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

[F1 21.— (1) A person habitually resident in the United Kingdom who— E+W

(a) is an elite athlete who participated in an overseas elite competition,

(b) provided coaching or other support to an elite athlete at an overseas elite competition,

(c) officiated at, or was involved in running, an overseas elite competition,

(d) is an elite athlete who attended an overseas training programme for the purpose of training or preparing for participation in an elite competition,

(e) provided coaching or other support to an elite athlete at an overseas training programme for the purpose of training or preparing that elite athlete for participation in an elite competition,

where the person has travelled to the United Kingdom to return from the overseas elite competition or the overseas training programme.

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

(a) “elite athlete” means a person—

(i) who derives a living from competing in a sport,

(ii) who is designated as such for the purposes of these Regulations by the Sports Council for Wales,

(iii) who is designated as such for the purposes of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (despite the revocation of those Regulations), or

(iv) not falling within sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) who participates in the UEFA Champions’ league or UEFA Europa league;

(b) “elite competition” means a sporting competition at which any of the participants compete—

(i) to derive a living, or

(ii) to qualify for, or as part of a selection process for, the Olympics, Paralympics or Commonwealth Games;

(c) “overseas elite competition” means an elite competition taking place outside the United Kingdom; and a person is to be treated as having returned from such a competition if the person has within the period of 10 days ending with the person’s last day of isolation, been in a non-exempt country or territory for the purposes of such a competition.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 inserted (15.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/154), regs. 1(2), 14 (with reg. 21)