intend to stay in the UK, everyone...

          3. If you have been in or transited through an amber...

          4. The symptoms of coronavirus are a new continuous cough, a...

          5. Please follow the Public Health guidance for the area you...

          6. Visit gov.uk/coronavirus for more advice.

       3. PART 3 Relevant websites

          1. 1. The following are “the relevant websites” for the purposes of...

   13. SCHEDULE 13

       Prohibition on the arrival of aircraft and vessels into England

       1. 1. Interpretation of this Schedule

       2. 2. Prohibition on arrival of aircraft into England

       3. 3. Prohibition on arrival of vessels into England

       4. 4. The countries or territories referred to in paragraph 2(1) are—...

       5. 5. The countries or territories referred to in paragraph 3(1) are—...

       6. 6. A controller who contravenes paragraph 2(1) or 3(1) commits an...

       7. 7. Airport operators to ensure passengers use designated terminals

   14. SCHEDULE 14

       Amounts of fixed penalties

       1. 1. Amounts of fixed penalties

       2. 2. Regulation 19(1)(a)

       3. 3. Regulation 19(6)

       4. 4. Regulation 19(1)(b)

       5. 5. Regulation 19(1)(c)

       6. 6. Regulation 19(1)(d)

       7. 7. Regulation 19(1)(e)

       8. 8. Regulation 19(1)(f)

       9. 9. Regulation 19(1)(g)

       10. 10. Regulation 19(1)(h)

       11. 11. Regulation 19(1)(i) and (j)

       12. 12. Regulation 19(1)(j)

       13. 12A. Breach of a requirement in paragraph 5 or 16(a) of...

       14. 13. Regulation 19(1)(k)

       15. 14. Regulation 19(7)(a)

       16. 15. Regulation 19(7)(b) to (d)

       17. 16. Regulation 19(13)

       18. 17. Regulation 19(14)

       19. 18. In determining how many fixed penalty notices a person (“P”)...

   15. SCHEDULE 15

       Consequential Amendments

       1. 1. (1) The Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 are amended as...

       2. 2. (1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020...

   16. SCHEDULE 16

       Transitional provision

       1. 1. Passenger information provided before 4.00 a.m. on 17th May 2021...

       2. 2. Confirmation given by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office that...

       3. 3. A designation by the Secretary of State of a person...

       4. 4. Regulation 5A of the 2020 Regulations continues to have effect...

       5. 5. A designation by the Secretary of State of a person...

       6. 6. A designation by the Secretary of State of a person...

       7. 7. A designation by the Secretary of State under regulation 8...

       8. 8. A confirmation from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office or...

       9. 9. A booking of a managed self-isolation package made before 4.00...

       10. 10. A designation by the Secretary of State under paragraph 9...

       11. 11. Authorisation by the Secretary of State under paragraph 13(2)(a) of...

       12. 12. A designation by the Secretary of State of accommodation or...

       13. 13. Confirmation by the Secretary of State that paragraph 18 of...

       14. 14. Confirmation by a sponsor that paragraph 19 of Schedule B1A...

       15. 15. Confirmation by a UK Government Department under paragraph 1(1A)(d) of...

       16. 16. Certification by a UK Government Department under paragraphs 13 or...

       17. 17. A designation by the Secretary of State under paragraph 12(1)...

       18. 18. Guidance issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph...

10. Explanatory Note