PART 4Miscellaneous amendments to the International Travel Regulations relating to Parts 2 and 3 of these Regulations

Amendment to regulation 1710.

In regulation 17 (use and disclosure of information)—

(a)

in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (a)(ii) insert—

“(iii)

where a person arranges a test under regulation 6B or takes a test under regulation 6C—

(aa)

information generated where the person arranges or takes a test;

(bb)

information obtained by a public test provider (within the meaning given by regulation 6B(2)(c)) under regulation 6B(6);

(cc)

the results of a test;

(dd)

information recorded by a public test provider in the course of administering a test taken in accordance with regulation 6C (including confirmation that the test was taken, details of when and where it was taken, any reasons for a test not being taken and the details of any replacement test to be taken);

(iv)

information provided to an immigration officer pursuant to regulation 6B(8);

(v)

where a sample taken in respect of a day 2 test under regulation 6C has been sequenced, the sorted BAM file relating to that sample containing all reads aligning to the SARS-CoV-2 reference genome with unaligned and human reads removed;”;

(b)

in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)

a public test provider;

(d)

an immigration officer.”