The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Requirement to isolate: arrivals from outside the United Kingdom

7.—(1) This regulation applies to a person (“P”)—

(a) who arrives in Wales by ship or aircraft from a place outside the common travel area, or

(b) who—

(i) arrives in Wales by ship or aircraft from the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, and

(ii) has, within the period of 14 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales, arrived in the common travel area from a place outside that area.

(2) P must—

(a) travel directly to specified premises in Wales suitable for P to reside in until the end of the last day of P’s isolation, or

(b) travel directly to a part of the United Kingdom other than Wales.

(3) Where P travels to specified premises in Wales to reside in, as required by paragraph (2)(a), P may not leave or be outside the premises before the end of the last day of P’s isolation unless—

(a) authorised by regulation 10(4) (temporary departure from premises) to do so, or

(b) this paragraph ceases to apply in relation to P by virtue of regulation 10(3) (leaving Wales).

(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the specified premises are—

(a) the premises specified in P’s passenger information as the premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of this regulation (unless sub-paragraph (d) applies to P);

(b) if P is a person described in—

(i) paragraph 1(1)(a) to (k) of Schedule 2 who has not satisfied the conditions in paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule, or

(ii) paragraph 1(1)(l) of that Schedule,

premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of this regulation;

(c) if P’s passenger information does not specify premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of this regulation, the premises arranged by P under paragraph (5);

(d) if P is subject to a requirement imposed under or by virtue of the Immigration Acts to reside at particular premises in Wales, those premises.

(5) Where P’s passenger information does not specify premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of this regulation, P must, as soon as is reasonably practicable—

(a) make arrangements to reside at premises in Wales suitable for P to reside in until the end of the last day of P’s isolation, and

(b) notify the Secretary of State of the address of those premises electronically using a facility provided by the Secretary of State for this purpose.

(6) But where P arrived in Wales at a port, P must comply with the requirements of paragraph (5) before leaving the port.

(7) Where paragraph (5) applies, the Welsh Ministers must provide or secure the provision of such assistance as they consider necessary (if any) to ensure P is able to make the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (5)(a).