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

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

(1)

Regulation 7 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (2)—

(a)

for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

where this sub-paragraph applies to P by virtue of regulation 5(3), P must undertake a workforce test for day 2, day 5 and day 8 in accordance with paragraph (6) in relation to each category of test”;

(b)

for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

where this sub-paragraph applies to P by virtue of regulation 5(4), P must undertake a workforce test for day 2 in accordance with paragraph (6)(c)”.

(3)

In paragraph (8), for “13” substitute “5”.

(4)

In paragraph (10)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a), for paragraphs (i) to (vi) substitute—

“(i)

paragraph 2 (aircraft crew);

(ii)

paragraph 6 (Channel Tunnel system workers);

(iii)

paragraph 7 (international rail crew, passenger and freight operators);

(iv)

paragraph 8 (seafarers)”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (b), for the words from “meets the condition” to the end (but not the “; and”) substitute—

“has, on their journey to England, travelled only—

(i)

on a conveyance which does not carry passengers;

(ii)

in an area of a conveyance which is not accessible to passengers; or

(iii)

in an area of a conveyance which is accessible to passengers in vehicles, where passengers remain within their vehicles while P is present in that area of the conveyance”.

(5)

After paragraph (10) insert—

“(11)

In paragraph (10)(b), “passenger” does not include a worker carrying out an essential role for the safe or efficient operation of the tunnel system, shuttle services or services for the carriage of passengers or goods by way of the tunnel system, or relating to the security of the tunnel system or any such services.”.