The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
| Year | 2020 |
2020 No. 1118 (W. 253)
Public Health, Wales
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Made 14th October 2020
Laid before Senedd Cymru 14th October 2020
Coming into force 4th November 2020
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 19841.
Title and coming into force
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 4 November 2020.
Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) Regulations 2020
2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) Regulations 20202are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), at the appropriate place insert—
““requirement to isolate” (“gofyniad i ynysu”) means the requirement to isolate in accordance with Part 3 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 20203;”;
““requirement to provide information” (“gofyniad i ddarparu gwybodaeth”) means the requirement to provide information in accordance with Part 2 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020;”.
(3) For regulation 3(2) (provision of information before booking and at check-in) substitute—
“2. The information mentioned in paragraph (1) is—
(a) in the case of a facility provided for booking travel online—
the information set out in Part 1 of the Schedule which must be embedded in a prominent place so that it is visible prior to a booking being made,
a link to www.gov.uk/uk-border-control (referred to in Part 1 of the Schedule), and
a link to www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk;
(b) in the case of a facility provided for checking in online—
the information set out in Part 1 of the Schedule which must be embedded in a prominent place so that it is visible prior to check-in being completed,
a link to www.gov.uk/uk-border-control (referred to in Part 1 of the Schedule),
a link to www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk, and
a link to https://gov.wales/exemptions-self-isolation-coronavirus-COVID-19-html;
(c) in the case of a facility provided for booking travel or checking in by telephone or face to face—
where the information is provided orally, the information set out in Part 1 of the Schedule;
where the information is provided in writing, written notice which sets out the requirement to provide information and the requirement to isolate;
(d) in any of the above cases, a request to pass on the information mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) (as the case may be) to any person on whose behalf—
a booking is being made, or
a check-in is being carried out.”
(4) After regulation 3 insert—
“Provision of information prior to departure
3A. (1) Paragraph (2) applies where at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of an international passenger service, a booking is made for a passenger (“P”) to travel on that service.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, between 24 and 48 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of the service, the operator of the service must ensure that P has been provided with the information specified in paragraph (4) (“the required information”).
(3) The required information must be provided by text message, push notification, email or orally.
(4) The required information mentioned in paragraph (2) is—
(a)
(a) where the information is provided by text message or push notification, text which—
informs P of the requirement to provide information,
informs P that penalties apply for failure to comply with the requirement to provide information,
includes a link to...
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