SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Powers relating to potentially infectious persons

PART 1Overview and interpretation

Potentially infectious persons

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1

For the purposes of this Schedule, a person is “potentially infectious” at any time if—

a

the person is, or may be, infected or contaminated with coronavirus, and there is a risk that the person might infect or contaminate others with coronavirus, or

b

the person has been in an infected area within the 14 days preceding that time.

2

For the purposes of this paragraph, “infected area” means any country, territory or other area outside the United Kingdom which the Secretary of State has declared as a country, territory or area—

a

where there is known or thought to be sustained human-to-human transmission of coronavirus, or

b

from which there is a high risk that coronavirus will be transmitted to the United Kingdom.

3

A declaration under sub-paragraph (2)—

a

is to be made by being published online, and

b

must, as soon as reasonably practicable after it is made, also be published in the London Gazette.