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

[F1PART 4AE+WRequirements on private test providers and diagnostic laboratories

Textual Amendments

Requirements on test providersE+W

18A.—(1) A private provider who provides a test for the purposes of regulation [F23J (testing requirements on eligible travellers (non-workers)) or] 6 (requirement to book and undertake tests) [F3, other than a day 2 LFD test,] must comply with the requirements set out in the following provisions of Schedule 8 (mandatory testing after arrival in England)—

(a)where the test to be provided is a day 2 test, paragraphs (a) to (m) of paragraph 7(1) (day 2 tests: private provider requirements);

(b)where the test to be provided is a day 8 test, paragraphs (a) to (m) of paragraph 9(1) (day 8 tests: private provider requirements);

(c)in any event—

(i)paragraph 10(5) (requirement for private provider to give test reference number);

(ii)paragraph 11(2) (notification of test results).

[F4(1A) A private provider who provides a day 2 LFD test must comply with the requirements set out in the following provisions of Schedule 8—

(a)paragraphs (a) to (h) of paragraph 7B(1) (day 2 tests: private provider requirements for lateral flow device tests);

(b)paragraph 10(5);

(c)paragraph 11A(2) (notification of test results: lateral flow device tests).]

(2) A test provider who provides a test for the purposes of regulation 9(16) (optional testing to cease self-isolation requirement early) must comply with the requirements set out in the following provisions of Schedule 10 (optional testing after arrival in England)—

(a)paragraphs (a) to (j) of paragraph 3(1) (test providers);

(b)paragraph 5(2) and (4) (notification of test results).

(3) In this regulation, “private provider” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(e) of Schedule 8.

Textual Amendments

Requirements on other persons carrying out testing servicesE+W

18B.—(1) A person who carries out an element of a single end-to-end testing service on behalf of a test provider must comply with the requirements set out in the following provisions so far as relevant to the carrying out of that element—

(a)in relation to a day 2 test provided for the purposes of regulation [F53J or] 6, [F6other than in relation to a day 2 LFD test,] paragraph 7(1)(m)(i) to (iii) of Schedule 8;

[F7(ab)in relation to a day 2 LFD test, paragraph 7B(1)(h)(i) to (iii) of Schedule 8;]

(b)in relation to a day 8 test provided for the purposes of regulation 6, paragraph 9(1)(m)(i) to (iii) of Schedule 8;

(c)in relation to a test provided for the purposes of regulation 9(16), paragraphs 3(1)(c) to (i) of Schedule 10.

[F8(2) In this regulation, “single end-to-end testing service” has—

(a)for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c), the meaning given by paragraph 3(2)(c) of Schedule 10;

(b)for the purposes of paragraph (1)(ab), the meaning given by paragraph 7B(2) of Schedule 8.]]

Textual Amendments