2020 No. 1015 (W. 226)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2020
Made
Laid before Senedd Cymru
Coming into force
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.
PART 1General
Title, coming into force and interpretationI11
1
The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2020.
2
These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 19 September 2020.
3
In these Regulations, the “International Travel Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 20202.
PART 2Amendments to the list of exempt countries in Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations
Addition to the list of exempt countries and territoriesI22
1
In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt countries and territories outside the common travel area), at the appropriate place insert—
Thailand
2
In Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt countries and territories outside the common travel area), at the appropriate place insert—
Gibraltar
Transitional provision in connection with regulation 2I33
1
Paragraph (2) applies where, immediately before 4.00 a.m. on 19 September 2020—
a
a person (“P”) was subject to an isolation requirement by virtue of having arrived in Wales from, or having been in a country or territory listed in regulation 2, and
b
P’s last day of isolation is 19 September 2020 or a day after that day.
2
The addition of the country and territory listed in regulation 2 to Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations does not affect the isolation requirement as it applies to P, nor affect how P’s last day of isolation is determined under the International Travel Regulations.
3
Paragraph (4) applies where a person (“P”)—
a
arrives in Wales at or after 4.00 a.m. on 19 September 2020, and
b
was in a country or territory listed in regulation 2 within the period of 14 days ending with the day of P’s arrival in Wales.
4
For the purposes of regulations 7(1) and 8(1) of the International Travel Regulations, the question of whether P has arrived in Wales from, or having been in, a non-exempt country or territory is, in relation to a country or territory listed in regulation 2, to be determined by reference to whether the country or territory was a non-exempt country or territory when P was last there (and not by reference to the country’s or the territory’s status upon P’s arrival in Wales).
5
In this regulation, “isolation requirement” has the meaning given by regulation 10(2) of the International Travel Regulations; and references to P’s last day of isolation are to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 12 of those Regulations.
Removal of countries and territories from the list of exempt countries and territoriesI44
In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt countries and territories outside the common travel area), omit—
Guadeloupe
Slovenia
Transitional provision in connection with regulation 4I55
1
Paragraph (2) applies where a person (“P”)—
a
arrives in Wales at or after 4.00 a.m. on 19 September 2020, and
b
was last in a country or territory listed in regulation 4—
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 19 September 2020.
2
P is, by virtue of having been in that country or territory, 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.
PART 3Amendment to Schedule 2 to the International Travel Regulations
Amendment to Schedule 2 (exempt persons)I66
In Schedule 2 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt persons), for paragraph 38(1) of the Welsh language text substitute—
38
1
Person sy’n preswylio fel arfer yn y Deyrnas Unedig—
a
sy’n athletwr elît a fu’n cymryd rhan mewn cystadleuaeth elît dramor,
b
a fu’n darparu cymorth i athletwr elît mewn cystadleuaeth elît dramor neu a fu fel arall yn ei hyfforddi, neu
c
a fu’n gwasanaethu fel swyddog mewn cystadleuaeth elît dramor neu a fu fel arall yn ymwneud â’i rhedeg,
pan fo’r person wedi teithio i’r Deyrnas Unedig i ddychwelyd o’r gystadleuaeth elît dramor.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)