Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2021
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New regulations 5C and 5D7.
“Requirement to check vaccination status5C.
(1)
An operator must ensure that a passenger, other than a Schedule 3A passenger, (“P”)—
(a)
who is on an international passenger service; and
(b)
has, using a facility referred to in regulation 4(1) of the International Travel Regulations (requirement to provide passenger information), indicated that P meets the COVID-19 vaccination eligibility criteria for reduced isolation and testing requirements,
is in possession of the required evidence when P arrives in a port in Wales.
(2)
In paragraph (1) “the required evidence” means—
(a)
evidence of the description in regulation 2A(3)(c), (3)(ca), (4)(b), (4A)(b) and (d) or (6)(a)(ii) of the International Travel Regulations; or
(b)
where P intends to take advantage of the exemption in regulation 2A(5) or (6)(b) of those regulations (P aged under 18 years and 3 months), evidence of P’s age.
(3)
An operator must implement and maintain processes and systems to ensure that the requirement in paragraph (1) is complied with.
(4)
This regulation does not apply in the case of the operator of an international passenger service which commences in Metropolitan France.
Requirement to check exemptions5D.
(1)
Where, using a facility referred to in regulation 4(1) of the International Travel Regulations, a passenger who arrives in Wales on an international passenger service indicates that they are a person referred to in a paragraph of Schedule 2 to those Regulations (exemptions), an operator must ensure that the passenger possesses evidence that they are such a person.
(2)
Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a person described in paragraph 6(2)(d)(i) of Schedule 2 to the International Travel Regulations (road haulage worker), who is the driver of a goods vehicle that has been or will be conveyed to Wales on an international passenger service.”