http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/766

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/766/regulation/13/made

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2021-06-28

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/582) to—introduce limited exemptions from the requirements imposed by those Regulations for—specified persons (other than foreign government officials or representatives) invited by the Foreign Secretary to the United Kingdom to conduct official business,essential workers (other than seafarers, such as engineers) for the operation of ferry services,in-flight security officers (commonly known as sky marshals),certain categories of senior executives,persons invited to attend the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship Final;update the list of category 1 and 3 countries in Schedules 1 and 3 (the green and red lists);exclude foreign border personnel working at juxtaposed controls in England (e.g. at St Pancras) and passengers transiting to Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man via England from the requirement to possess a day 2/8 testing package on arrival;remove an operator’s liability for bringing a passenger who has not completed a Passenger Locator Form or is not in possession of a negative pre-departure test result to England if that passenger is being lawfully compelled to travel in the course of an extradition, prisoner transfer or deportation;update the list of sporting events in Schedules 5 and 11;revise the onboard public health announcement on commercial passenger conveyances arriving in England;add the Dominican Republic and Tunisia to the list of countries, in paragraph 4 of Schedule 13, from which direct passenger flights are generally prohibited unless landing at Birmingham Airport or Heathrow Airport; andchange the designated terminal at Heathrow Airport for handling passengers on such flights from terminal 3 to terminal 4.

Amendment to Schedule 1113

In paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 (additional measures)—

a

in sub-paragraph (1)(g), after sub-paragraph (xii) insert—

xiii
paragraph 47 (in-flight security officers);

b

after sub-paragraph (1)(m) insert—

n
a specified person travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom where—
i
P has been invited to the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and
ii
prior to P’s departure to the United Kingdom the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has confirmed in writing to P that they are travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom and are not required to comply with this Schedule;
o
a member of the family forming part of the household of a person to whom paragraph (n) applies where, prior to P’s departure to the United Kingdom—
i
the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been notified of P’s arrival, and
ii
the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has confirmed that P is not required to comply with this Schedule.

c

in sub-paragraph (3), after paragraph (i) insert—

j
R & A – The Open Championship;
k
British Grand Prix.