The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) Regulations 2020

PART 1 E+W General

Title and coming into force E+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) Regulations 2020.

(2) Regulations 2 to 9 come into force on 17 June 2020.

(3) This regulation and regulations 10 and 11 come into force when these Regulations are made.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at made date at 5.38 p.m., see reg. 1(1)

Interpretation E+W

2.  In these Regulations—

“authorised person” (“person awdurdodedig”) means—

(a)

in relation to passengers arriving [F1 or departing] on a vessel, the Secretary of State;

(b)

in relation to passengers arriving [F1 or departing] on an aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority M1 ;

“common travel area” (“ardal deithio gyffredin”) has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 M2 ;

“coronavirus” (“coronafeirws”) means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

“international passenger service” (“gwasanaeth teithwyr rhyngwladol”) means a commercial service by which passengers travel on a vessel or aircraft from outside the common travel area to a port in Wales;

[F2 “the International Travel Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Teithio Rhyngwladol”) means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020;]

[F3 “outbound international passenger service” (“gwasanaeth teithwyr rhyngwladol allan”) means a commercial service by which passengers travel from a port in Wales to a destination outside the common travel area on a vessel or aircraft;]

“port”(“porthladd”) includes any airport, heliport or seaport;

[F4 “requirement to isolate” (“gofyniad i ynysu”) means the requirement to isolate in accordance with [F5 regulation 7 of the International Travel Regulations];]

[F4 “requirement to provide information” (“gofyniad i ddarparu gwybodaeth”) means the requirement to provide information in accordance with [F6 regulation 4 of the International Travel Regulations];]

“vessel” (“llestr”) means every description of vessel used in navigation (including a hovercraft within the meaning of Hovercraft Act 1968 M3 ) which is 24 metres or more in length.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 inserted (12.4.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/457), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2 inserted (23.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/72), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)

F3 Words in reg. 2 inserted (12.4.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/457), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)

F4 Words in reg. 2 inserted (4.11.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1118), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

F5 Words in reg. 2 substituted (23.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/72), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)

F6 Words in reg. 2 substituted (23.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/72), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(c)

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 17.6.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 The Civil Aviation Authority is a body corporate established by section 1 of the Civil Aviation Act 1971 (c. 75).

M2 1971 c. 77. That section provides that the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and the Republic of Ireland are collectively referred to as “the common travel area”.

M3 1968 c. 59.