The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020

Period of self-isolation

3.—(1) The period of self-isolation specified for the purpose of regulation 2(2) is calculated as follows.

(2) The period begins from the moment notification is received by—

(a) P where P is an adult, or

(b) R where P is a child.

(3) The period ends with the final day of a period where regulation 2(1)(a)(i) or (b)(i) applies, of ten days beginning—

(a) in a case where P, or R where P is a child, reports to a person specified in regulation 2(4) of the date on which symptoms first developed, with whichever is the later of—

(i) the date five days before the test pursuant to which notification referred to in regulation 2(1) was given, or

(ii) that date which they report;

(b) in any other case, the date of the test pursuant to which notification referred to in regulation 2(1) was given;

(4) The period ends with the final day of a period where regulation 2(1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) applies, of 14 days beginning—

(a) where P is living in the same household as the person (“C”) who tested positive for coronavirus—

(i) in a case where C, or R where C is a child, report to a person specified in regulation 2(4) of the date on which symptoms first developed, with whichever is the later of—

(aa) the date five days before the test pursuant to which notification referred to in regulation 2(1) was given, or

(bb) that date which C, or R where C is a child, reports;

(ii) otherwise, with the date of the test pursuant to which notification referred to in regulation 2(1) was given;

(b) in any other case, with the date which a person specified in regulation 2(4) records as being the last date on which P last came into close contact with C before P received the notification referred to in regulation 2(1).