The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Restrictions) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020

9.—(1) Regulation 16A (specific measures applicable to specified hospitality and entertainment venues and premises at which specified events are held) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (6)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), omit paragraph (i) (including the “and” at the end);

(b) in sub-paragraph (c)—

(i) for “by a relevant country” substitute “otherwise than in the United Kingdom”;

(ii) after “EU digital COVID certificate,” insert “a certificate of COVID-19 records issued by an approved third country or territory,”;

(iii) after “Prevention vaccination card,” insert “a North American Certificate”.

(3) For paragraph (8), substitute—

“(8) For the purposes of this regulation, where a person has received a course of doses that consists of one dose of an authorised vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas and one dose of an authorised vaccine otherwise than under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas, the person is deemed to have completed a course of doses of a vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas.”

(4) In paragraph (9)(b)—

(a) for the words before paragraph (i) substitute—

“(b) a person has completed a course of doses if—”;

(b) in paragraph (i)(bb), omit the “, or” at the end;

(c) in paragraph (ii), insert “, or” at the end;

(d) after paragraph (ii) insert—

“(iii) the person has received at least two doses of any vaccine referred to in paragraph (iv) of the definition of authorised vaccine in paragraph (10)(a);”.

(5) In paragraph (10)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a)—

(i) in the words before paragraph (i), omit “authorised” in the last place it occurs;

(ii) in paragraph (i), in the words before sub-paragraph (aa), for “or in a relevant country listed in paragraph (12)” substitute “, authorised”;

(iii) in paragraph (ii), after “paragraph (11),” insert “authorised”;

(iv) after paragraph (ii) insert—

“(iii) in relation to doses received in any other country or territory (including a relevant country listed in paragraph (12)), which would be authorised as provided for in paragraph (i)(aa) or (bb) if the doses were received in the United Kingdom;

(iv) in relation to doses received in any country in the world, those vaccines which are—

(aa) listed in lines 10, 11 or 13 of the Guidance Document “Status of COVID-19 Vaccines within WHO EUL/PQ evaluation process” published by the World Health Organisation on 11 November 2021, and

(bb) authorised or certified in a regulated country listed in paragraph (12);”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) “EU Digital COVID Certificate” means a certificate of COVID-19 records issued by an EEA state, a member State of the European Free Trade Association, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or the Vatican City State;”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) “North American Certificate” means—

(i) Excelsior Pass Plus (New York);

(ii) Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record (California);

(iii) WA Verify (Washington state);”.

(6) In paragraph (12), at the appropriate places insert—

“Belarus”

“Bolivia”

“Democratic Republic of the Congo”

“Dominican Republic”

“Ecuador”

“Laos”

“Libya”

“Malawi”

“Mozambique”

“Samoa”

“Senegal”

“Vanuatu”

“Zambia”

“Zimbabwe”.

(7) After paragraph (12) insert—

“(13) The following countries and territories are approved third countries or territories for the purposes of this regulation—

• Albania

• Armenia

• Faroe Islands

• Israel

• Morocco

• North Macedonia

• Panama

• Turkey

• Ukraine.”

(1)

S.I. 2020/1609 (W. 335) amended by S.I. 2020/1610 (W. 336), S.I. 2020/1623 (W. 340), S.I. 2020/1645 (W. 345), S.I. 2021/20 (W. 7), S.I. 2021/46 (W. 10), S.I. 2021/57 (W. 13), S.I. 2021/66 (W. 15), S.I. 2021/95 (W. 26), S.I. 2021/103 (W. 28), S.I. 2021/172 (W. 40), S.I. 2021/210 (W. 52), S.I. 2021/307 (W. 79), S.I. 2021/413 (W. 133), S.I. 2021/502 (W. 150), S.I. 2021/542 (W. 154), S.I. 2021/583 (W. 160), S.I. 2021/668 (W. 169), S.I. 2021/686 (W. 172), S.I. 2021/722 (W. 183), S.I. 2021/862 (W. 201), S.I. 2021/925 (W. 210), S.I. 2021/970 (W. 228), S.I. 2021/1119 (W. 271); S.I. 2021/1131 (W. 274), S.I. 2021/1212 (W. 303) and S.I. 2021/1248 (W. 320).