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

Requirement to isolate: arrivals from another part of the United Kingdom

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

(a) who arrives in Wales from elsewhere in the United Kingdom, and

(b) 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) But references to P do not include—

(a) a person—

(i) who arrives in Wales for the purpose of returning to the premises in Wales at which the person is residing for the purposes of regulation 7(3), and

(ii) who left Wales temporarily, for one or more of the reasons authorised by regulation 10(4);

(b) a person—

(i) who is required to reside at premises elsewhere in the United Kingdom by provision in Regulations made as respects England, Scotland or Northern Ireland (as the case may be) that are equivalent to these Regulations,

(ii) who is permitted to leave that other part of the United Kingdom temporarily by virtue of those Regulations, and

(iii) who remains in Wales for no longer than is necessary.

(3) P must—

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

(b) may not leave or be outside the premises before the end of the last day of P’s isolation unless—

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

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

(4) P must also—

(a) before arriving in Wales, or

(b) as soon as practicable after arriving,

notify the Secretary of State of the address of the premises at which P intends to reside for the purposes of paragraph (3) electronically using a facility provided by the Secretary of State for this purpose.