EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/582) (“the International Travel Regulations”).
Regulations 3, 7, 8 (in part), 12, 13, 14 (in part), 16 (in part) and 18 (in part) amend various provisions of the International Travel Regulations to reintroduce LFD testing as an option for day 2 tests for eligible travellers who arrive in England. Eligible travellers who receive a positive result from an LFD test are required to take a confirmatory PCR test
Regulation 5 amends regulation 3ZA of the International Travel Regulations to add eligible travellers to the list of persons excluded from the requirement to possess notification of a negative test result on their arrival in England.
Regulation 6 amends regulation 3A of the International Travel Regulations to add a number of entries for the purposes of the definition of “relevant country”, and to add a vaccine to the list of authorised vaccines.
Regulation 8 (in part) amends regulation 3K of the International Travel Regulations to remove the requirement for eligible travellers to self-isolate on their arrival in England pending notification of the result of a day 2 test.
Regulation 16 (in part) amends Schedule 8 of the International Travel Regulations to omit one of the forms of notification to be provided to a person who has undertaken a mandatory test after arrival in England.
Regulation 17 amends Schedule 12 of the International Travel Regulations to update the information which operators are required to provide to passengers.
Regulation 19 amends the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/659) (“the Notification Regulations”) to re-insert regulation 4B, which imposes an obligation to notify the United Kingdom Health Security Agency of certain information in relation to LFD tests. Regulation 19 also makes further minor and consequential amendments to the Notification Regulations.
These Regulations make further minor and consequential amendment to the International Travel Regulations, including to correct errors.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.