The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 13) Regulations 2021

“(ab)

in paragraph 1(1A) of Schedule 2, P is not required to comply with this regulation,”.

“(ea)

Bristol Airport;”.

“Modification of application of this Schedule where P is taking up employment as an NHS nurse19.

(1)

This paragraph applies where—

(a)

on P’s arrival in England, P is entitled to enter the United Kingdom pursuant to a skilled worker visa granted in accordance with Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules13;

(b)

P is eligible for the visa by virtue of being sponsored—

(i)

for a job within the entry for occupation code 2231 (nurses) in Table 2 of Appendix Skilled Occupations to the immigration rules; and

(ii)

by an NHS trust or an NHS foundation trust (“P’s sponsor”); and

(c)

prior to P’s arrival in England, P’s sponsor has confirmed in writing that this paragraph applies in relation to P and has not withdrawn that confirmation.

(2)

Where this paragraph applies, this Schedule applies in relation to P as if—

(a)

for paragraph 6 there were substituted—

“6.

P must, on arrival in England, travel directly to the accommodation specified in P’s managed self-isolation package, using the means of transport facilitated as part of that package.”;

(b)

for paragraph 8 there were substituted—

“8.

In this Schedule a “managed self-isolation package” means—

(a)

written confirmation from P’s sponsor of the details of—

(i)

a place in accommodation provided by the sponsor for the purposes of this Schedule;

(ii)

transport facilitated by the sponsor to the accommodation referred to in paragraph (i); and

(b)

a testing package required by regulation 3B.”;

(c)

in paragraph 9, “accommodation, transport and” were omitted;

(d)

in paragraph 10, for “designated” were substituted “specified”;

(e)

in paragraph 14, “designated” were omitted.

(3)

In this paragraph—

(a)

“NHS foundation trust” has the meaning given in section 30 of the National Health Service Act 200614;

(b)

“NHS trust” means an NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006.”.

“(1A)

A person (“P”) where—

(a)

P either—

(i)

travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending or facilitating a G7 event, and P is in England for the purpose of attending or facilitating a G7 event or of travelling in order to leave England, or

(ii)

travelled to the United Kingdom for another purpose, and after their arrival in England is attending, facilitating, or travelling to or from a G7 event;

(b)

P has been invited by Her Majesty’s Government to attend or facilitate the event;

(c)

the relevant person has provided written confirmation to the relevant Department that P will comply with the health protocols for the event; and

(d)

the relevant Department has provided written confirmation to the relevant person that P is a person described in this paragraph.”.

“,

(g)

“relevant person” means—

(i)

where P is to attend or facilitate a G7 event on behalf of a State, a foreign territory or an organisation, the head of the relevant mission or post, the office representing the foreign territory in the United Kingdom or the organisation;

(ii)

where P is to attend or facilitate a G7 event on their own behalf, P”.

“(iii)

a laboratory which is accredited to ISO standard 15189 or ISO/IEC standard 1702518 by—

(aa)

the United Kingdom Accreditation Service19 (“UKAS”), or

(bb)

an accreditation body that is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (“ILAC”) Mutual Recognition Arrangement20 or the European co-operation for Accreditation (“EA”) Multilateral Agreement21,

other than a laboratory which processes tests provided by the test provider for the purposes of this Schedule or is owned by the test provider or the device manufacturer.”.