a member of a diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom;

a member of a consular post in the United Kingdom;

an officer or servant of an international organisation;

employed by an international organisation as an expert or on a mission;

a representative to an international organisation;

a representative at an international or United Kingdom conference F114in the United Kingdom who is granted privileges and immunities in the United Kingdom;

a member of the official staff of a representative to an international organisation, or of a person falling within paragraph (f);

described in paragraph (a) or (b) who is passing through the United Kingdom commence or continue their functions at a diplomatic mission or consular post in another country or territory, or to return to the country of their nationality;

a representative of a foreign country or territory travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom;

a representative of the government of a British overseas territory;

a diplomatic courier or a consular courier;

a member of the family forming part of the household of a person falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (k).

“consular courier” means a person who has been provided by the State on behalf of which they are acting with an official document confirming their status as a consular courier in accordance with Article 35(5) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963,

“consular post” means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-consulate or consular agency,

“diplomatic courier” means a person who has been provided by the State on behalf of which they are acting with an official document confirming their status as a diplomatic courier in accordance with Article 27(5) of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961,

“international organisation” means an international organisation accorded privileges and immunities in the United Kingdom,

“member of a consular post” means a “consular officer”, “consular employee” and “member of the service staff” as defined in Schedule 1 to the Consular Relations Act 1968 M1, and head of consular post” has the meaning given in that Schedule,

“member of a diplomatic mission” means the “head of the mission”, “members of the diplomatic staff”, “members of the administrative and technical staff” and “members of the service staff” as defined in Schedule 1 to the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 M2.

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

“Crown servant” has the meaning given in section 12(1)(a) to (e) of the Official Secrets Act 1989 M3;

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

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

is required to undertake work necessary to the delivery of essential defence activities, F12...

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

has, immediately before the person's arrival, been aboard a vessel operated by or in support of Her Majesty's Naval Service F10or by, or in support of, a visiting force for a continuous period of at least 14 days and that vessel has not taken on any persons or docked in any port F11in a non-exempt country or territory during that period.

“defence” has the meaning given in section 2(4) of the Official Secrets Act 1989 M4,

“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.

“driver” includes a person who is travelling in a vehicle as a relief driver,

“goods vehicle” has the meaning given in section 192 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 M5,

“public service vehicle” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 M6,

“the Maritime Labour Convention 2006” means the Convention adopted on 23 February 2006 by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation M10,

“the Work in Fishing Convention 2007” means the Convention adopted at Geneva on 14 June 2007 by the International Labour Organisation M11.

drivers and crews on shuttle services and on services for the carriage of passengers or goods by way of the tunnel system,

operational, rail maintenance, safety and security workers working on the tunnel system,

other workers carrying out essential roles for the safe or efficient operation of the tunnel system, shuttle services or services for the carriage of passengers or goods by way of the tunnel system, or relating to the security of the tunnel system or any such services.

“shuttle service” has the meaning given in section 1(9) of Channel Tunnel Act 1987 M15,

“tunnel system” has the meaning given in section 1(7) of that Act.

a crown servant or government contractor who is required to undertake essential policing or essential government work in the United Kingdom within the period during which they would, but for this paragraph, have had to self-isolate in accordance with regulations 7 or 8;

a person returning from undertaking essential state business outside of the United Kingdom;

a person returning to the United Kingdom where this is necessary to facilitate the functioning of a diplomatic mission or consular post of Her Majesty or of a military or other official posting on behalf of Her Majesty.

“consular post” means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-consulate or consular agency,

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

“essential government work” means work which has been designated as such by the relevant Department, and includes, in particular, work related to national security, the work of the National Crime Agency in pursuance of its statutory functions, and work related to immigration, the coronavirus disease or any other crisis response, but does not include work of the description in paragraph 2(1) of Part 1 of this Schedule,

“essential policing” means activity which has been designated as such on behalf of the relevant chief officer or chief constable,

“essential state business” means activity which has been designated as essential to the United Kingdom or Her Majesty’s Government by the relevant Department, and includes, in particular, bilateral or multilateral discussions with another state or international organisation and visits to another state on behalf of the United Kingdom or Her Majesty’s Government,

“government contractor” has the meaning given in section 12(2) of the Official Secrets Act 1989.

related to water supplies and sewerage services, and

carried out by, for, or on behalf of a water undertaker, sewerage undertaker, water supply licensee, sewerage licensee or local authority,

“sewerage licensee” F26means a person who is the holder of a sewerage licence under section 17BA of the Water Industry Act 1991 M22,

“sewerage services” has the meaning given in section 219(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991 M23,

“sewerage undertaker” means a company appointed as a sewerage undertaker under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991 M24,

“water supply licensee” has the meaning given in sections 17A(7) and 219(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991 M25,

“water undertaker” means a company appointed as a water undertaker under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991.

the Environment Agency;

Natural Resources Wales;

a lead local flood authority in Wales;

a lead local flood authority in England.

“distribution licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1)(c) of the Electricity Act 1989 M29,

“essential or emergency works” includes commissioning, inspections, maintenance, repairs, and asset replacement activities,

“national system operator” means the person operating the national transmission system for Great Britain,

“network” has the meaning given in section 83(1) of the Railways Act 1993 M30,

“transmission licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1)(b) of the Electricity Act 1989,

“electricity interconnector”, “generating station” and “transmission system” have the meanings given in section 64(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 M31.

nuclear personnel, and who is essential to the safe and secure operation of a site in respect of which a nuclear site licence has been granted,

a nuclear emergency responder,

an agency inspector, or

a Euratom inspector, provided that the inspector arrives in the United Kingdom before implementation period completion day,

“agency inspector” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 M32,

“nuclear emergency responder” means a person providing assistance to the United Kingdom in accordance with the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency done at Vienna on 26 September 1986, who has been duly notified to and accepted by the United Kingdom, where the United Kingdom has requested assistance under that Convention,

“Euratom inspector” means an inspector sent to the United Kingdom by the Commission of the European Union in accordance with Articles 81 and 82 of the Euratom Treaty,

“nuclear site licence” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 M34.

carrying out a critical function at a space site,

F15a spacecraft controller responsible for command and control of a launch vehicle or spacecraft for nominal operations, collision avoidance or anomalies, or

employed by, or contracted to provide services to, a person who operates or maintains space situational awareness capabilities,

“space site” has the meaning given in paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 4 to the Space Industry Act 2018 M36,

“space situational awareness capabilities” means the sensors, systems and analytical services needed to provide time-sensitive warnings of space weather events, orbital collisions, orbital fragmentations or the re-entry of man-made objects from orbit,

“spacecraft” has the meaning given in section 2(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018,

“spacecraft controller” means a person competent, authorised and responsible for maintaining the safe and secure operation of spacecraft through monitoring the status of a spacecraft, issuing manoeuvre commands or controlling other aspects of the spacecraft that influence its behaviour including its motion in space.

“specialist aerospace engineer” means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged to provide engineering services for the purpose of ensuring the continued operation of aviation activities (including but not limited to the provision of maintenance and repair services for production lines, aviation components, grounded aircraft and new aircraft),

“specialist aerospace worker” means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged to provide services for the purpose of ensuring safety management and quality assurance as required by relevant standards, guidance and publications on aviation safety produced by the Civil Aviation Authority or the European Union Aviation Safety Agency M37.

the downstream oil facility is engaged in a specified activity carried on in the United Kingdom in the course of a business, and contributes (directly or indirectly) to the supply of crude oil based fuels to consumers in the United Kingdom or persons carrying on business in the United Kingdom, and

the activities are required to ensure continued safe operation of the facility,

a facility has a capacity in excess of 20,000 tonnes at any time if it was used in the previous calendar year for the purposes of downstream oil sector activities in relation to more than that number of tonnes of oil,

activities on or in relation to F18an offshore installation,

activities on or in relation to upstream petroleum infrastructure,

critical safety work on F19an offshore installation or well that is being decommissioned or preserved pending demolition or reuse, or

activities for the provision of workers, goods, materials or equipment or other essential services required to support the safe operation of the activities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c).

“offshore F20installation” has the meaning given in section 44 of the Petroleum Act 1998 M38,

“upstream petroleum infrastructure” has the meaning given in section 9H of the Petroleum Act 1998 M39,

“F21well” has the meaning given in section 45A(10) of the Petroleum Act 1998 M40.

is a “qualified person” within the meaning of regulation 43 of those Regulations, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in order to undertake activities in relation to their role as such a person, or

is a “sponsor” within the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations of a clinical trial, or carries out the functions or duties of such a sponsor, and has travelled to the United Kingdom to undertake activities in relation to the clinical trial.

a “qualified person” within the meaning of regulation 41(2) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 M45,

a “responsible person” within the meaning of regulation 45(1) of those Regulations, or

“an appropriately qualified person responsible for pharmacovigilance” within the meaning of regulation 182(2)(a) of those Regulations,

a person involved in essential maintenance and repair of data infrastructure required to reduce and resolve outages, or in the provision of goods and services to support these activities, and

is an elite athlete who participated in an overseas elite competition,

provided F68coaching or other support to an elite athlete at an overseas elite competition,

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

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

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,

“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 14 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.