Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021

it is not a test provided or administered under the National Health Service Act 2006, the National Health Services (Wales) Act 2006, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; and

(c)

the test sample is taken from the person no more than three days before—

(i)

in the case of that person travelling to England on a commercial transport service, the service’s scheduled time of departure, or

(ii)

in any other case, the actual time of departure of the vessel or aircraft on which that person is travelling to England.

Form of notification of negative result

2.

Notification of a negative test result must include, in English, French or Spanish, the following information—

(a)

the name of the person from whom the sample was taken;

(b)

that person’s date of birth or age;

(c)

the negative result of the test;

(d)

the date the test sample was collected or received by the test provider;

(e)

the name of the test provider and information sufficient to contact that provider;

(f)

a statement—

(i)

that the test was a polymerase chain reaction test, or

(ii)

of the name of the device that was used for the test.

Persons not required to comply with regulation 4

3. (1)

The persons referred to in regulation 4(6)(c) (and not required to comply with that regulation) are—

(a)

a person (“P”) described in—

(i)

paragraph 16(1)(b) of Schedule 4 where, prior to P’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has certified that they meet this description and are not required to comply with regulation 4, or

(ii)

paragraph 17 of Schedule 4 where, prior to P’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has also certified that they are not required to comply with regulation 4;

(b)

a Crown servant or government contractor (“C”) who is required to undertake essential policing or essential government work in the United Kingdom or is returning from conducting such work outside the United Kingdom where, prior to C’s departure to the United Kingdom, the relevant Department has certified that they meet this description and are not required to comply with regulation 4;

(c)

a representative (“R”) of a foreign country or territory, or of the government of a British overseas territory, travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom where, prior to R’s departure to the United Kingdom—

(i)

the relevant head of the mission, consular post, or office representing a foreign territory in the United Kingdom, or a Governor of a British overseas territory (as the case may be), or a person acting on their authority, confirms in writing to the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office that R is required to undertake work which is essential to the foreign country represented by the mission or consular post, the foreign territory represented by the office or the British overseas territory, and

(ii)

the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has then confirmed in writing to the person giving the notification in sub-paragraph (i) that—

(aa)

it has received that confirmation, and

(bb)

R is travelling to the United Kingdom to conduct official business with the United Kingdom and is not required to comply with regulation 4;

(d)

a person described in paragraph 31 of Schedule 4 (worker with specialist technical skills).

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

“consular post” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 4;

(b)

“Crown servant”, “essential government work”, “essential policing” and “government contractor” have the meaning given in paragraph 16(2) of Schedule 4.