PART 1General
Title, coming into force and interpretation
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 12 January 2021.
(3) In these Regulations, the “International Travel Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020(1).
PART 2Amendment to the list of exempt countries and territories in Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations
Removal of the United Arab Emirates from the list of exempt countries and territories
2. In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt countries and territories outside the common travel area), omit the following entry—
“United Arab Emirates”.
Transitional provision in connection with regulation 2
3.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a person (“P”)—
(a)arrives in Wales at or after 4.00 a.m. on 12 January 2021, and
(b)was last in the United Arab Emirates—
(i)within the period of 10 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales, and
(ii)before 4.00 a.m. on 12 January 2021.
(2) P is, by virtue of having been in the United Arab Emirates to be treated for the purposes of regulations 7(1) and 8(1) of the International Travel Regulations as having arrived in Wales from, or having been in, a non-exempt country or territory.
Vaughan Gething
Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
11 January 2021