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

Requirement to possess notification of negative test result

4.—(1) A person who arrives in England having begun their journey outside the common travel area must possess on arrival valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by that person.

(2) A person who presents at immigration control at the Channel Tunnel shuttle terminal area in France, with the intention of boarding a shuttle service destined for the United Kingdom, must, on so presenting, possess valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by that person.

(3) A person who is travelling with a child aged 11 or over and for whom they have responsibility must—

(a) on their arrival in England, in the case of a person described in paragraph (1); or

(b) when they present at immigration control, in the case of a person described in paragraph (2),

possess valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by that child.

(4) A person who possesses valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test must produce that notification, physically or digitally, if requested to do so by an immigration officer.

(5) A person must as soon as reasonably practicable undertake a test that complies with paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 7 if—

(a) the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;

(b) an immigration officer suspects the person has—

(i) evaded, or attempted to evade, immigration control, or

(ii) been arrested, detained or granted immigration bail by an immigration officer in accordance with the Immigration Acts;

(c) the person fails to produce valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test when requested to do so by an immigration officer; and

(d) the immigration office requires the person to undertake such a test.

(6) The following persons are not required to comply with this regulation—

(a) a child who is under the age of 11;

(b) a person described in paragraph 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 or 34 of Schedule 4 (exemptions);

(c) a person described in any sub-paragraph of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 7 (testing before arrival in England).

(7) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) a test is a qualifying test if it complies with paragraph 1 of Schedule 7;

(b) a notification of a negative result is valid if it includes the information specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 7;

(c) a child is to be treated as possessing valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by that child even if that notification is possessed by a person who is travelling with, and has responsibility for, that child.