(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 (“the International Travel Regulations) and the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010. They amend the International Travel Regulations to require eligible travellers arriving in England to book and undertake a PCR test to be taken by the second day after they arrive and to self-isolate until they have received a negative result to the test. They also require test providers to notify the United Kingdom Health Security Agency and persons taking tests if they have, or are suspected to have, contracted the variant of coronavirus known as “the Omicron variant”.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.