The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 21) Regulations 2020

PART 2 Amendments to the list of exempt countries and territories in Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations

Removal of countries from the list of exempt countries and territories

2.  In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt countries and territories outside the common travel area), omit the following entries—

“Estonia”

“Latvia”.

Transitional provision in connection with regulation 2

3.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a person (“P”)—

(a) arrives in Wales at or after 4.00 a.m. on 28 November 2020, and

(b) was last in a country listed in regulation 2—

(i) within the period of 14 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales, and

(ii) before 4.00 a.m. on 28 November 2020.

(2) P is, by virtue of having been in a country listed in regulation 2 to be treated for the purposes of regulations 7(1) and 8(1) of the International Travel Regulations as having arrived in Wales from, or having been in, a non-exempt country or territory.

Additions to the list of exempt countries and territories

4.  In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt countries and territories outside the common travel area), at the appropriate place insert—

“Aruba”

“Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste”

“Federated States of Micronesia”

“Independent State of Samoa”

“Kingdom of Bhutan”

“Kingdom of Tonga”

“Mongolia”

“Republic of Kiribati”

“Republic of Vanuatu”

“Solomon Islands”.

Transitional provision in connection with regulation 4

5.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where, immediately before 4.00 a.m. on 28 November 2020—

(a) a person (“P”) was subject to an isolation requirement by virtue of having arrived in Wales from, or having been in a country or territory listed in regulation 4, and

(b) P’s last day of isolation is 28 November 2020 or a day after that day.

(2) The addition of the countries and territories listed in regulation 4 to Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations does not affect the isolation requirement as it applies to P, nor affect how P’s last day of isolation is determined under the International Travel Regulations.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies where a person (“P”)—

(a) arrives in Wales at or after 4.00 a.m. on 28 November 2020, and

(b) was in a country or territory listed in regulation 4 within the period of 14 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales.

(4) For the purposes of regulations 7(1) and 8(1) of the International Travel Regulations, the question of whether P has arrived in Wales from, or having been in, a non-exempt country or territory is, in relation to a country or territory listed in regulation 4, to be determined by reference to whether the country or territory was a non-exempt country or territory when P was last there (and not by reference to the country’s or the territory’s status upon P’s arrival in Wales).

(5) In this regulation, “isolation requirement” has the meaning given by regulation 10(2) of the International Travel Regulations; and references to P’s last day of isolation are to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 12 of those Regulations.