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

PART 2 E+W Requirements to provide information to passengers

[F1 Provision of information prior to departure E+W

3.— (1) The operator of an international passenger service must ensure that a passenger who arrives at a port in Wales on such a service is provided with the information required by paragraph (3) and in the manner required by that regulation at the times specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The times are—

(a) where a booking was made for the passenger to travel on the relevant service more than 24 hours before departure, at least 24 hours before departure;

(b) (where a booking was made for the passenger to travel on the relevant service less 24 hours before departure, at any time before departure.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the required information—

(a) may be provided orally or in writing;

(b) if provided orally, is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule (essential information to enter the UK);

(c) if provided in writing, is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule (essential information to enter the UK) and—

(i) where it is provided by electronic means, a hyperlink to each of the relevant websites;

(ii) where it is provided by other means, the text or the URLs of each of the relevant websites;

(iii) in any event, must be provided in a way that draws the passengers attention to it by being particularly prominent and distinct from other written information provided in relation to the booking.

(4) Where another person (“A”) makes a booking on an international passenger service on behalf of another passenger (whether or not A is also a passenger on that service), the requirement to provide information in accordance with this regulation is to be treated as complied with if the required information is provided to A in the required manner at the times specified in paragraph (2), along with a written request that A provide that information to the passenger.

(5) Where the operator does not directly manage the booking or check in process, the operator must take all reasonable measures to ensure that the person managing the process complies with paragraph (1) on the operator’s behalf.

(6) Nothing in this regulation or regulation 4 requires information to be provided to a person who, by virtue of age or mental capacity, is unlikely to be capable of understanding it.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 3 substituted for regs. 3, 3A (18.2.2022) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information to Travellers and Operator Liability) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/150), regs. 1(2), 5

Provision of information prior to departure E+W

F1 3A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 3 substituted for regs. 3, 3A (18.2.2022) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information to Travellers and Operator Liability) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/150), regs. 1(2), 5

Provision of information during journey E+W

4.—(1) The operator of an international passenger service must ensure that every passenger on the vessel or aircraft is provided with the statement set out in [F2 Part 2 of the Schedule] [F3 (on-board announcement)] during the journey to the port in Wales.

(2) The statement must be provided F4 ... in Welsh, English and an officially recognised language of the country of departure.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in reg. 4(1) substituted (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(5)

F3 Words in reg. 4 inserted (18.2.2022) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information to Travellers and Operator Liability) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/150), regs. 1(2), 6

F4 Word in reg. 4(2) omitted (10.7.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/714), regs. 1(2), 10(2)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 4 in force at 17.6.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Exception from requirements of regulations 3 F5 ... and 4 E+W

5.  Nothing in regulation 3 F6 ... or 4 requires information to be provided to a person who, by virtue of age or mental capacity, is unlikely to be capable of understanding it.

Textual Amendments

F5 Word in reg. 5 heading omitted (18.2.2022) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information to Travellers and Operator Liability) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/150), regs. 1(2), 7(a)

F6 Word in reg. 5 omitted (18.2.2022) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information to Travellers and Operator Liability) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/150), regs. 1(2), 7(b)

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 5 in force at 17.6.2020, see reg. 1(2)