The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2022

3.—(1) The persons referred to in regulation 7(2)(b) (as not being required to comply with that regulation) are—

(a) a person described in—

(i) paragraph 13(1)(b) of Schedule 5 where, prior to the person’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has certified that they meet this description and are not required to comply with regulation 7, or

(ii) paragraph 14 of Schedule 5 where, prior to person’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has also certified that they are not required to comply with regulation 7;

(b) a crown servant or government contractor (“C”) who is required to undertake essential government work or essential policing in the United Kingdom or is returning from conducting such work outside the United Kingdom where, prior to C’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has certified that they meet this description and are not required to comply with regulation 7;

(c) a representative (“R”) of a foreign country or territory travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom where, prior to R’s departure to the United Kingdom—

(i) the relevant head of the mission, consular post, or office representing a foreign territory in the United Kingdom, or a Governor of a British overseas territory (as the case may be), or a person acting on their authority, confirms in writing to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office that R is required to undertake work which is essential to the foreign country represented by the mission or consular post, the foreign territory represented by the office or the British overseas territory, and

(ii) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has then confirmed in writing to the person giving the notification in sub-paragraph (i) that—

(aa) it has received that confirmation, and

(bb) R is travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom and is not required to comply with regulation 7;

(d) a member of aircraft crew carried on a flight for the purpose of performing duties to be assigned by the operator or the pilot in command of the aircraft, in the interests of the safety of the aircraft, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

“consular post” (“swyddfa gonsylaidd”) has the meaning given in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5;

“essential government work” (“gwaith llywodraeth hanfodol”) and “essential policing” (“plismona hanfodol”) have the meanings given in paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 5.