SCHEDULE 2Exempt persons

PART 1Persons not required to comply with regulation 4, 5, 7 or 8

3.

(1)

A person who is a Crown servant, a government contractor, or a member of a visiting force, who—

(a)

is required to undertake work necessary to the delivery of essential defence activities, F1...

F2(aa)

has travelled from an exempt country or territory on a vessel or aircraft operated by, or in support of, Her Majesty’s armed forces or by, or in support of, a visiting force and that vessel or aircraft has not taken on any persons, docked in any port or landed in any non-exempt country or territory, or

(b)

has, immediately before the person's arrival, been aboard a vessel operated by or in support of Her Majesty's Naval Service F3or by, or in support of, a visiting force for a continuous period of at least F410 days and that vessel has not taken on any persons or docked in any port F5in a non-exempt country or territory during that period.

(2)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

“defence” has the meaning given in section 2(4) of the Official Secrets Act 1989 M1,

F6(b)

“visiting forces” means any body, contingent or detachment of the forces of a country, being a body, contingent or detachment for the time being present in the United Kingdom (including United Kingdom territorial waters), on the invitation of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.