Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

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Introduction

1 Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation

2 Amendment of the Principal Regulations

3 Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation and introduction of Schedules 1 to 4)

4 Amendment of regulation 3 (requirement on passengers to provide information)

5 Amendment of regulation 3ZA (requirement to possess notification of negative test result)

6 Amendment of regulation 3A (interpretation of Part 1B)

7 Omission of regulations 3I, 3J and 3K (testing and self-isolation requirements on eligible travellers)

8 Amendment of regulation 5 (requirements relating to tests)

9 Amendment of regulation 6 (requirement to book and undertake tests)

10 Amendment of regulation 7 (requirement to undertake workforce tests)

11 Omission of regulation 8 (test requirements: offshore installation workers)

12 Amendment of regulation 9 (further requirements on arrivals from category 2 countries and territories)

13 Amendment of regulation 10 (further requirements on arrivals from category 3 countries or territories)

14 Amendment of regulation 11 (enforcement of requirement to self-isolate)

15 Amendment of regulation 13 (passenger information requirement)

16 Amendment of regulation 14 (required information and manner)

17 Insertion of regulation 15A

18 Omission of regulations 16 to 18 (requirements on operators to ensure passenger compliance)

19 Amendment of regulation 18A (requirements on test providers)

20 Amendment of regulation 18B (requirements on other persons carrying out testing services)

21 Amendment of regulation 19 (offences, proceedings and information)

22 Amendment of regulation 20 (fixed penalty notices)

23 Amendment of regulation 22 (power to use and disclose information)

24 Omission of Schedule 1 (category 1 countries and territories)

25 Substitution of Schedule 4

26 Omission of Schedule 4A

27 Omission of Schedule 5 (list of sporting events)

28 Amendment of Schedule 6 (passenger information)

29 Amendment of Schedule 7 (testing before arrival in England)

30 Amendment of Schedule 8 (mandatory testing after arrival in England)

31 Amendment of Schedule 9 (workforce tests)

32 Omission of Schedule 10

33 Amendment of Schedule 11 (additional measures applicable to arrivals from category 3 countries and territories)

34 Substitution of Schedule 12 (information for passengers)

35 Amendment of Schedule 14 (amount of fixed penalties)

36 Amendment of the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010

37 Transitional and saving provision

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Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend, primarily, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/582) (“the International Travel Regulations”).

In particular, regulations 3 to 35:

  • amend regulation 3 and Schedule 6 of the International Travel Regulations to extend the period during which arrivals can provide passenger information on the Passenger Locator Form to up to three days before they are required to provide the information, and to update the information they need to provide;

  • amend regulation 3A of the International Travel Regulations to add and remove entries from the lists dealing with the countries and territories from whom we accept vaccine certificates, including those certificates that are equivalent to the European Union Digital COVID Certificate;

  • omit regulations 3I, 3J and 3K of the International Travel Regulations to remove testing and self-isolation obligations on eligible travellers;

  • amend regulations 5, 6 and 7 and Schedule 8 of the International Travel Regulations to secure that:

    • arrivals from places other than category 3 countries or territories need only take a day 2 test, and

    • those subject to workforce testing other than recurring work travellers or an arrival from a category 3 countries or territories need only take a day 2 workforce test;

  • omit regulation 8 of the International Travel Regulations to remove the specific testing regime for offshore installation workers;

  • amend regulation 9 of the International Travel Regulations to secure that arrivals from places other than category 3 countries or territories do not need to self-isolate on arrival in England;

  • amend regulations 13 and 14 of the International Travel Regulations to provide that an operator of a relevant service need only provide specified information to passengers pre-departure and on-board the relevant service. Schedule 12 is amended to update the information that must be provided to passengers;

  • insert regulation 15A into the International Travel Regulations to impose a new duty on operators to implement and maintain adequate systems and processes to ensure that passengers that arrive in England on a relevant service they operate possess certain information or evidence. This “systems duty” replaces the range of specific obligations on operators under regulations 16 to 18, which are omitted;

  • amend regulation 20 of the International Travel Regulations to secure that a new fixed penalty notice can be issued in respect of an ongoing breach of the systems duty where a previous fixed penalty notice issued in respect of the breach has been paid;

  • substitute Schedule 4 to the International Travel Regulations to update the categories of arrival who enjoy exemption from certain obligations under the International Travel Regulations – extensive consequential amendment to the International Travel Regulations is made in light of this substitution;

  • make further minor and consequential amendment to the International Travel Regulations, including to correct errors.

Regulation 36 amends the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/659) (“the Notification Regulations”) in consequence of the amendments to the International Travel Regulations.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.