Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 13) Regulations 2021

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Introduction

1 Citation, commencement, extent and application

2 Amendment to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020

3 Amendment to regulation 2

4 Amendment to regulation 3

5 Amendment to regulation 3A

6 Amendment to regulation 3AA

7 Amendment to regulation 4

8 Amendment to regulation 4B

9 Amendment to regulation 6

10 Amendment to Schedule B1

11 Amendment to Schedule B1A

12 Amendment to Schedule 2

13 Amendment to Schedule 2A

14 Amendment to Schedule 2C

15 Transitional and saving provision

Signature

Explanatory note

Amendment to Schedule 2A13.

(1)

Schedule 2A16 (optional testing after arrival in England) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 217 (appropriate tests) for sub-paragraph (2)(d)(iii) substitute—

“(iii)

a laboratory which is accredited to ISO standard 15189 or ISO/IEC standard 1702518 by—

(aa)

the United Kingdom Accreditation Service19 (“UKAS”), or

(bb)

an accreditation body that is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (“ILAC”) Mutual Recognition Arrangement20 or the European co-operation for Accreditation (“EA”) Multilateral Agreement21,

other than a laboratory which processes tests provided by the test provider for the purposes of this Schedule or is owned by the test provider or the device manufacturer.”.

(3)

In paragraph 3(1)(i), for the words from “no earlier than” to “country or territory” substitute “on or after the fifth day after the day on which P arrived in England”.

16

Schedule 2A was inserted by S.I. 2020/1337.

17

Paragraph 2(2)(d) was amended by S.I. 2021/150

18

ISO standards are published in Geneva by the International Organisation for Standardisation, and are available on their website (www.iso.org) or at ISO Central Secretariat, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1 rue de Varembé, Case postale 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland. ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories was published in November 2017.

19

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales under number 3076190.

20

ILAC is an international organisation which coordinates the work of its signatory national accreditation bodies which are themselves involved in the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, testing laboratories, and medical testing laboratories.

21

EA is a regional organisation which coordinates the work of its signatory national accreditation bodies. EA is recognised by and works closely with ILAC.