PART 2Requirement to possess notification of a negative result from a pre-departure test
Requirement to possess notification of a negative result from a pre-departure test3.
(1)
A person to whom this Part applies (“P”) must, when they arrive in England, possess valid notification of a negative result from—
(a)
where P is an adult—
(i)
a pre-departure test undertaken by them;
(ii)
who is accompanying a child aged 12 or over for whom they have responsibility, a pre-departure test undertaken by that child;
(b)
where P is a child aged 12 or over who is unaccompanied by an adult with responsibility for them, a pre-departure test undertaken by them,
unless P has a reasonable excuse.
(2)
For the purposes of paragraph (1), reasonable excuses for not possessing valid notification of a negative test result in relation to a person (“M”) include, in particular, where—
(a)
M was medically unfit to provide a sample for a pre-departure test and possessed a document, in English or accompanied by a certified English translation, signed by a medical practitioner entitled to practise the country or territory in which that practitioner was based, to that effect;
(b)
it was not reasonably practicable for a pre-departure test to be obtained in relation to M due to a disability;
(c)
M required medical treatment with such urgency that obtaining a pre-departure test was not reasonably practicable;
(d)
M contracted coronavirus and required emergency medical treatment;
(e)
P was accompanying, in order to provide support, whether medical or otherwise, a person described in sub-paragraph (c) or (d) where it was not reasonably practicable for P to obtain a pre-departure test.
(3)
A person who possesses valid notification of a negative result from a pre-departure test must produce that notification if requested to do so by an immigration officer.
(4)
In this regulation—
“child” means a person under the age of 18;
“immigration officer” means—
(a)
(b)
a person appointed by the Secretary of State to perform the functions of an immigration officer under these Regulations;
“pre-departure test” means a test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 that complies with regulation 4;
“valid notification of a negative result” means a notification that includes the information specified in regulation 5.