The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

PART 1 General

Title, coming into force and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021.

(3) In these Regulations, the “International Travel Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020(1).

PART 2 Amendments to the list of exempt countries and territories in Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations

Removal of countries and territories from the list of exempt countries and territories

2.—(1) Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt countries and territories outside the common travel area) is amended as follows.

(2) For the entries in Part 1 (countries, territories and parts of countries or territories), substitute “No countries, territories or parts of countries or territories are specified in this Part”.

(3) For the entries in Part 2 (United Kingdom overseas territories), substitute “No territories are specified in this Part”.

Transitional provision in connection with regulation 2

3.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a person (“ P”)—

(a) arrives in Wales at or after 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021, and

(b) was last in a country or territory that was listed in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations immediately before 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021—

(i) within the period of 10 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales, and

(ii) before 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021.

(2) P is, by virtue of having been in a country or territory that was listed in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations immediately before 4.00 a.m. on 18 January 2021, to be treated for the purposes of regulations 7(1) and 8(1) of the International Travel Regulations as having arrived in Wales from, or having been in, a non-exempt country or territory.

PART 3 Amendment to Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the International Travel Regulations

Amendment to Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt persons)

4.  In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the International Travel Regulations (persons not required to comply with regulations 7 or 8), omit paragraph 37.

PART 4 Amendment to Regulation 10 of the International Travel Regulations

Amendment to Regulation 10 of the International Travel Regulations (isolation requirements: exceptions)

5.  In regulation 10 of the International Travel Regulations (isolation requirements: exceptions), omit subparagraphs (4)(jc) and (4)(jd).

Vaughan Gething

Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

16 January 2021