20. Where—
(a)a private provider has made a declaration for the purposes of paragraph 7B(1)(b) of Schedule 8 to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 as that paragraph had effect at the time the declaration was made,
(b)the Department of Health and Social Care confirmed in writing that it considers the provider met the minimum standards for private sector-provided testing that applied at the time the declaration was made, and
(c)the private provider continues to meet the minimum standards to which the declaration relates,
the private provider is to be treated as complying with the requirements of paragraph 7B(1)(b) and (c) of Schedule 8 as inserted by regulation 16(4) of these Regulations.