The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 10) Regulations 2020

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of an error affecting S.I. 2020/881 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 890

Public Health, England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 10) Regulations 2020

Made

21st August 2020

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

Laid before Parliament

24th August 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(1).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 10) Regulations 2020.

(2) Regulations 1 and 4 come into force at 3.59 a.m. on 22nd August 2020.

(3) Regulations 2 and 3 come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 22nd August 2020.

(4) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020(2).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In Part 1 of Schedule A1 (exempt countries and territories)—

(a) omit the entries for “Austria”, “Croatia” and “Trinidad and Tobago”;

(b) insert an entry for “Portugal” at the appropriate place.

(3) In Schedule 3 (specified competitions), at the end insert—

“Professional Darts Corporation – Unibet Premier League”.

Transitional and saving provision

3.  In relation to any person who arrived in England on or after 10th July but before 4.00 a.m. on 22nd August 2020, the principal Regulations apply as if the amendments made by regulation 2(2) had not been made.

Revocation

4.  The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2020(3) are revoked.

Grant Shapps

Secretary of State

Department for Transport

21st August 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/568) (“the principal Regulations”) to—

(a) remove Austria, Croatia and Trinidad and Tobago from the list of exempt countries and territories, in Schedule A1 to the principal Regulations, from which passengers arriving in England are not required to self-isolate;

(b) add Portugal to that list;

(c) amend the list of specified competitions in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations, which is relevant to the exemption from the requirement to self-isolate for elite sportspersons.

Passengers are not required to self-isolate on arrival in England if, during the 14 days preceding their arrival, they have only been in or transited through exempt countries or territories. Passengers who have been in or transited through a non-exempt country or territory must self‑isolate until 14 days have elapsed since the day after they last left a non-exempt country or territory. The changes to Schedule A1 will not affect passengers who arrive in England before 4.00 a.m. on 22nd August 2020.

Regulation 4 revokes the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2020, which have not yet come into force, due to a clerical error in the physical document that was signed by the Secretary of State.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)

1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

(2)

S.I. 2020/568, amended by S.I. 2020/691, 724, 799, 805, 813, 819, 841 and 866.

(3)

S.I. 2020/881.