2020 No. 1223 (W. 277)

Public Health, Wales

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 18) Regulations 2020

Made

Coming into force

Laid before Senedd Cymru

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 45B and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 19841, make the following Regulations.

Title, coming into force and interpretationI11

1

The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 18) Regulations 2020.

2

These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 6 November 2020.

3

In these Regulations, the “International Travel Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 20202.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 1 in force at 6.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Removal of Denmark from the list of exempt countries and territoriesI22

In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt countries and territories outside the common travel area), omit “Denmark”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in force at 6.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Transitional provisionI33

1

Paragraph (2) applies where a person (“P”)—

a

arrives in Wales at or after 4.00 a.m. on 6 November 2020, and

b

was last in Denmark—

i

within the period of 14 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales, and

ii

before 4.00 a.m. on 6 November 2020.

2

P is, by virtue of having been in Denmark, to be treated for the purposes of regulations 7(1) and 8(1) of the International Travel Regulations as having arrived in Wales from, or having been in, a non-exempt country or territory.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Reg. 3 in force at 6.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Vaughan GethingMinister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/574 (W. 132)) to remove Denmark from the list of exempt countries and territories in those Regulations and to make transitional provision.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared as to the likely cost and benefit of complying with these Regulations.