The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions, International Travel, Notification and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021

Substitution of regulation 6E

6.  For regulation 6E (consequences of positive test result) substitute—

“Consequences of positive test result

6E.— (1) Where a test taken by a person (“P”) in accordance with regulation 6AB is positive and—

(a) P is a person to whom regulation 7(1) or 8(1) applies, paragraphs (2) and (7) apply;

(b) P is a regulation 2A traveller—

(i) where the test is a day 2 PCR test, paragraphs (3) and (7) apply;

(ii) where the test is a day 2 LFD test, paragraphs (4), (5) and (7) apply.

(2) The last day of P’s isolation under regulation 7 or 8 is the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day on which P took the test (and regulation 12 does not apply for the purposes of determining the last day of P’s isolation).

(3) P is to be treated as if the requirements of regulation 7 applied and P must enter into and remain in isolation in accordance with that regulation until the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day on which P took the test.

(4) P must as soon as reasonably practicable undertake a confirmatory test provided by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of this paragraph.

(5) P is to be treated as if the requirements of regulation 7 applied and P must enter into and remain in isolation in accordance with that regulation until the earlier of—

(a) the last day of the period of 10 days beginning with the day on which P took the day 2 LFD test;

(b) the time that P is notified that the result of the confirmatory test undertaken in accordance with paragraph (4) is negative.

(6) In this regulation, a person is deemed to receive notification of a result in relation to a day 2 LFD test when the person determines the result in accordance with the test manufacturer’s instructions for use.

(7) Regulation 10(3) (isolation requirement ceasing to apply to P when P leaves Wales) of these Regulations and, subject to regulation 6I, regulation 6 or 7, as appropriate, of the Coronavirus Restrictions Regulations do not apply in relation to P.

(8) In this regulation—

“day 2 LFD test” means a test within the meaning of regulation 6AB(2)(a)(ii)(bb);

“day 2 PCR test” means a test within the meaning of regulation 6AB(2)(a)(ii)(aa).”