PART 2Requirements on persons arriving in England
Test requirements: offshore installation workersI18
1
This regulation applies to a person (“P”) to whom regulation 5(4) applies.
2
P must undertake a day 2 test after arriving in England but before P departs to the offshore installation.
3
If P intends to depart to the offshore installation before P has received the result of the day 2 test undertaken pursuant to paragraph (2), P must also take a workforce test before P departs to the offshore installation.
4
If a workforce test undertaken pursuant to paragraph (3) generates a positive result P must self-isolate in accordance with regulation 2 of the Self-Isolation Regulations until P has received the result of the day 2 test undertaken pursuant to paragraph (2).
5
If the day 2 test undertaken pursuant to paragraph (2) generates a positive result P must self-isolate in accordance with regulation 2 of the Self-Isolation Regulations until the end of the 10th day after P undertook that test.
6
If the day 2 test undertaken pursuant to paragraph (2) generates a negative result, from the time that P is notified of that result, P is no longer subject to any requirement to self-isolate by virtue of paragraph (4).
7
Subject to paragraph (8), while P is on an offshore installation, P must undertake a workforce test before the end of the third day following the day P arrives on the installation and then within each successive 3 day period within 3 days of the test most recently taken.
8
P is not required to undertake any workforce test after the 10th day after the day P arrived in England.
9
If a workforce test undertaken pursuant to paragraph (7) generates a positive result, P must—
a
undertake a day 2 test as soon as reasonably practicable; and
b
self-isolate in accordance with regulation 2 of the Self-Isolation Regulations until the earlier of—
i
the time P is notified of the result of the day 2 test undertaken pursuant to sub-paragraph (a), or
ii
the end of the 10th day after the day P arrived in England.
10
If a day 2 test undertaken pursuant to paragraph (9)(a) generates a positive result, P must self-isolate in accordance with regulation 2 of the Self-Isolation Regulations until the 10th day after the day P undertook that test.
11
If a day 2 test undertaken pursuant to paragraph (9)(a) generates a negative result, from the time that P is notified of that result P is no longer subject to any requirement to self-isolate by virtue of paragraph (9)(b).
12
If P returns to England from the offshore installation on or before the 8th day after the day P arrived in England, P must undertake a day 8 test on, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, the 8th day after P the day arrived in England.
13
If the day 8 test undertaken pursuant to paragraph (12) generates a positive result, P must self-isolate in accordance with regulation 2 of the Self-Isolation Regulations until the end of the 10th day after P undertook that test.
14
In this regulation—
“day 2 test” has the same meaning as in regulation 6(12)(a);
“day 8 test” has the same meaning as in regulation 6(12)(b);
“offshore installation” has the same meaning as in paragraph 29 of Schedule 4;
“workforce test” has the same meaning as in regulation 7(6)(b).