Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021

PART 2Amendments

Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 20202.

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 20202 are amended as follows.

Amendment to regulation 6B3.

In regulation 6B(1A) (requirement to arrange tests before arriving in Wales), before “applies” insert “or regulation 12E(2)(f)”.

Amendment to regulation 6K4.

In regulation 6K(1) (workforce testing), after “Schedule 2” insert “or regulation 12E(2)(g)”.

Amendments to regulation 12E5.

(1)

Regulation 12E (additional measures applicable to persons travelling from a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A) is amended as follows.

(2)

After paragraph (2)(e) insert—

“(f)

a person described in paragraph 14 of Schedule 5;

(g)

a person who—

(i)

is required to undertake work as a health or care professional in the United Kingdom,

(ii)

is eligible to practice a profession regulated by any of the bodies mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 20023 or section 67 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 20164, and

(iii)

has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of employment as a health or care professional.”

(3)

In paragraph (3F)(b), in the modification to regulation 10(4), after sub-paragraph (h) insert—

“(i)

where P is a person falling within paragraph (2)(f), for the purpose of undertaking that work.”

Amendment to Schedule 3A6.

In Schedule 3A (countries and territories subject to additional measures), at the appropriate place insert—

“India”.