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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021

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[F1(Self-isolation requirements on arrivals [F2who are Schedule 11-exempt passengers])]E+W

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9.—[F3(1) This regulation applies where a person (“P”)—

(a)arrives in England from a category 3 country or has at any time in the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of their arrival in England departed from or transited through a category 3 country or territory, other than—

(i)a Schedule 11 passenger;

(ii)a Schedule 11-exempt passenger who is a person described in any of the following provisions of Schedule 4—

(aa)paragraph 2 (aircraft crew);

(bb)paragraph 5 (road haulage workers);

(cc)paragraph 8 (seafarers);

(dd)Part 3 (border security duties);

(ee)Part 4 (law enforcement);

(ff)paragraph 20 (defence personnel);

(gg)paragraph 22 (non-disembarking cruise passengers);

(hh)paragraph 23 (non-CTA transit passengers), or

(b)is required to—

(i)undertake a test in accordance with regulation 6 [F4or 7], and

(ii)self-isolate in accordance with paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 8 [F5or paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 9].]

(2) P must remain in isolation from others (“self-isolate”) in accordance with this regulation.

(3) P must self-isolate—

(a)F6...

(i)where P has arrived from outside the common travel area, at an address specified in P's Passenger Locator Form, as required by regulation 3 and paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 6,

[F7(ii)where P—

(aa)is a person described in paragraph 19(1) (diplomats etc.) of Schedule 4, or

(bb)is a person described in paragraph 19(2), (3) or (4) (international organisations etc.) of Schedule 4 who is not required to comply with regulation 3,

at a place at which they intend to self-isolate in England]

(iii)where it is not possible for P to self-isolate in accordance with paragraph (i) or (ii), in accommodation facilitated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of P's self-isolation;

F8(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) The address specified by P in the Passenger Locator Form pursuant to paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 6 must be—

(a)their home;

(b)the home of a friend or family member;

(c)a hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast accommodation, holiday apartment or home, campsite, caravan park or boarding house, canal boat or any other vessel;

(d)a military site or establishment; [F10or]

(e)accommodation facilitated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of P's self-isolation;

F11(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F13(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) More than one address may be specified as the place at which P intends to self-isolate in the Passenger Locator Form where—

(a)a legal obligation requires P to change addresses; or

(b)it is necessary for P to stay overnight at an address on their arrival in England before travelling directly to another address at which they will be self-isolating.

(6) In paragraph (3)(a)(ii) “a place at which they intend to self-isolate while in England” means—

(a)where the person has completed a Passenger Locator Form, at an intended place of self-isolation specified in that form;

(b)where the person has completed a form equivalent to a Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, at an intended place of self-isolation specified in that form;

(c)in any other case at a place described in paragraph (4)(a) to (c).

(7) [F14Where P is required to self-isolate in accordance with this regulation, P must] travel directly to the place at which they are to self-isolate, and must then self-isolate until whichever is the earlier of—

(a)the end of the 10th day after the day on which they arrived in England or, if later, the end of any period that applies by virtue of paragraph 2 or 3 of [F15Schedule 8 or paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 9; or]

(b)their departure from England; F16...

F16(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F17(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9) Paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation—

(a)from any person with whom they were travelling when they arrived in England and who is also self-isolating in the place where P is self-isolating;

(b)where P is self-isolating in their home, from any member of their household;

(c)where P is self-isolating in the home of a friend or family member, from any member of the household of that friend or family member;

(d)where P leaves, or is outside of, the place where they are self-isolating in accordance with paragraph (11)(j), from any person (other than a person who is required by paragraph (2) to self-isolate) whose assistance P reasonably requires in order to undertake the test, by reason of —

(i)P being a child, or

(ii)any disability of P's.

(10) Paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation from a person (“V”) when V is at the place where P is self-isolating—

(a)to provide emergency assistance;

(b)to provide care or assistance, including relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 1(1B) or 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 M1, to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating;

(c)to provide medical assistance, including to provide any of the services mentioned in paragraph (11)(b), to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner;

(d)to provide veterinary services, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon;

(e)to provide critical public services, including those mentioned in paragraph (11)(i)(ii);

(f)to administer a test to P in accordance with Schedule 9.

(11) During the period of their self-isolation, P may not leave, or be outside of, the place where P is self-isolating except—

(a)to travel in order to leave England, provided that they do so directly (subject to [F18paragraphs 2(9) and 3(1) and (8)] of Schedule 8);

(b)to seek medical assistance, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner, including to access services from dentists, opticians, audiologists, chiropodists, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health practitioners, including services relating to mental health;

(c)to undertake a workforce test required by regulation 7;

(d)to access veterinary services where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon;

(e)to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings;

(f)to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm;

(g)on compassionate grounds, including to attend a funeral of—

(i)a member of P's household,

(ii)a close family member, or

(iii)if no-one within paragraph (i) or (ii) are attending, a friend;

(h)to move to a different place for self-isolation specified in the Passenger Locator Form or a form equivalent to a Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland;

(i)in exceptional circumstances such as—

(i)to obtain basic necessities such as food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) where it is not possible to obtain these provisions in any other manner,

(ii)to access critical public services, including—

(aa)social services,

(bb)services provided to victims (such as victims of crime),

(iii)to move to a different place for self-isolation where it becomes impracticable to remain at the address at which they are self-isolating;

(j)for the purposes of, or connected with, undertaking a test in accordance with Schedule 8 F19...;

F20(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(12) For the purposes of this regulation, the place referred to in paragraph (3) includes the premises where P is self-isolating together with any garden, yard, passage, stair, garage, outhouse, or other appurtenance of such premises.

F21(13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(14) If P has arrived from Wales or Scotland and is in England, temporarily, for a reason which would constitute an exception under paragraph (11), P is not required to comply with this regulation.

[F22(15) [F23Unless paragraph (1)(b) applies to P,] if P is a person described in one of the following provisions of Schedule 4—

(a)paragraph 16 (transport of human cells), P is not required to comply with this regulation while undertaking the work described in that paragraph;

(b)paragraph 17 or 18 (essential government work etc.), P is not required to comply with this regulation where the relevant Department has certified under either of those paragraphs in respect of this regulation;

(c)paragraph 19(2), (3) or (4) (international organisations etc.), P is not required to comply with this regulation if the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has given confirmation under that paragraph in respect of this regulation.]

F24(15A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25(16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25(17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25(18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25(19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 9 in force at 17.5.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M12006 c. 47. Paragraph 1(1B) of Schedule 4 was inserted by section 64(3) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9) and paragraph 7(3B) was substituted by section 66(2) of that Act.

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