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

Notification of test results E+W

5.—(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) apply to a test provider who administers or provides an appropriate test to P in the circumstances described in paragraph 4.

(2) The test provider must, [F1 within 48 hours of the time when the sample taken for the purposes of the test is received by the diagnostic laboratory]—

(a) notify P or, where paragraph 4(c) applies, X by email, letter, or text message, of the result of P's test; or

(b) make P's test result available to P, or to X where paragraph 4(c) applies, via a secure web portal,

in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

(3) The notification of P's test result must include P's name, date of birth, passport number, or travel document reference number (as appropriate), the name and contact details of the test provider and P's test reference number, and must be conveyed using one of the following forms of words, as appropriate—

[F2 Form A: negative test result

Your coronavirus (COVID-19) test result is negative. You did not have the virus when the test was done. If you are self-isolating as an international arrival from a non-red country, region or territory, who was subject to a 10 day isolation period on entry, you may stop self-isolating.

You should self-isolate again if you get symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) – get an NHS coronavirus (COVID-19) test from https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test and self-isolate until you get the results.

For advice on when you might need to self-isolate and what to do, go to https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ and read ‘Self-isolation and treating symptoms’.

It is a legal requirement to self-isolate when you arrive in the UK from a non-red list country, territory or region if you do not meet eligibility criteria to remove the requirement to self-isolate. If you are contacted by the enforcement authorities or the police after you have received this negative result please show them this notification.]

Form B: positive test result

Your coronavirus test result is positive. You had the virus when the test was done.

If you have not had symptoms of coronavirus, you must self-isolate for 10 days from the day after your test date. If you have symptoms of coronavirus, you must self-isolate for 10 days from the day your symptoms started, if earlier than when you took your test.

F3 ...

You may be contacted for contact tracing and to check that you, and those who you live or are travelling with, are self-isolating.

You must not travel, including to leave the UK, during self-isolation.

Contact 111 if you need medical help. In an emergency dial 999.

Form C: unclear test result

Your coronavirus test result is unclear. It is not possible to say if you had the virus when the test was done.

You must, by law, continue self-isolating for the remainder of your self-isolation period as [F4 a non-eligible international arrival] travelling to the UK from an [F5 non-red list] country, territory or region. You may be contacted to check that you are self-isolating.

If you want to shorten your self-isolation period you will need to take another test for international arrivals from [F5 non-red list] countries, territories or regions. For more information, go to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-test-to-release-for-international-travel.

(4) The test provider must, on request, provide a constable or any other person employed in or for the purposes of any police force, with—

(a) P's passport number, or travel document reference number (as appropriate);

(b) P's test result;

(c) the date on which P undertook the test;

(d) the date on which the test result was notified or made available to P or X in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

(5) Where—

(a) regulation 4 or 4A of the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 M1 applies in relation to the test provider; or

(b) if the test provider arranges with another person (“X”) for X to carry out any element of the single end-to-end testing service on their behalf, either of those regulations applies to X in the carrying out of that element,

the regulation applies as if it required the information described in sub-paragraph (6) to be included in the notification to [F6 the United Kingdom Health Security Agency].

(6) The information mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) is—

(a) the date on which P last departed from or transited through a category 2 country or territory;

(b) P's coach number, flight number or vessel name (as appropriate);

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(bb) P’s passport number or travel document number (as appropriate);

(bc) the test reference number given to P in accordance with sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph 4 (required circumstances for undertaking testing);

(c) the country or territory P was travelling from when P arrived in the United Kingdom, and any country or territory they transited through as part of that journey;

(d) the date on which P undertook the appropriate test;

(e) the fact that the test is an appropriate test for the purposes of this Schedule.

[F8 (f) whether or not P has received a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 10 para. 5(2) substituted (21.9.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/966), regs. 1(4)(f), 17(3)(a)

F2 Sch. 10 para. 5(3) form A substituted (4.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 13) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1107), regs. 1(2), 24(2)(a)

F3 Words in Sch. 10 para. 5(3) form B omitted (4.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 13) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1107), regs. 1(2), 24(2)(b)

F4 Words in Sch. 10 para. 5(3) form C substituted (4.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 13) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1107), regs. 1(2), 24(2)(c)(i)

F5 Words in Sch. 10 para. 5(3) form C substituted (4.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 13) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1107), regs. 1(2), 24(2)(c)(ii)

F6 Words in Sch. 10 para. 5(5) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Public Health England (Dissolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/974), regs. 1(1), 8(3)

F7 Sch. 10 para. 5(6)(ba) omitted (30.8.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/966), regs. 1(2), 17(3)(b)

F8 Sch. 10 para. 5(6)(f) inserted (19.7.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/865), regs. 1(2), 19(b) (with reg. 23)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 10 para. 5 in force at 17.5.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2010/659; regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 2013/235, 2020/1175, 2020/764, 2021/150 and regulation 4A was inserted by S.I. 2020/1175.