Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2021

“(b)

P or, where P is a child, an adult with responsibility for P (“R”) receives notification that the day 2 test has generated an inconclusive result, paragraph (3) applies;

(c)

P or, where P is a child, R receives notification that the day 2 test has generated a positive result and—

(i)

the test is a day 2 PCR test, paragraph (4) applies;

(ii)

the test is a day 2 LFD test, paragraphs (4A) and (4B) apply.”

“(4A)

P must as soon as reasonably practicable undertake a confirmatory test provided by a public provider for the purposes of this paragraph.

(4B)

The Self-Isolation Regulations apply to P or, where P is a child, to R, as if—

(a)

the notification of the positive result were notification from a relevant person under regulation 2A(1) of those Regulations that P has tested positive for coronavirus, and

(b)

P’s period of self-isolation begins on receipt of the notification of the positive test result and ends on the earlier of—

(i)

the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the day 2 LFD test;

(ii)

the time that P is notified that the result of the confirmatory test undertaken in accordance with paragraph (4A) is negative.

(4C)

For the purposes of this regulation, a person is deemed to receive notification of a result in relation to a day 2 LFD test when the person determines the result in accordance with the test manufacturer’s instructions for use.”.