Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021
PART 4Miscellaneous amendments to the International Travel Regulations relating to Parts 2 and 3 of these Regulations
Amendment to regulation 148.
Regulation 14 (offences) is amended as follows—
(a)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
in sub-paragraph (f), omit “or”;
(ii)
in sub-paragraph (g), for “12D(1)” substitute “12E”;
(iii)
“(h)
6B and 6C, or
(i)
6D,”;
(b)
“(1B)
But a person does not commit an offence if they have a reasonable excuse for contravening regulation 6B or 6C.
(1C)
For the purposes of regulation 6B a reasonable excuse includes, in particular, where—
(a)
it was not reasonably practicable for a person to book a test due to a disability;
(b)
a person reasonably considered before arriving in Wales that it would not be reasonably practicable for the person (or, as the case may be, the child for whom the person has responsibility) to provide a sample for a test due to a disability;
(c)
a person required medical treatment with such urgency that booking a test was not reasonably practicable;
(d)
a person was accompanying, in order to provide support, whether medical or otherwise, a person described in sub-paragraph (a) or (c) where it was not reasonably practicable for the accompanying person to book a test;
(e)
a person began their journey to Wales in a country or territory in which the person did not have reasonable access to the facilities or services required to book a test, with or without payment, and such facilities or services were not reasonably accessible in their last point of departure if this was different to where they began their journey.
(1D)
For the purposes of regulation 6C, a reasonable excuse includes, in particular, where—
(a)
it is not reasonably practicable for P to undertake a test due to a disability;
(b)
P requires medical treatment with such urgency that undertaking a test is not reasonably practicable;
(c)
a test is cancelled for reasons beyond P’s control.”