These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/574 (W. 132)) (the “International Travel Regulations”). The International Travel Regulations have been previously amended by:
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Persons Travelling to Wales etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/595) (W. 136);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment)
Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/714) (W. 160);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/726) (W. 163);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/804) (W. 177);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/817) (W. 179);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/840) (W. 185);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/868) (W. 190);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/886) (W. 196);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/917) (W. 205);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/944) (W. 210);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/962) (W. 216);
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the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 10) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/981) (W. 220).
The International Travel Regulations impose requirements on persons entering Wales after having been abroad. They include
a requirement for persons arriving in Wales to isolate for a period determined in accordance with the Regulations. The requirements
imposed by the International Travel Regulations are subject to exceptions, and certain categories of person are exempt from
having to comply. Persons entering Wales after being in one or more of the countries and territories listed in Schedule 3
to the International Travel Regulations are not required to isolate. The countries and territories listed in Schedule 3 are
referred to as “exempt countries and territories”.
Part 2 of these Regulations amends the list of exempt countries and territories.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the International Travel Regulations to add Gibraltar and Thailand to the list of
exempt countries and territories.
Regulation 4 of these Regulations amends the International Travel Regulations to remove Guadeloupe and Slovenia from the list
of exempt countries and territories.
Regulations 3 and 5 of these Regulations make transitional provision relating to these countries’ and territories’ change
of status. The transitional provision addresses a potential area of doubt in terms of the effect on the operation of the International
Travel Regulations, of the amendments made by regulations 2 and 4 of these Regulations.
In Part 3 of these Regulations, Regulation 6 corrects a technical error identified in the Welsh language text at paragraph
38(1) of Schedule 2 to the International Travel Regulations (exempt persons).
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.
Regulations revoked (18.3.2022 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Public Health Information to Travellers etc.) (Wales) (Revocation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/315), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 12