2021 No. 1126 (W. 273)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2021
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.
Title and coming into forceI11
1
The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2021.
2
These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 11 October 2021.
Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020I22
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 20202 are amended as follows.
Amendments to regulation 2AI33
1
Regulation 2A (exemptions for vaccinated travellers and others) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (3)—
a
in sub-paragraph (ba), at the end insert “unless P is able to provide proof through the NHS COVID pass”;
b
in sub-paragraph (d), at the end insert “except where P is a person described in regulation 4(2)”.
3
In paragraph (10), in the definition of “vaccine certificate”, after “relevant country”, insert “, other than a European country or territory listed in the table in paragraph (11) or the United States of America,”.
4
In paragraph (12), at the appropriate places insert—
Albania
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Egypt
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Kosovo
Maldives
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Serbia
South Africa
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
Vietnam
5
After paragraph (12) insert—
13
Where a course of doses of an authorised vaccine has been administered to a person (“P”) by a person acting on behalf of the United Nations and authorised to administer the vaccination in that capacity, P is to be treated as if they have received those doses in a relevant country listed in paragraph (12), and any reference to a person from a relevant country in these Regulations is to be construed accordingly.
Amendment to regulation 6AI44
In regulation 6A(5)(b) (requirement to possess notification of a negative test result), for the words after “valid if” substitute—
—
i
it is provided through the EU Digital COVID Certificate, or
ii
it includes the information specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A.
Amendments to Schedule 3AI55
In Schedule 3A (countries and territories subject to additional measures) omit—
Afghanistan
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
French Guiana
Georgia
Guyana
Indonesia
Kingdom of Eswatini
Kingdom of Lesotho
Mayotte
Mexico
Mongolia
Montenegro
Myanmar
Nepal
Paraguay
Philippines
Republic of Angola
Republic of Botswana
Republic of Burundi
Republic of Cabo Verde
Republic of Malawi
Republic of Mozambique
Republic of Namibia
Republic of Rwanda
Republic of Seychelles
Republic of South Africa
Republic of Zambia
Republic of Zimbabwe
Réunion
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Suriname
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Uruguay
(This note is not part of the Regulations)