The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2020/813

2020 No. 813

Public Health, England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020

Made 29th July 2020

Laid before Parliament 30th July 2020

Coming into force 31th July 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.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 31st July 2020.

S-2 Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020

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

2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 20202are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4 (requirement to self-isolate), after paragraph (8) insert—

S-8A

8A. Paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation from a person (“V”) when V is at the place where P is self-isolating—

(a) to provide emergency assistance,

(b) to provide care or assistance, including relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 1(1B) or 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 20063, to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating,

(c) to provide medical assistance, including to provide any of the services mentioned in paragraph (9)(b), to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner,

(d) to provide veterinary services, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon,

(e) to provide critical public services, including those mentioned in paragraph (9)(g)(ii)(aa) and (bb).”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (persons not required to comply with regulation 3 or 4)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph 2(1)(a), for “14 days of their arrival” substitute “the period during which they would, but for this paragraph, have had to self-isolate in accordance with regulation 4”,

(b)

(b) in paragraph 3(1)(b)—

(i) for “immediately preceding their arrival” substitute “ending with the day immediately preceding the day of their arrival in the United Kingdom”,

(ii) after “visiting force” insert “, where they have not disembarked”,

(iii) for “immediately preceding its arrival” substitute “ending with the day of its arrival”,

(c)

(c) in paragraph 4(a), for “14 days of arrival” substitute “the period during which they would, but for this paragraph, have had to self-isolate in accordance with regulation 4”,

(d)

(d) in paragraph 13(1)(a), for “14 days of their arrival” substitute “the period during which they would, but for this paragraph, have had to self-isolate in accordance with regulation 4”,

(e)

(e) in paragraph 17(2)(b), for “has the...

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