The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021

Restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom

8.—(1) No person may, without a reasonable excuse—

(a) leave England to travel to a destination outside the United Kingdom, or

(b) travel to, or be present at, an embarkation point for the purpose of travelling from there to a destination outside the United Kingdom.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the circumstances where a person (“P”) has a reasonable excuse to travel outside the United Kingdom include those set out in Schedule 5.

(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person listed in Schedule 6.

(4) A person (“P”) who is travelling to, or present at, an embarkation point for the purpose of travelling from there directly or indirectly to a destination outside the United Kingdom must have with them a completed travel declaration form.

(5) The travel declaration form referred to in paragraph (4) must—

(a) include the following information—

(i) P’s full name,

(ii) P’s date of birth and nationality,

(iii) P’s passport number, or travel document reference number (as appropriate),

(iv) P’s home address,

(v) P’s destination,

(vi) the reason P is leaving the United Kingdom,

(vii) a statement that P certifies that the information P provides is true, and

(viii) the date on which the declaration is completed, and

(b) be in the form published by the Secretary of State(1).

(6) Where P is travelling with a relevant individual (“C”) for whom P has responsibility, P must also complete a travel declaration form containing—

(a) the information referred to in paragraph (5)(a), in the form required by paragraph (5)(b), on behalf of C, and

(b) a statement that P certifies that the information provided in relation to C is true to the best of P’s knowledge and belief.

(7) Paragraphs (4) and (6) do not apply—

(a) to a relevant individual, or

(b) to any person referred to in Schedule 6.

(8) In this regulation, “relevant individual” means—

(a) a child, or

(b) a person who lacks capacity (within the meaning of section 2 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005(2)) to complete the travel declaration form.

(1)

The form can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-declaration-form-for-international-travel. A hard copy of the form may be obtained from the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR.

(2)

2005 c. 9.