The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/568) is a statutory instrument (SI) enacted on 4 July 2020 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The regulations aim to reduce the possibility of infection spreading from travellers from overseas. They impose requirements on certain categories of travellers arriving in England from outside the Common Travel Area (which comprises all regions of the United Kingdom plus the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man). Travellers falling within the regulations must provide specified information to the British government on entry, and some must undergo a fourteen-day period of self-isolation (later reduced to ten days).
Statutory Instrument | |
Citation | 2020 No. 568 |
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Introduced by | Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care |
Territorial extent | England |
Dates | |
Made | 2 June 2020 |
Laid before Parliament | 3 June 2020 |
Commencement | 8 June 2020 |
Other legislation | |
Made under | Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 |
Status: Amended | |
Text of the The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. |
As initially made, the requirements applied in respect of all travel to England from anywhere outside the Common Travel Area, but from 10 July 2020 travellers from a list of "exempt countries and territories" are not subject to the requirement to self-isolate. Later amendments introduced further refinements including "additional measures" imposed on travellers from certain areas, and rules banning all flights and vessels from some high-risk regions.
The SI relates to England only; there are separate regulations for travellers to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Regulations
Legal basis and commencement
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/568) were introduced by way of a statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, using emergency powers available to him under sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.[1] The regulations came into effect on 8 June 2020.[2]
Requirement to provide information
The regulations apply to most travellers who arrive in England from outside the Common Travel Area (CTA), ie all regions of the United Kingdom plus the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.[3][4] Travellers must provide information about themselves and their intended address or addresses in England for the following 14 days.[5] The same applies to travellers arriving from within the CTA who have been outside the CTA in the 14 days preceding their arrival.[6]
The required information includes the passenger's personal data, journey details, and details of the place they intend to self-isolate.[7] A passenger locator form must be completed on arrival into England,[5] or, for passengers on the Eurotunnel Shuttle, at immigration control in Calais.[8] Alternatively, passengers may complete the form in advance,[9] as long as they provide proof of having done so if requested.[10]
Members of diplomatic or consular missions, representatives of international organisations afforded privileges and immunities in the UK, diplomatic and consular couriers, government representatives on official business, and members of their households are exempted from the requirement to provide this information;[11] although between 7 and 28 November this exemption was not available to any person who had been in Denmark in the 14 days before arriving in England.[12]
By October 2020, the government concluded that the level of compliance with the requirement to provide information was "sub-optimal".[13] The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Passengers Travelling to England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1090) placed additional requirements on travel operators to provide information to passengers, including a requirement to provide information relating to compliance with these requirements and health guidance. Such information is required to be provided to passengers within the period 24–48 hours before departure to England.[14] From 1 February 2021, transport operators who do not ensure passengers they carry into England have completed the form can also be fined or prosecuted.[15]
Requirement to self-isolate
SI 2020/568, as originally made, required all travellers who entered England from outside the Common Travel Area or who had been outside the Common Travel Area in the fourteen days prior to their arrival in England, to self-isolate from others for a period of time.[16] Amendments to the regulations (see below) relaxed this requirement in respect of certain countries.
Self-isolating travellers must travel directly to the place where they are to self-isolate and must remain there until the end of the 14th day after which they entered the Common Travel Area, or the date they leave England.[17] From 14 December 2020 the self-isolation period was reduced to 10 days.[18]
People who are within their periods of self-isolation may not leave or be outside the place where they are self-isolating except:
- to travel to leave England, provided they do so directly[19]
- to seek medical assistance[20]
- to fulfil a legal obligation such as to attend court, satisfy bail conditions, or participate in legal proceedings[21]
- to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm[22]
- on compassionate grounds, such as attending certain funerals[23]
- to move to a different place of self-isolation[24]
- in exceptional circumstances, for example to obtain basic necessities such as food or medical supplies where these cannot be obtained in any other manner; to access critical public services; or to move to a different address when it becomes impractical to remain at the self-isolation address.[25]
'Test to release', from 15 December 2020
From 15 December 2020, amendments brought in by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1337) provide a 'test to release' regime which allows some self-isolation periods to be reduced from 10 days (previously 14 days) to five.[26] The traveller must take a government-validated private COVID-19 test on or after the fifth day from last being in a non-exempt country,[27] and must receive a negative result.[28] The regime applies only to private tests, and a negative result from the NHS test does not count for this purpose.[29] Anyone who receives a positive or an unclear result must continue to self-isolate. The regulations set out rules whereby private suppliers may have their tests officially validated for use under this regime.[30] On 17 December 2020, further requirements were imposed on private providers of COVD-19 tests by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020.[31] From 24 December 2020, Test to Release does not apply to countries which are subject to 'additional measures'.[32]
Exempt countries, territories, and parts of countries and territories
On 10 July 2020 a list of exempt countries and territories was introduced. Travellers arriving in England who in the preceding 14 days have been in or transited only through a country or territory on the exempt list do not have to self-isolate.[33]
The table below lists all the places which are or have been exempt (travellers from any place that is not listed in this table must self-isolate) or which have been subject to additional restrictions beyond the standard requirement to self-isolate. The colour-coding is based on the latest legally-binding English regulations – ignoring government 'guidelines' and political statements. These are subject to a variety of exceptions, summarised below.
The list of exempt countries was last amended by SI 2021/98, in force from 29 January 2021.
Country/territory [sortable] | Dates exempt | Dates not exempt | Dates flights/vessels banned | |
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Not exempt | Plus additional measures | |||
All areas not listed below | 10 July 2020–[33] | |||
Scotland | Within the Common Travel Area | N/A | ||
Wales | Within the Common Travel Area | N/A | ||
Northern Ireland | Within the Common Travel Area | N/A | ||
Ireland, Republic of | Within the Common Travel Area | N/A | ||
Isle of Man | Within the Common Travel Area | N/A | ||
Channel Islands | Within the Common Travel Area | N/A | ||
Andorra | 10 July 2020 – 8 August 2020 | 9 August 2020–[34] | ||
Angola | 10 July 2020–[33] | 9 Jan 2021 –[35] | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Argentina | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | 15 January 2021–[38] | |
Aruba | 10 July 2020 – 15 August 2020; 28 Nov 2020–[39]15 Jan 2021[40] | 15 August 2020–[41]28 Nov 2020;[39] 16 Jan 2021–[40] | ||
Australia | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Austria | 10 July 2020 – 22 August 2020 | 22 August 2020–[42] | ||
The Bahamas | 10 July 2020 – 8 August 2020 | 9 August 2020–[34] | ||
Bahrain | 14 Nov 2020–[43]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Barbados | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Belgium | 10 July 2020 – 8 August 2020 | 9 August 2020–[34] | ||
Bhutan | 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36]– | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Bolivia | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | ||
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 10 July 2020 – 3 Oct 2020;[44] 21 Nov 2020–16 Jan 2021[40] | 3 Oct 2020–[44]20 Nov 2020;[45] 16 Jan 2021–[40] | ||
Botswana | 12 Dec 2020–[46] 9 Jan 2021[47] | 10 July 2020 - 11 December 2020,[46] 9 January 2021[47] - | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | |
Brazil | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | 15 January 2021–[38] | |
Brunei | 11 August 2020–[34]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | 29 Jan 2021–[48] | |
Burundi | 10 July 2020–[33] | 29 Jan 2021–[48] | ||
Cambodia | 14 Nov 2020–[43]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Cape Verde | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | 15 January 2021–[38] | |
Chile | 14 Nov 2020–14 Jan 2021[49] | 10 July 2020–13 Nov 2020;[43], 15 January 2021[49] - | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | 15 January 2021–[38] |
Colombia | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | ||
Croatia | 10 July 2020 – 22 August 2020 | 22 August 2020–[42] | ||
Cuba | 29 August 2020–[50]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Curaçao | 10 July 2020–26 Sept 2020[51] | 26 Sept 2020–[51] | ||
Cyprus | 10 July 2020–31 Oct 2020[52] | 1 Nov 2020–[52] | ||
Czechia | 10 July 2020 – 29 August 2020 | 29 August 2020–[50] | ||
Denmark | 10 July 2020–26 Sept 2020;[51] 25 Oct 2020–[53]6 Nov 2020[54] | 26 Sept 2020[51]–25 Oct 2020;[53] 6 Nov 2020–[54] | ||
Dominica | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021–[36] | ||
DR Congo | 10 July 2020–[33] | 22 Jan 2021–[55] | ||
Ecuador | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | ||
Estonia | 28 July 2020–[56]28 November 2020[39] | 28 November 2020–[39] | ||
Eswatini | 10 July 2020–[33] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | ||
Faroe Islands | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021–[36] | ||
Fiji | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021–[36] | ||
Finland | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021–[36] | ||
France | 10 July 2020 – 15 August 2020 | 15 August 2020–[41] | ||
French Guiana | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | ||
French Polynesia | 10 July 2020–12 Sept 2020 | 12 Sept 2020–[57] | ||
Germany | 10 July 2020–7 Nov 2020[54] | 7 Nov 2020–[54] | ||
Greece (excluding certain islands) | 10 July 2020–13 Nov 2020[43] | 14 Nov 2020–[43] | ||
Greece (island of Mykonos) | 10 July 2020–9 Sept 2020; 25 Oct 2020–[58]13 Nov 2020[43] | 9 Sept 2020[53]–25 Oct 2020;[58] 14 Nov 2020–[43] | ||
Greece (island of Crete) | 10 July 2020–9 Sept 2020;[53] 18 Oct 2020–[59]18 Jan 2021[36] | 9 Sept 2020[53]–18 Oct 2020;[59] 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Greece (islands of Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, and Santorini) | 10 July 2020–9 Sept 2020;[53] 10 Oct 2020–[60]13 Nov 2020[43] | 9 Sept 2020–10 Oct 2020;[60] 14 Nov 2020–[43] | ||
Greece (islands of Corfu, Kos and Rhodes) | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36] | ||
Greece (island of Zakynthos) | 10 July 2020–9 Sept 2020;[53] 10 Oct 2020–[60]18 Jan 2021[36] | 9 Sept 2020–10 Oct 2020;[60] 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Greenland | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Grenada | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Guadeloupe | 10 July 2020–19 Sept 2020[61] | 19 Sept 2020–[61] | ||
Guyana | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | ||
Hong Kong | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Hungary | 10 July 2020–12 Sept 2020 | 12 Sept 2020–[62] | ||
Iceland | 10 July 2020–26 Sept 2020;[51] 14 Nov 2020–[43]18 Jan 2021[36] | 26 Sept 2020–[51]13 Nov 2020;[43] 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Israel (except Jerusalem) | 21 Nov 2020–[45]9 Jan 2021[47] | 9 Jan 2021–[47] | ||
Italy | 10 July 2020 – 18 October 2020[59] | 18 October 2020–[59] | ||
Jamaica | 10 July 2020 – 29 August 2020 | 29 August 2020–[50] | ||
Japan | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Jerusalem | 21 Nov 2020–[45]9 Jan 2021[45] | 9 Jan 2021–[47] | ||
Kiribati | 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Laos | 14 Nov 2020–[43]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Latvia | 28 July 2020–[56]28 November 2020[39] | 28 November 2020–[39] | ||
Lesotho | 10 July 2020–[33] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | ||
Liechtenstein | 10 July 2020–25 Oct 2020[53] | 25 Oct 2020–[53] | ||
Lithuania | 10 July 2020–31 Oct 2020[52] | 1 Nov 2020–[52] | ||
Luxembourg | 10 July 2020 – 30 July 2020 | 31 July 2020–[63] | ||
Macau | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Malawi | 10 July 2020–[33] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | ||
Malaysia | 11 August 2020–[34]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Maldives | 25 Oct 2020–[53]18 Jan 2021[36] | |||
Malta | 10 July 2020 – 15 August 2020 | 15 August 2020–[41] | ||
Mauritius | 10 July 2020–9 Jan 2021[47] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | |
Micronesia, the Federated States of | 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36] | ||
Monaco | 10 July 2020 – 15 August 2020 | 15 August 2020–[41] | ||
Mongolia | 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36] | ||
Mozambique | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | ||
Namibia | 21 Nov 2020–[45]19 December 2020[64] | 19 December 2020–;[64] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | |
The Netherlands | 10 July 2020 – 15 August 2020 | 15 August 2020–[41] | ||
New Caledonia | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36] | ||
New Zealand | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Norway | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36] | ||
Panama | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | ||
Paraguay | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | ||
Peru | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | ||
Poland | 10 July 2020 – 3 October 2020[44] | 3 October 2020–[44] | ||
Portugal (except the Azores and Madeira) | 22 August 2020[65]–12 Sept 2020 | 12 Sept 2020–[62]; | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | 15 January 2021–[38] |
Portugal (the Azores and Madeira) | 22 August 2020–14 Jan 2021[49] | 10 July 2020–21 August 2020;[65] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | 15 January 2021–[38] |
Qatar | 14 Nov 2020–15 Jan 2021[40] | 10 July 2020–13 Nov 2020;[43] 16 Jan 2021–[40] | ||
Réunion | 10 July 2020–12 Sept 2020 | 12 Sept 2020–[57] | ||
Rwanda | 21 Nov 2020–[45]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | 29 Jan 2021–[48] | |
Saint Barthélemy | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Saint Lucia | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28 July 2020–[56]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Samoa | 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
San Marino | 10 July 2020 – 18 October 2020[59] | 18 October 2020–[59] | ||
Saudi Arabia | 12 Dec 2020-[46]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Serbia | 10 July 2020 (only) | 11 July 2020–[66] | ||
Seychelles | 10 July 2020–9 Jan 2021[47] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | |
Singapore | 19 Sept 2020–[61]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Slovakia | 28 July 2020[56]-26 Sept 2020[51] | 26 Sept 2020-[51] | ||
Slovenia | 28 July 2020[56]–19 Sept 2020[61] | 19 Sept 2020–[61] | ||
Solomon Islands | 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36] | ||
South Africa | 10 July 2020–[33] | 23 Dec–[32] | 24 December 2020–[67] | |
South Korea | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Spain (except Canary Islands) | 10 July 2020 – 25 July 2020[68] | 26 July 2020–[68] | ||
Spain (Canary Islands) | 10 July 2020 – 25 July 2020;[68] 25 Oct 2020–[53]12 Dec 2020[46] | 26 July 2020–24 Oct 2020;[68] 12 Dec 2020-[46] | ||
Sri Lanka | 21 Nov 2020–[45]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Suriname | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021 –[37] | ||
Sweden | 12 Sept 2020–[57]7 Nov 2020[54] | 7 Nov 2020–[54] | ||
Switzerland | 10 July 2020 – 29 August 2020 | 29 August 2020–[50] | ||
Taiwan | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Tanzania | 10 July 2020– | 22 Jan 2021–[55] | 22 Jan 2021–[55] | |
Thailand | 19 Sept 2020–[61]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Timor-Leste | 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Tonga | 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Trindad and Tobago | 10 July 2020 – 22 August 2020 | 22 August 2020–[42] | ||
Turkey | 10 July 2020 – 3 October 2020[44] | 3 October 2020–[44] | ||
United Arab Emirates | 14 Nov 2020–[43]12 January 2021[69] | 12 January 2021–[69] | 29 Jan 2021–[48] | 29 Jan 2021–[70] |
United States of America (except Northern Mariana Islands and Virgin Islands) | 10 July 2020–[33] | |||
United States of America (Northern Mariana Islands) | 21 Nov 2020–[45]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
United States Virgin Islands | 21 Nov 2020–[45]19 December 2020[64] | 19 December 2020–[64] | ||
Uruguay | 21 Nov 2020–[45]19 December 2020[64] | 19 December 2020–[64]; | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | |
Vanuatu | 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Vatican City State | 10 July 2020 – 18 October 2020[59] | 18 October 2020–[59] | ||
Venezuela | 10 July 2020–[33] | 15 Jan 2021–[37] | ||
Vietnam | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Zambia | 10 July 2020–[33] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | ||
Zimbabwe | 10 July 2020–[33] | 9 Jan 2021–[35] | ||
Anguilla * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Bermuda * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
British Antarctic Territory * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
British Virgin Islands * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Cayman Islands * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas * | 10 July 2020–13 Nov 2020[71] | 14 Nov 2020–[71] | ||
Falkland Islands * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Gibraltar * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Montserrat * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands * | 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] | 18 Jan 2021[36]– | ||
Turks and Caicos Islands * | 10 July 2020 – 15 August 2020; 14 Nov 2020–[71]18 Jan 2021[36] | 15 August 2020–[41]13 Nov 2020[71] |
Travellers entering England from any place that is not listed in this table must self-isolate.
No self-isolation. Country is in the Common Travel Area, so the regulations do not apply. |
No self-isolation, but must possess a negative test result. There are currently no countries where this applies |
Self-isolation currently required. Must possess a negative test result. Was previously exempt, but no longer. May use "test to release" on the fifth day after arriving. |
Self-isolation currently required, including all members of household ('additional measures'). Must possess a negative test result. |
Arrival of all flights/vessels banned |
* indicates a British Overseas Territory |
Transitional rules
A passenger who arrives in the UK from a country which is later removed from the exemption list does not then need to self-isolate. A passenger who arrives in the UK from a country which later becomes exempt must still complete their 14-day self-isolation.[72]
Exempt classes of traveller
Certain classes of traveller, particularly those who need to cross the border for work purposes, are exempt from self-isolation or subject to modified requirements. These include, subject to a complex variety of conditions:[73]
- transit passengers, and those travelling to receive healthcare
- people who cross the border at least weekly to travel between work and home
- seasonal farm workers
- healthcare professionals (until 30 July only)[74]
- healthcare couriers, and those involved in clinical trials
- road haulage workers and road passenger transit workers
- mariners, air crew and tunnel workers
- essential government contractors, and other essential and emergency workers
- oil and gas, nuclear, aerospace and space workers
- postal operators
- repatriated prisoners, extradited persons, and their escorts
From 7 July 2020:[75]
- elite sportspeople travelling for a specified sports event, and their support teams
- persons engaged in film or high end TV production (until 18 January 2021 only)[36]
From 26 September 2020[76] to 18 January 2021:[77]
- directors and actors engaged in audiovisual advertisement production
From 17 November 2020[78] to 9 January 2021:[79]
- seasonal poultry workers who self-isolate at their accommodation or place of work
From 21 November 2020:[80]
- Crown contractors, workers on essential state business, people facilitating diplomatic missions, certified emergency workers, subsea fibre optic cable workers
From 5 December 2020[81] to 18 January 2021:[36]
- persons engaged in TV production, journalists and performing arts professionals. Also, certain senior executives who believe that their physical presence in England will, more likely than not, lead to the creation or saving of at least 50 jobs or a contract worth at least £100 million.
From 5 December 2020:
- newly-signed elite athletes[81]
From 19 December 2020
- persons carrying out work designated as essential by the Secretary of State for Transport, including the high speed 2 rail project.[82]
Intended to be from 15 January 2021,[83] but revoked before the exemption came into effect:[36]
- workers dealing with flower bulbs and ornamental flowers
Rules for Denmark, 7–28 November 2020
Following the Cluster 5 mutation of COVID-19 in Denmark in November 2020, special restrictions were applied to travel from that country. From 7 November 2020, all exemptions from completing the passenger locator form and from self-isolation ceased to apply to anyone arriving from Denmark, and a requirement to self-isolate for 14 days was extended to anyone in the same household as a traveller who had been in Denmark.[84] A ban on entry to the UK on all travellers from Denmark (except hauliers and British citizens and residents) was also announced.[85][86] From 8 November, passenger flights and vessels departing Denmark were banned from landing in England except in an emergency.[87] An exemption was added on 14 November covering professional sportspeople and their support teams arriving in connection with certain football matches.[88] On 28 November 2020, all of the additional Denmark-specific restrictions were revoked.[89]
'Additional measures'
From 23 December 2020, more restrictive 'additional measures' started to be applied to certain countries and regions. These additional measures require non-exempted arrivals who have been in or transited through a specified area during the preceding 14 days, along with members of their households, to self-isolate for 10 days. The “Test to Release” option is not available for those people.[32]
Details on the dates during which specific countries and regions have been subject to ‘additional measures’ are given in the table above.
In respect of Portugal only, hauliers who have been in Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira) but not the Central and South American countries listed are exempt.[90]
Arrivals banned
All flights and vessels arriving in England from certain high-risk areas have been halted at various times, the first instance being the banning of flights from Denmark between 7 and 28 November 2020.[87][89]
From 24 December 2020:
Direct passenger flights from South Africa are banned.[91] Exemptions apply to UK government planes or vessels, emergency landings, and air ambulances.
From 15 January 2021:
Direct passenger flights from Argentina, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, and Portugal are banned, as are ferries or other passenger vessels arriving from Portugal.[92] Exemptions apply to UK government planes or vessels, emergency landings or moorings, and air ambulances.[92]
Requirement for negative coronavirus test
The Regulations were amended with effect from 15 January 2021 by SI 2021/38.[93] From that date, a passenger arriving in England from outside the Common Travel Area has to possess a notification of a negative COVID-19 test from a sample taken no more than three days before they departed for the UK, unless exempt.[94] NHS tests are not accepted.[95]
Exemptions apply to:
- Children aged under 11 [96]
- Those in certain professions: [97]
- Border and customs officials
- Channel Tunnel system workers
- Hauliers
- Air, maritime, and rail crew
- Civil aviation inspectors
- Travellers transporting human cells or blood products
- Seamen and masters, inspectors, and surveyors of ships
- Travellers returning from conducting essential state business or essential, emergency, or policing work outside the UK and having a certificate of exemption from their department[98]
- Foreign diplomats or government officials travelling on official business and holding exemption certificates from the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office [98]
- Workers with certain specialist technical skills [98]
Test certificates may be presented physically or electronically,[99] and must be in English, French, or Spanish.[100] Test devices used to conduct the tests must have sensitivity of at least 80% (that is, a false positive rate of no more than 20%), specificity of at least 97% (a false negative rate of no more than 3%), and a limit of detection of less than or equal to 100,000 SARS-CoV-2 copies per millilitre.[100]
Travellers may also have a reasonable excuse not to possess a negative COVID-19 test if one of the following applies:[101]
- The traveller was medically unfit to undergo a test and possesses a medical certificate to that effect
- It was not reasonably practicable for the traveller to obtain a test owing to a disability
- The traveller required medical treatment with such urgency that obtaining a test was not reasonably practicable
- The traveller contracted coronavirus and required emergency medical treatment
- The traveller was accompanying a traveller requiring emergency treatment and obtaining a test was not reasonably practicable
- The traveller originated in a country or territory where tests are not available or it was not reasonably practicable to obtain one there or at any transfer point
- The traveller's journey to their last departure point to England took so long that it was not reasonably practicable to obtain a test in the three days prior to departure, nor at any transfer point.
Offences and enforcement
The regulations create the new offences of:[102]
- Failing to complete the passenger locator form
- Failing to self-isolate as required
- Failing to comply with an authorised person's direction
- Providing false or misleading passenger information
- Obstructing a person carrying out a function under the regulations.
Enforcement of the regulations is in the hands of the police and immigration officers.[103] Breaches of the regulations attract a fixed penalty notice. Breaches relating to self-isolation initially attracted a fixed penalty of £1,000,[104] later increased to an amount on sliding scale between £1000 and £10,000.[105] Breaches relating to the provision of information attract a penalty of £100 for the first offence, increasing on a sliding scale to £3,200;[106] with effect from 18 January 2021 this was increased to £500 to £4,000.[107] Offenders may alternatively face prosecution by the Crown Prosecution Service.[108]
From 15 January 2021:
- Failing to provide a clear COVID-19 test on arrival in the UK[109]
From 1 February 2021:
- Transport operator failing to verify passengers' locator forms or COVID-19 test certificates[15]
List of amendments by date
The Regulations have been amended numerous times. The first amendment, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/691), introduced the list of exempt countries and territories with effect from 10 July. Later amendments mostly added and removed countries from the exempt list.
SI No. | Amend. No. | Made | Effective from | Summary of major changes | Link | |
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691 | 1 | 6 July | 7 July | Added exemptions from self-isolation for certain professions and sportspeople attending prescribed events; changed review frequency to every 28 days | [112] | |
10 July | Created the exempt country list | |||||
724 | 2 | 10 July | 11 July | Removed Serbia from exempt list | [113] | |
799 | 3 | 23 July | 28 July | Added Estonia, Latvia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Slovakia, and Slovenia to exempt list | [72] | |
805 | 4 | 25 July | 26 July | Removed Spain from exempt list | [114] | |
813 | 5 | 29 July | 30 July | Added permission for visitors providing emergency, medical, or veterinary assistance, personal care, or critical personal services to visit someone who is self-isolating; removed exemption from self-isolation for medical and care professionals entering the UK; added additional specified sports events | [115] | |
819 | 6 | 30 July | 31 July | Removed Luxembourg from exempt list | [116] | |
841 | 7 | 7 August | 9 August | Removed Andorra, the Bahamas, and Belgium from exempt list | [117] | |
11 August | Added Brunei and Malaysia to exempt list | |||||
866 | 8 | 14 August | 15 August | Removed Aruba, France, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, and Turks and Caicos Islands from exempt list; added additional specified sports events | [118] | |
881 | 9 | 20 August | N/A | Removed Austria, Croatia, and Trinidad and Tobago from exempt list, and added Portugal; added an additional specified sports event. Revoked by SI 2020/890 before it entered into force | [119] | |
890 | 10 | 21 August | 22 August | Revoked the Amendment (No. 9) Regulations due to a clerical error; and re-applied the same amendments | [65] | |
913 | 11 | 28 August | 29 August | Removed Czechia, Jamaica, and Switzerland from exempt list and added Cuba; reworded the requirement to provide a residence address; updated the list of specified sports events | [120] | |
959 | 12 | 8 Sept | 9 Sept | Allowed for different rules for parts of countries; added self-isolation requirement for travellers from the Greek islands of Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Crete, Mykonos, Santorini and Zakynthos | [121] | |
980 | 13 | 11 Sept | 12 Sept | Removed French Polynesia, Hungary, mainland Portugal, and Réunion from exempt list; added Sweden | [122] | |
1013 | 14 | 18 Sept | 19 Sept | Removed Guadeloupe and Slovenia from exempt list; added Singapore and Thailand | [123] | |
1039 | 15 | 24 Sept | 26 Sept | Removed Curaçao, Denmark, Iceland, and Slovakia from exempt list; added exemptions from self-isolation for elite sportspeople attending medicals, support staff of elite sportspeople, those involved in advertising production | [76] | |
1070 | 16 | 30 Sept | 2 Oct | Increased the penalty for breach of isolation to an amount on sliding scale between £1000 and £10,000. Provided for a situation where a person is self-isolating for other reasons | [124] | |
1076 | 17 | 2 Oct | 3 Oct | Removed Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Poland, and Turkey from exempt list | [44] | |
1094 | 18 | 8 Oct | 10 Oct | Added the Greek islands of Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Santorini and Zakynthos to the exempt list | [60] | |
1129 | 19 | 16 Oct | 18 Oct | Added Crete to the exempt list; removed Italy, San Marino and Vatican City State | [59] | |
1161 | 20 | 23 Oct | 25 Oct | Added Mykonos (Greece), The Canary Islands, Denmark and The Maldives to the exempt list; removed Liechtenstein | [58] | |
1190 | 21 | 29 Oct | 1 Nov | Removed Cyprus and Lithuania from exempt list; updated the list of prescribed sporting events | [52] | |
1227 | 22 | 6 Nov | 6 Nov | Removed Denmark from exempt list | [54] | |
7 Nov | Removed Germany and Sweden from exempt list | |||||
1238 | 23 | 7 Nov | 7 Nov | The list of exempt classes of traveller no longer applies to anyone arriving from Denmark; anyone who lives with an arrival from Denmark is also required to self-isolate | [125] | |
1239 | – | 8 Nov | 8 Nov | Most aircraft and vessels from Denmark are prohibited | [126] | |
1277 | – | 12 Nov | 14 Nov | Removed mainland Greece and some islands as well as the sovereign base areas in Cyprus from the exempt list; added Bahrain, Cambodia, Chile, Iceland, Laos, Qatar, and the UAE to the exempt list, introduced an exemption from the Denmark self-isolation rules for footballers playing in two named matches and associated ancillary staff, allowed planes from Denmark to land if carrying these people or for refuelling, or maintenance; allowed air ambulances to land from Denmark | [127] | |
1292 | 24 | 16 Nov | 17 Nov | Allowed seasonal poultry workers to self-isolate at their accommodation and place of work | [78] | |
1323 | 25 | 19 Nov | 21 Nov | Added Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Israel, Jerusalem, Namibia, Northern Mariana Islands, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Uruguay and US Virgin Islands to the exempt list; widened the exemptions for crown servants and government contractors travelling on essential government business; widened the exemption for communications workers; updated the list of approved sports events | [128] | |
1337 | 26 | 23 Nov | 15 Dec | Introduced 'test to release' rules, providing for some self-isolation periods to be reduced from 14 to five days | [129] | |
1360 | 27 | 26 Nov | 28 Nov | Repealed additional restrictions on travellers from Denmark; added Aruba, Bhutan, Kiribati, Mongolia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga and Vanuatu to the exempt list; removed Estonia and Latvia from the exempt list | [130] | |
1424 | 28 | 3 Dec | 5 Dec | Added exemptions to isolation for people engaged in TV production, newly-signed elite athletes, journalists, performing arts professionals, and certain senior executives. | [81] | |
1517 | - | 10 Dec | 14 Dec | Reduced self-isolation period to 10 days | [18] | |
12 Dec | Added Botswana and Saudi Arabia to the exempt list, and removed the Canary Islands | [46] | ||||
1595 | 29 | 17 Dec | 19 Dec | Removed Namibia, the United States Virgin Islands and Uruguay from the exempt list | [64] | |
1644 | - | 23 Dec | 23 & 24 Dec | Most aircraft arrivals from South Africa prohibited; apply 'additional measures' to arrivals who have been in South Africa: both they and members of their household must self-isolate for 10 days, and may not use the “Test to Release” option | [131] | |
18 | 1 | 7 Jan | 9 Jan | Removed Botswana, Israel, Jerusalem, Mauritius and the Seychelles from exempt list, applied 'additional measures' to Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Zambia and Zimbabwe, amended the list of approved sports events | [132] | |
25 | 2 | 11 Jan | 12 Jan | Removed UAE from exempt list | [133] | |
38 | – | 14 Jan | 15 Jan | All arrivals must possess notification of a negative COVID test result | [134] | |
1 Feb | Carriers bringing passengers to the UK liable to £2,000 fine for not verifying passengers' locator forms or negative COVID19 test results | |||||
47 | 3 | 15 Jan | 15 Jan | Chile, Madeira, and the Azores moved from exempt to additional measures; the remainder of South America and Panama placed on additional measures; flights and ferries from certain countries on additional measures banned from landing in England | [135] | |
16 Jan | Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba, and Qatar removed from exempt list | |||||
18 Jan | Starting fine for failure to complete passenger locator form increased to £500, maximum fine £4,000 | |||||
49 | 4 | 15 Jan | 18 Jan | Arrivals from all countries (except those in the Common Travel Area) must self-isolate on arrival. Several classes of traveller removed from the list of people who are exempt | [136] | |
68 | – | 21 Jan | 22 Jan | Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo added to additional measures. Minor amendments to passenger information requirements and information required to be supplied by carriers to passengers. | [137] | |
98 | 5 | 28 Jan | 29 Jan | Burundi, Rwanda and United Arab Emirates added to additional measures. Flights from UAE banned | [138] |
External matters
Enforcement in practice
Although the police are empowered to enforce the regulations, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Cressida Dick stated on 14 May that officers in her force will not do so.[139]
As of 14 August, nine fixed penalty notices had been issued at the border for failure or refusal to complete the passenger locator form.[140]
Notice of changes to the exempt countries
Many removals of countries from the exempt list took effect only at very short notice. When the Amendment (No. 8) Regulations (SI 2020/866) were announced late on Thursday 13 August to take effect from 04:00 British Summer Time on Saturday 15 August, a substantial number of British holidaymakers then in France were faced with the choice of rushing back to the UK on Friday or serving a 14-day self-isolation. The rush generated substantial demand for cross-Channel ferry crossings, Eurotunnel and Eurostar services, and even private jets.[141]
Challenge to the regulations
In September 2020, an English-resident property developer, his wife, and their two sons, who had been on holiday in Croatia took out a judicial review against the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Secretary of State for Transport, claiming that the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 10) Regulations 2020 were unlawful on six grounds.[142]
Citations
- SI 568 (2020), Introductory Text.
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 1.
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 2(1).
- "Immigration Act 1971". Legislation.gov.uk. section 1(3). Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (1).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (3).
- SI 568 (2020), Schedule 1.
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (2).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (6).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (7).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (10).
- SI 1238 (2020), Reg 2.
- SI 1090 (2020), Explanatory memorandum paragraph 7.2.
- SI 1090 (2020), Explanatory memorandum.
- SI 38 (2021), Reg 3(8), inserting Schedule 2B, paras 6 and 8(1)(a) into SI 2020/568.
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (1) to (2).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (7).
- SI 1517 (2020), Reg 3(2).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (a).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (b).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (c).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (d).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (e).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (f).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (g).
- SI 1337 (2020), Explanatory note.
- SI 1337 (2020), Reg 4(a).
- SI 1337 (2020), Reg 2(3)(d).
- SI 1337 (2020), Reg 2(1)(d).
- SI 1337 (2020), Regs 2 & 3.
- SI 1549 (2020).
- SI 1644 (2020), Para 3.
- SI 568 (2020), Schedule A1 & Reg 5(2)(a).
- SI 841 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 18 (2021), Reg 2(4).
- SI 49 (2021), Reg 2(3).
- SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(7).
- SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(8).
- SI 1360 (2020), Reg 2(4).
- SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(6)(b).
- SI 866 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 890 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 1277 (2020), Reg 2(3)(a).
- SI 1076 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 1323 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 1517 (2020), Reg 3(4).
- SI 18 (2021), Reg 2(3).
- SI 98 (2021), Reg 2(2).
- SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(6)(a).
- SI 913 (2020), Reg 2(4).
- SI 1039 (2020), Reg 2(3).
- SI 1190 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 959 (2020), Reg 2(3)(b).
- SI 1227 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 68 (2021), Reg 3(2).
- SI 799 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 980 (2020), 2 (2) (a).
- SI 1161 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 1129 (2020), Reg 2.
- SI 1094 (2020), Reg 2.
- SI 1013 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 980 (2020), Reg 2 (2) (a).
- SI 819 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 1595 2020, Reg 2(2).
- SI 890 (2020).
- SI 724 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 1644 (2020), Para 2.
- SI 805 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 25 (2021), Reg 2(2).
- SI 98 (2021), Reg 2(3).
- SI 1277 (2020), Reg 2(3)(b).
- SI 799 (2020).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (13).
- SI 813 (2020), Reg 2(3)(g).
- SI 691 (2020), Reg 8(12), inserting new Regs 39 and 40 into SI 2020/568.
- SI 1039 (2020).
- SI 49 (2021), Reg 2(4).
- SI 1292 (2020), Reg 2.
- SI 18 (2021), Reg 2(5).
- SI 1323 (2020), Reg 2.
- SI 1424 (2020), Reg 2(3).
- SI 1595 (2020), Reg 2(3).
- SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(9).
- SI 1238 (2020), Reg 3.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54851042
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- SI 1239 (2020), Reg 2 & 3.
- SI 1277 (2020), Reg 2(2).
- SI 1360 (2020), Reg 3.
- SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(2)(b).
- SI 1644 (2020), Reg 2(1).
- SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(3).
- SI 38 (2021), Reg 3.
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3A.
- SI 568 (2020), Sch 2B (1) (b).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3A (5) (a).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3A (5) (b).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 3A (5) (c).
- SI 38 (2021), Reg 3 (4).
- SI 38 (2021), Reg 3 (8).
- SI 38 (2021), Reg 3 (4) (c).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 6.
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 7(10).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 7(5).
- SI 1070 (2020), Reg 2(3).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 7(6).
- SI 47 (2021), Reg 2 (5).
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 8.
- SI 38 (2021), Reg 3(3), inserting Regs 3A(1) and (4) into SI 2020/568.
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 11.
- SI 568 (2020), Reg 12 (1).
- SI 691 (2020).
- SI 724 (2020).
- SI 805 (2020).
- SI 813 (2020).
- SI 819 (2020).
- SI 841 (2020).
- SI 866 (2020).
- SI 881 (2020).
- SI 913 (2020).
- SI 959 (2020).
- SI 980 (2020).
- SI 1013 (2020).
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- SI 1239 (2020), Regs 2 & 3.
- SI 1277 (2020).
- SI 1323 (2020).
- SI 1337 (2020).
- SI 1360 (2020).
- SI 1644 (2020).
- SI 18 (2021).
- SI 25 (2021).
- SI 38 (2021).
- SI 47 (2021).
- SI 49 (2021).
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- SI 98 (2021).
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