SCHEDULE 2E+W[F1Exempt persons]

PART 1E+WPersons not required to comply with regulation [F24, 5, 7 or 8]

2.—(1) A Crown servant or government contractor—E+W

(a)who is required to undertake essential government work related to the United Kingdom border in the United Kingdom within 14 days of arriving in the United Kingdom, or

(b)who is undertaking essential government work related to the United Kingdom border outside the United Kingdom but—

(i)is required to return to the United Kingdom temporarily, and

(ii)will subsequently depart to undertake essential government work related to the United Kingdom border outside the United Kingdom.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) and paragraph 3—

(a)Crown servant” has the meaning given in section 12(1)(a) to (e) of the Official Secrets Act 1989 M1;

(b)essential government work” means work which has been designated as such by the relevant Department or employer;

(c)government contractor” has the meaning given in section 12(2) of that Act.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M11989 c. 6. Section 12 was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 10 to the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14), by paragraph 30 of Schedule 12 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), by paragraph 26 of Schedule 8 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), by paragraph 9(3) of Schedule 13 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), by paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32), by paragraph 6 of Schedule 14 to the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), by paragraph 58 of Schedule 4 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, by paragraph 34 of Schedule 10, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 12, to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) and by paragraph 36 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).