Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020

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F1PART 3CTravel from a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A

Prohibition on the arrival of aircraft and vessels travelling directly from a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A12F.

F2(1)

The person with management or control of an aircraft or vessel whose last point of departure was a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A must not cause or permit it to arrive in Wales unless—

(a)

it is reasonably necessary for it to do so to secure the safety of the aircraft or vessel or the health and safety of any person aboard it;

(b)

the arrival in Wales is only for the purpose of refuelling, or maintenance of the aircraft or vessel, and no passengers are permitted to board, or disembark from, the aircraft or vessel;

(c)

the aircraft is an air ambulance and landing for the purpose of transporting a person for medical treatment; or

(d)

otherwise required pursuant to a direction issued under Schedule 3A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a)

a commercially operated aircraft or vessel carrying no passengers;

(b)

an aircraft or vessel operated by or in support of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom;

(c)

an aircraft or vessel which was last in a country or territory listed in Schedule 3A 11 or more days prior to its arrival in Wales.

(3)

In this regulation—

(a)

“arrive” means—

(i)

in relation to an aircraft, to land;

(ii)

in relation to a vessel, to moor at any place;

(b)

“passenger” means a person carried in or on an aircraft or vessel other than a member of its crew.