The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2020/691 |
| Year | 2020 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.(2) These Regulations, apart from regulations 3(a) , 5(2) to (4) , 7 and 9(1) , come into force on 7th July 2020.(3) Regulations 3(a) , 5(2) to (4) , 7 and 9(1) come into force on 10th July 2020.(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (2) In relation to any person who arrived in England on or after 8th June 2020 and before the coming into force of any amendment made by regulations 3 to 5 and 7 to 9, the principal Regulations apply as if that amendment had not been made.any reference to a non-exempt country or territory in those Regulations were a reference to a country or territory outside the common travel area; andin paragraph 3(1) (aa) of Schedule 2 to those Regulations, the words “or from an exempt country or territory” were omitted.after the definition of “coronavirus disease” insert— at the end insert— P remains on a conveyance and no other passenger is permitted to be taken on board, orP is kept separated from passengers who did not arrive on the same conveyance as P, and no such passengers are permitted to be taken on board the conveyance on which P leaves that country or territory.For regulation 3(10) substitute— a person described in regulation 4(12) ,a person described in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 2,a person described in any of paragraphs 4A to 4F of Schedule 2 who meets the condition in paragraph 4G of that Schedule,a person described in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2.(1) Regulation 4 is amended as follows.in sub-paragraph (a) , for “outside the common travel area” substitute “ a non-exempt country or territory ” ;after “within the common travel area” insert “ or from an exempt country or territory ” ,for “been outside the common travel area” substitute “ departed from or transited through a non-exempt country or territory ” .in paragraph (i) , for “described in paragraph (1) (a) ” substitute “ who has arrived from outside the common travel area ” ;in paragraph (ii) , for “described in paragraph (1) (b) ” substitute “ who has arrived from within the common travel area ” .(4) In paragraph (7) (a) , for “arrive in the common travel area” substitute “ last departed from or transited through a non-exempt country or territory ” .in sub-paragraph (b) , for the words from “any of the services” to the end substitute “ services from dentists, opticians, audiologists, chiropodists, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health practitioners, including services relating to mental health ” ;after sub-paragraph (b) insert—For regulation 11 substitute— The Secretary of State must review the need for the requirements imposed by these Regulations by 27th July 2020 and at least once every 28 days thereafter.(1) Schedule 1 is amended as follows.(2) In paragraph 2(a) and (b) at the end insert “ (where required to comply with regulation 4) ” .(3) In paragraph 2(h) and (j) (ii) after “country” insert “ or territory ” .(4) After paragraph 2(h) insert—“ or by, or in support of, a visiting force ” .(3) In Part 2, before paragraph 5 insert—
- (3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person (“P”) is not treated as departing from or transiting through a country or territory if, at all times whilst in that country or territory—
- (a) P remains on a conveyance and no other passenger is permitted to be taken on board, or
- (b) P is kept separated from passengers who did not arrive on the same conveyance as P, and no such passengers are permitted to be taken on board the conveyance on which P leaves that country or territory.
- (10) The following are not required to comply with this regulation—
- (a) a person described in regulation 4(12) ,
- (b) a person described in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 2,
- (c) a person described in any of paragraphs 4A to 4F of Schedule 2 who meets the condition in paragraph 4G of that Schedule,
- (d) a person described in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2.
- (ba) to access veterinary services where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon,
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(ca) in paragraph 39 of Schedule 2—
(i) where P is an international elite sportsperson or an international ancillary sportsperson, P satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2) if P complies with the conditions specified in paragraph 39(4) (a) or (b) , as the case may be, of Schedule 2, (ii) in any other case, P is not required to comply with this regulation, -
(cb) in paragraph 40 of Schedule 2, paragraph (2) does not—
(i) prevent P from travelling from the place where P is self-isolating to the place where the production is taking place, or (ii) require P to remain in isolation from any other person who is working on the same production,
- (ha) any other country or territory they have departed from or transited through in the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of their arrival in England, and in any such case, the dates of departing from or transiting through any such country or territory,
- (aa) has travelled from a point of origin within the common travel area or from an exempt country or territory on a vessel or aircraft operated by, or in support of, Her Majesty's armed forces or by, or in support of, a visiting force and that vessel or aircraft has not taken on any persons, docked in any port or landed in any non-exempt country or territory, or
- (1) A road passenger transport worker.
- (2) For the purposes of this paragraph—
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(a) “road passenger transport worker” means—
(i) the driver of a public service vehicle, or (ii) a person who is employed by the holder of a Community licence issued under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council , and who is acting in the course of their employment, - (b) “driver” includes a person who is travelling in a vehicle as a relief driver,
- (c) “public service vehicle” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 .
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