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PART 1 E+WGeneral

Title and coming into forceE+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations come into force at 12.01 a.m. on 8 June 2020.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

General interpretationE+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations –

child” (“plentyn”) means a person under 18 years of age and any reference to an “adult” (“oedolyn”) is to be interpreted accordingly;

coronavirus” (“coronafeirws”) means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2);

Immigration Acts” (“y Deddfau Mewnfudo”) has the meaning given by section 61 of the UK Borders Act 2007 M1;

immigration officer” (“swyddog mewnfudo”) means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 M2;

passenger information” (“gwybodaeth am deithiwr”) means the information specified in Schedule 1;

premises” (“mangre”) includes any garden, yard, passage, stair, garage, outhouse, or other appurtenance of such premises.

(2) For the purpose of these Regulations, a person has responsibility for a child if—

(a)the person has custody or charge of the child, or

(b)the person has parental responsibility for the child (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989) M3.

(3) In these Regulations—

aircraft” (“awyren”) M4;

the common travel area” (“yr ardal deithio gyffredin”) M5;

port” (“porthladd”) M6;

ship” (“llong”) M7,

have the same meaning as they have in the Immigration Act 1971.

[F1(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person who arrives by ship or aircraft in a non-exempt country or territory (within the meaning of regulation 9(1)) is not to be treated as having been in that place unless—

(a)the person disembarks from the aircraft or ship while it is at the place, or

(b)where the person remains on the ship or aircraft while it is at the place, any other passengers embark on the aircraft or ship at the place.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M12007 c. 30. Section 61 was amended by section 73(5) of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22) and section 92(5) of the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19).

M21971 c. 77. Paragraph 1 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c. 17), and by S.I. 1993/1813.

M4See section 33(1).

M5See section 1(3). It provides that the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and the Republic of Ireland are collectively referred to in that Act as “the common travel area”.

M6See section 33(1).

M7See section 33(1).