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

Required circumstances for undertaking a day 2 test or a day 8 test E+W

10.—(1) The circumstances mentioned in [F1 regulations 3J(10) and 6(12)(a) and (b)] are as follows.

(2) In relation to—

(a) a day 2 test, P undertakes the test [F2 in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions for use] no later than the end of the second day after the day on which P arrived in England;

(b) a day 8 test, P undertakes the test [F3 in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions for use] no earlier than the end of the seventh day after the day on which P arrived in England.

[F4 (3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4)—

(a) at the time the test is booked P provides the test provider with the information set out or referred to in sub-paragraph (3B), and

(b) where—

(i) P’s day 2 test is a day 2 LFD test, and

(ii) the test has not been administered—

(aa) by the test provider, or

(bb) at a site operated for the purpose of administering such tests by or on behalf of the test provider,

P provides the test provider with the information set out in paragraph (3C) within 15 minutes of the test’s read time as determined by the manufacturer’s instructions for use.]

F5 (3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4 (3B) The information to be provided at the time the test is booked is—

(a) notification that P is to undertake the test under these Regulations,

(b) the information set out in paragraph 4(b)(i) to (v) and (vii) to (xiv) of Schedule 10, and

(c) P’s home address, and—

(i) where P is a person intending to undertake a test in accordance with regulation 3J, the address or addresses at which they intend to stay while they remain in England (if different from their home address);

(ii) where P is a person to whom regulation 9(1)(a) or (b) applies, the address or addresses at which they intend to self-isolate, or are self-isolating, in accordance with regulation 9 (if different from their home address);

(iii) where P is a person to whom regulation 10 applies, the address of the accommodation designated for the purposes of Schedule 11.

(3C) The information to be provided where a day 2 LFD test is undertaken in the circumstances described in sub-paragraph (3)(b) is—

(a) a single photograph clearly showing—

(i) the test device in such a way that it is identifiable as having been provided by the test provider,

(ii) the test reference number given in accordance with paragraph 10(5) of Schedule 8, and

(iii) the test result, and

(b) the address at which P is able to receive a confirmatory test pursuant to regulation 3K(4A).]

(4) Where P is a child, or a person with a disability who is unable for that reason to provide the notification and information set out or referred to in sub-paragraph (3) F6 ... to the test provider—

(a) the notification and information set out or referred to in sub-paragraph [F7 (3B) and (3C)] F8 ..., other than the information set out in paragraph 4(b)(xi) and (xii) of Schedule 10, is provided to the test provider on P's behalf by another person (“Y”); and

(b) either the information set out in paragraph 4(b)(xi) and (xii) of Schedule 10 is provided by Y to the test provider or, where appropriate, Y provides their own telephone number and email address to the test provider.

(5) At the time the test is booked and payment made the test provider gives P [F9 a separate test reference number in respect of each test to be provided to P] in the format specified in sub-paragraph (6) and, where appropriate, also provides that test reference number to Y.

(6) A test reference number must consist of 12 characters comprising 5 letters followed by 7 digits.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 8 para. 10(1) 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), 23(7)

F2 Words in Sch. 8 para. 10(2)(a) inserted (24.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1179), regs. 1(2), 10(7)(a)(i)

F3 Words in Sch. 8 para. 10(2)(b) inserted (24.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1179), regs. 1(2), 10(7)(a)(ii)

F4 Sch. 8 para. 10(3)-(3C) substituted for Sch. 8 para. 10(3) (24.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1179), regs. 1(2), 10(7)(b)

F5 Sch. 8 para. 10(3A) 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), 16(2)(a)

F6 Words in Sch. 8 para. 10(4) 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), 16(2)(b)(i)

F7 Words in Sch. 8 para. 10(4)(a) substituted (24.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1179), regs. 1(2), 10(7)(c)

F8 Words in Sch. 8 para. 10(4)(a) 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), 16(2)(b)(ii)

F9 Words in Sch. 8 para. 10(5) substituted (24.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1179), regs. 1(2), 10(7)(d)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 8 para. 10 in force at 17.5.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)