Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020 and come into force on the commencement date.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

(3) In these Regulations—

“commencement date” means 14th December 2020;

“Self-Isolation Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020;

“All Tiers Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020.

Amendment of the Self-Isolation Regulations

2. —(1) Regulation 3 of the Self-Isolation Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (3)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a)—

(i) for paragraphs (i) and (ii), substitute—

“ (i) the day after the date that they report, or

(ii) where that reported date is five or more days before the date on which the test pursuant to which the notification referred to in regulation 2(1) was given, the fourth day before the date of the test; ” ;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), after “case, with” insert “the date after”.

(3) In paragraph (4)—

(a) for “14” substitute “10”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (a)—

(i) in paragraph (i)—

(aa) for sub-paragraphs (aa) and (bb), substitute—

“ (aa) the day after the date that they report, or

(bb) where that reported date is five or more days before the date on which the test pursuant to which the notification referred to in regulation 2(1) was given, the fourth day before the date of the test; ” ;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), after “otherwise, with” insert “the date after”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (b), for “with the date” substitute “the date after the date”.

Savings and transitional provisions in connection with regulation 2

3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in relation to any period of self-isolation specified under the Self-Isolation Regulations which begins before the coming into force of the amendments made by regulation 2 of these regulations, the Self-Isolation Regulations apply as if those amendments had not been made.

(2) Where a period of self-isolation calculated in accordance with regulation 3(4) of the Self-Isolation Regulations began before the commencement date and had not ended when these regulations come into force, the period ends with the later of—

(a) the tenth day of that period; or

(b) the commencement date.

(3) In calculating whether the tenth day of a period of self-isolation has been reached for the purposes of paragraph (2), the period is to be treated as having begun the day after the day on which it originally began.

Amendment of the All Tiers Regulations

4. —(1) The All Tiers Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulations 3(9) and 5(7), for “14” substitute “10”.