The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Requirement to ensure passengers possess notification of a negative test result

5.—(1) An operator must ensure that a passenger who arrives in Wales on an international passenger service is in possession of a required notification.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a passenger—

(a) whom the operator, or a person acting on behalf of the operator, reasonably believes is not required to comply with the requirement to possess notification of a negative test result or has a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with that requirement;

(b) who is a child, travelling without a responsible individual; or

(c) who is a transit passenger, who has a right to reside in the United Kingdom and does not have the right to enter the country or territory from which the international passenger service departs.

(3) In this regulation, “transit passenger” means a person who, has arrived in the country or territory from which the international passenger service departs with the intention of passing through to Wales without entering that country or territory.