The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020
| Year | 2020 |
2020 No. 568
Public Health, England
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020
Made 2nd June 2020
Laid before Parliament 3rd June 2020
Coming into force 8th June 2020
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 19841.
PART 1
General
Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 8th June 2020.
(2) These Regulations apply as respects England only.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“child” means a person under the age of 18;
“the common travel area” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 19712;
“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);
“coronavirus disease” means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus);
“immigration officer” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 19713;
“passenger information” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1);
“Passenger Locator Form” means the form published electronically by the Secretary of State for the provision of passenger information4;
“self-isolate” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2), and “self-isolation” and “self-isolating” are to be construed accordingly.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, an individual has responsibility for a child if the individual—
(a)
(a) has custody or charge of the child for the time being, or
(b)
(b) has parental responsibility for the child within the meaning given in section 3 of the Children Act 19895.
PART 2
Obligations on persons arriving in England and others
Requirement to provide information
3.—(1) A person who arrives in England from outside the common travel area must, subject to paragraph (2), provide on the Passenger Locator Form the information set out in Schedule 1 (“passenger information”) on their arrival.
(2) A person who presents at immigration control at the Channel Tunnel shuttle terminal area in France6, with the intention of boarding a shuttle service destined for the United Kingdom, must provide on the Passenger Locator Form their passenger information on so presenting.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a person who arrives in England from within the common travel area who has been outside the common travel area at any time in the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of their arrival in England must provide on the Passenger Locator Form their passenger information on their arrival.
(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply to a person described in that paragraph who arrives in England from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland and who has completed a form equivalent to a Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, specifying an address in England where that person intends to self-isolate.
(5) A person who is travelling with a child for whom they have responsibility, must ensure that passenger information is provided in relation to that child on the Passenger Locator Form—
(a)
(a) on their arrival in England, in the case of a person described in paragraph (1) or (3), or
(b)
(b) when they present at immigration control, in the case of a person described in paragraph (2).
(6) If a person described in any of paragraphs (1) to (3) provides their passenger information, and any passenger information required by virtue of paragraph (5), on the Passenger Locator Form in the 48 hours before they are required to do so, then they are treated as having complied with those paragraphs (as applicable).
(7) A person who has provided passenger information in advance in accordance with paragraph (6) must provide evidence that they have done so if requested by an immigration officer.
(8) If passenger information changes or becomes available to a person required to self-isolate during that person’s period of self-isolation in England that person must, as soon as reasonably possible take all reasonable steps to complete a Passenger Locator Form, or a new Passenger Locator Form, as the case may be.
(9) Nothing in this regulation requires a person to provide any information if that information is not within their possession or control.
(10) A person described in regulation 4(12) or in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 2 is not required to comply with this regulation.
(11) For the purposes of this regulation, “shuttle service” has the meaning given in section 1(9) of the Channel Tunnel Act 19877.
Requirement to self-isolate
4.—(1) This regulation applies where a person (“P”)—
(a)
(a) arrives in England from outside the common travel area, or
(b)
(b) arrives in England from within the common travel area, and has at any time in the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of their arrival in England, been outside the common travel area.
(2) P must remain in isolation from others (“self-isolate”) in accordance with this regulation.
(3) P must self-isolate—
(a)
(a) unless sub-paragraph (b) or (c) applies—
(i) in the case of a person described in paragraph (1)(a), at an address specified in P’s Passenger Locator Form as the intended place of self-isolation, as required by regulation 3 and paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1,
(ii) in the case of a person described in paragraph (1)(b), or a person described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (other than one described in paragraph (13)(a)(i)), at a place at which they intend to self-isolate while in England,
(iii) where it is not possible for P to self-isolate in accordance with paragraph (i) or (ii), in accommodation facilitated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of P’s self-isolation,
(b)
(b) where P is an asylum seeker, in accommodation provided or arranged under section 4, 95 or 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 19998,
(c)
(c) where P is a person described in paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 (powers of Secretary of State to enable person to meet bail conditions), in accommodation provided or arranged under that paragraph.
(4) The address specified by P in the Passenger Locator Form as the intended place of self-isolation must be—
(a)
(a) their home,
(b)
(b) the home of a friend or family member, or
(c)
(c) a hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast accommodation, or other suitable place.
(5) More than one address may be specified in the Passenger Locator Form where—
(a)
(a) a legal obligation requires P to change addresses, or
(b)
(b) it is necessary for P to stay overnight at an address on their arrival in England before travelling directly to another address at which they will be self-isolating.
(6) In paragraph (3)(a)(ii) “a place at which they intend to self-isolate while in England” means—
(a)
(a) where the person has completed a Passenger Locator Form, at an intended place of self-isolation specified in that form,
(b)
(b) where the person has completed a form equivalent to a Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, at an intended place of self-isolation specified in that form,
(c)
(c) in any other case at a place described in paragraph (4)(a) to (c).
(7) P must, on their arrival in England, travel directly to the place at which they are to self-isolate, and must then self-isolate until whichever is the earlier of—
(a)
(a) the end of the 14th day after the day on which they arrive in the common travel area, or
(b)
(b) their departure from England.
(8) Paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation—
(a)
(a) from any person with whom they were travelling when they arrived in England and who is also self-isolating in the place where P is self-isolating,
(b)
(b) where P is self-isolating in their home, from any member of their household,
(c)
(c) where P is self-isolating in the home of a friend or family member, from any member of the household of that friend or family member.
(9) During the period of their self-isolation, P may not leave, or be outside of, the place where P is self-isolating except—
(a)
(a) to travel in order to leave England, provided that they do so directly,
(b)
(b) to seek medical assistance, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner, including to access any of the services referred to in paragraph 37 or 38 of Schedule 2 to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 20209,
(c)
(c) to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings,
(d)
(d) to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm,
(e)
(e) on compassionate grounds, including to attend a funeral of—
(i) a member of P’s household,
(ii) a close family member, or
(iii) if no-one within paragraph (i) or (ii) are attending, a friend,
(f)
(f) to move to a different place for self-isolation specified in the Passenger Locator Form or a form equivalent to a Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, or
(g)
(g) in exceptional circumstances such as—
(i) to obtain basic necessities such as food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) where it is not possible to obtain these provisions in any other manner,
(ii) to access critical public services, including—
(aa) social services,
(bb) services provided to victims (such as victims of crime),
(iii) to move to a different place for self-isolation where it becomes impracticable to remain at the address at which they are self-isolating.
(10) For the purposes of this regulation, the...
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