Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

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.

(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

South Africa ” .

Transitional and saving provision

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.