Citation, commencement, interpretation and application _I1,I2

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from South Africa) (England) Regulations 2020.

(2) Regulations 1, 3 and 4 come into force at 9.00 p.m. on 23rd December 2020.

(3) Regulation 2 comes into force at 9.00 a.m. on 24th December 2020.

^M2 (4) In these Regulations, “ the International Travel Regulations ” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 .

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

Prohibition on the arrival of aircraft travelling directly from South Africa

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Amendment of the International Travel Regulations

3. —(1) The International Travel Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (requirement to provide information), after paragraph (10), insert—

“ (10A) Paragraph (10) does not apply in relation to a person who has, at any time in the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of their arrival in England, departed from or transited through a country or territory listed in Schedule B1. ” .

(3) In regulation 4 (requirement to self-isolate)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), after “transited through a non-exempt country or territory” insert—

“ , or

(c) is residing with another person (“B”), and B has arrived in England from a country or territory listed in Schedule B1 or has, within the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of B's arrival in England, departed from or transited through a country or territory listed in Schedule B1 ” ;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “or (c)” substitute “ , (c) or (d) ” ;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), after “arranged under that paragraph” insert—

“ , or

(d) where P is a person described in paragraph (1)(c) (residing with another person, “B”), at the address at which P is residing with B ” ;

(c) after paragraph (7), insert—

“ (7A) Where P is a person described in paragraph (1)(c) (residing with another person, “B”), P must self-isolate until the end of the period during which B is required to self-isolate. ” ;

(d) after paragraph (13A), insert—

“ (14) Paragraphs (13) and (13A) do not apply in relation to—

(a) a person who has, at any time in the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of their arrival in England, departed from or transited through a country or territory listed in Schedule B1, or

(b) a person residing with a person described in sub-paragraph (a). ” .

(4) After Schedule A1, insert—

Regulations 3 and 4

“ SCHEDULE B1 Countries and territories subject to additional measures _I3,I4

South Africa ” .

Transitional and saving provision _I5,I6

4. In relation to any person who arrived in England on or after 10th July 2020 but before 9.00 p.m. on 23rd December 2020, or any person residing with such a person, the International Travel Regulations apply as if the amendments made by regulation 3 had not been made.