The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020

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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020
Statutory Instrument
Citation2020 No. 568
Introduced byMatt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Territorial extentEngland
Dates
Made2 June 2020
Laid before Parliament3 June 2020
Commencement8 June 2020 (2020-06-08)
Repealed17 May 2021
Other legislation
Made underPublic Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
Repealed byThe Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021
Status: Repealed
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.

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 aimed to reduce the possibility of infection spreading from travellers from overseas. They imposed 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 had to provide specified information to the British government on entry, and some had to undergo a fourteen-day period of self-isolation (later reduced to ten days).

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" were 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 related to England only; there were separate regulations for travellers to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

On 17 May 2021 the regulations were revoked and replaced by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021. This article presents the legislation as at its date of revocation.

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) varied this general 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 COVID-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 final legally-binding English regulations – ignoring government 'guidelines' and political statements, as enacted prior to the repeal of the rules on 17 May 2021. These are subject to a variety of exceptions, summarised below.

The list of countries with exemptions and additional restrictions was last amended by SI 2021/571, in force from 12 May 2021. Persons travelling from all countries listed in the table below ceased to be subject to these rules on the repeal of the regulations on 17 May 2021 but may be subject to restrictions under the newly created The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 from this date.

Periods for which travel restrictions or exemptions applied to specific areas
Country/territory [sortable] Dates exempt Dates not exempt Dates flights/vessels banned
Not exempt Additional measures
('Red list')
All areas not listed below 8 June 2020–[2]
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 8 June 2020–[2] 9 Jan 2021 –[35]
Antigua and Barbuda 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Argentina 8 June 2020–[2] 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]–
Bangladesh 8 June 2020–[2] 9 April 2021–[44]
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 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37]
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 10 July 2020 – 3 Oct 2020;[45] 21 Nov 2020–16 Jan 2021[40] 3 Oct 2020–[45]20 Nov 2020;[46] 16 Jan 2021–[40]
Botswana 12 Dec 2020–[47] 9 Jan 2021[48] 10 July 2020 - 11 December 2020,[47] 9 January 2021[48] - 9 Jan 2021–[35]
Brazil 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37] 15 January 2021–[38]
Brunei 11 August 2020–[34]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]– 29 Jan 2021–[49]
Burundi 8 June 2020–[2] 29 Jan 2021–[49]
Cambodia 14 Nov 2020–[43]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Cape Verde 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37] 15 January 2021–[38]
Chile 14 Nov 2020–14 Jan 2021[50] 10 July 2020–13 Nov 2020;,[43] 15 January 2021[50] - 15 Jan 2021–[37] 15 January 2021–[38]
Colombia 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37]
Croatia 10 July 2020 – 22 August 2020 22 August 2020–[42]
Cuba 29 August 2020–[51]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Curaçao 10 July 2020–26 Sept 2020[52] 26 Sept 2020–[52]
Cyprus 10 July 2020–31 Oct 2020[53] 1 Nov 2020–[53]
Czechia 10 July 2020 – 29 August 2020 29 August 2020–[51]
Denmark 10 July 2020–26 Sept 2020;[52] 25 Oct 2020–[54]6 Nov 2020[55] 26 Sept 2020[52]–25 Oct 2020;[54] 6 Nov 2020–[55]
Dominica 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021–[36]
DR Congo 8 June 2020–[2] 22 Jan 2021–[56]
Ecuador 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37]
Estonia 28 July 2020–[57]28 November 2020[39] 28 November 2020–[39]
Eswatini 8 June 2020–[2] 9 Jan 2021–[35]
Ethiopia 8 June 2020–[2] 19 March 2021–[58] 19 March 2021–[59]
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 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37]
French Polynesia 10 July 2020–12 Sept 2020 12 Sept 2020–[60]
Germany 10 July 2020–7 Nov 2020[55] 7 Nov 2020–[55]
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–[61]13 Nov 2020[43] 9 Sept 2020[54]–25 Oct 2020;[61] 14 Nov 2020–[43]
Greece (island of Crete) 10 July 2020–9 Sept 2020;[54] 18 Oct 2020–[62]18 Jan 2021[36] 9 Sept 2020[54]–18 Oct 2020;[62] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Greece (islands of Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, and Santorini) 10 July 2020–9 Sept 2020;[54] 10 Oct 2020–[63]13 Nov 2020[43] 9 Sept 2020–10 Oct 2020;[63] 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;[54] 10 Oct 2020–[63]18 Jan 2021[36] 9 Sept 2020–10 Oct 2020;[63] 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[64] 19 Sept 2020–[64]
Guyana 8 June 2020–[2] 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–[65]
Iceland 10 July 2020–26 Sept 2020;[52] 14 Nov 2020–[43]18 Jan 2021[36] 26 Sept 2020–[52]13 Nov 2020;[43] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
India 8 June 2020–[2]23 Apr 2021[66] 23 Apr 2021–[66]
Israel (except Jerusalem) 21 Nov 2020–[46]9 Jan 2021[48] 9 Jan 2021–[48]
Italy 10 July 2020 – 18 October 2020[62] 18 October 2020–[62]
Jamaica 10 July 2020 – 29 August 2020 29 August 2020–[51]
Japan 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Jerusalem 21 Nov 2020–[46]9 Jan 2021[46] 9 Jan 2021–[48]
Kenya 8 June 2020–[2] 9 April 2021–[44]
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–[57]28 November 2020[39] 28 November 2020–[39]
Lesotho 8 June 2020–[2] 9 Jan 2021–[35]
Liechtenstein 10 July 2020–25 Oct 2020[54] 25 Oct 2020–[54]
Lithuania 10 July 2020–31 Oct 2020[53] 1 Nov 2020–[53]
Luxembourg 10 July 2020 – 30 July 2020 31 July 2020–[67]
Macau 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Malawi 8 June 2020–[2] 9 Jan 2021–[35]
Malaysia 11 August 2020–[34]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Maldives 25 Oct 2020–[54]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–11 May 2021[68] 12 May 2021–[68] 12 May 2021–[68]
Malta 10 July 2020 – 15 August 2020 15 August 2020–[41]
Mauritius 10 July 2020–9 Jan 2021[48] 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–[46]19 December 2020[69] 19 December 2020–;[69] 9 Jan 2021–[35]
Nepal 8 June 2020–[2]11 May 2021[68] 12 May 2021–[68]
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]
Oman 8 June 2020–[2] 19 March 2021–[58] 19 March 2021–[59]
Pakistan 8 June 2020–[2] 9 April 2021–[44]
Panama 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37]
Paraguay 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37]
Peru 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37]
Philippines 8 June 2020–[2] 9 April 2021–[44]
Poland 10 July 2020 – 3 October 2020[45] 3 October 2020–[45]
Portugal (except the Azores and Madeira) 22 August 2020[70]–12 Sept 2020 12 Sept 2020–[65] 15 Jan 2021–[37]19 March 2021–[58] 15 January 2021–[38]19 March 2021–[59]
Portugal (the Azores and Madeira) 22 August 2020–14 Jan 2021[50] 10 July 2020 – 21 August 2020;[70] 19 March 2021[71]– 15 Jan 2021–[37]19 March 2021[71] 15 January 2021–[38]19 March 2021[59]
Qatar 14 Nov 2020–15 Jan 2021[40] 10 July 2020–13 Nov 2020;[43] 16 Jan 2021–[40] 19 March 2021–[58] 19 March 2021–[59]
Réunion 10 July 2020–12 Sept 2020 12 Sept 2020–[60]
Rwanda 21 Nov 2020–[46]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]– 29 Jan 2021–[49]
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–[57]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[62] 18 October 2020–[62]
Saudi Arabia 12 Dec 2020-[47]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Serbia 10 July 2020 (only) 11 July 2020–[72]
Seychelles 10 July 2020–9 Jan 2021[48] 9 Jan 2021–[35] 9 Jan 2021–[35]
Singapore 19 Sept 2020–[64]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Slovakia 28 July 2020[57]-26 Sept 2020[52] 26 Sept 2020-[52]
Slovenia 28 July 2020[57]–19 Sept 2020[64] 19 Sept 2020–[64]
Solomon Islands 28 November 2020–[39]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]
Somalia 8 June 2020–[2] 19 March 2021–[58]
South Africa 8 June 2020–[2] 23 Dec 2020–[32] 24 Dec 2020–[73]
South Korea 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Spain (except Canary Islands) 10 July 2020 – 25 July 2020[74] 26 July 2020–[74]
Spain (Canary Islands) 10 July 2020 – 25 July 2020;[74] 25 Oct 2020–[54]12 Dec 2020[47] 26 July 2020–24 Oct 2020;[74] 12 Dec 2020-[47]
Sri Lanka 21 Nov 2020–[46]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Suriname 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021 –[37]
Sweden 12 Sept 2020–[60]7 Nov 2020[55] 7 Nov 2020–[55]
Switzerland 10 July 2020 – 29 August 2020 29 August 2020–[51]
Taiwan 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Tanzania 10 July 2020– 22 Jan 2021–[56] 22 Jan 2021–[56]
Thailand 19 Sept 2020–[64]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[45] 3 October 2020–[45]11 May 2021[68] 12 May 2021–[68] 12 May 2021–[75]
United Arab Emirates 14 Nov 2020–[43]12 January 2021[76] 12 January 2021–[76] 29 Jan 2021–[49] 29 Jan 2021–[77]
United States of America (except Northern Mariana Islands and Virgin Islands) 8 June 2020–[2]
United States of America (Northern Mariana Islands) 21 Nov 2020–[46]18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
United States Virgin Islands 21 Nov 2020–[46]19 December 2020[69] 19 December 2020–[69]
Uruguay 21 Nov 2020–[46]19 December 2020[69] 19 December 2020–;[69] 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[62] 18 October 2020–[62]
Venezuela 8 June 2020–[2] 15 Jan 2021–[37]
Vietnam 10 July 2020–18 Jan 2021[36] 18 Jan 2021[36]–
Zambia 8 June 2020–[2] 9 Jan 2021–[35]
Zimbabwe 8 June 2020–[2] 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[78] 14 Nov 2020–[78]
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–[78]18 Jan 2021[36] 15 August 2020–[41]13 Nov 2020[78]

Travellers entering England from any place that is not listed in this table must self-isolate.

Key (based on the latest enforceable regulations)
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
Red list countries: mandatory hotel isolation currently required at approved quarantine accommodation for at least 10 days. Must arrive via an approved airport, with both accommodation and COVID-19 tests for days 2 and 8 pre-booked
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.[79]

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:[80]

  • 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)[81]
  • 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:[82]

  • 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[83] to 18 January 2021:[84]

  • directors and actors engaged in audiovisual advertisement production

From 17 November 2020[85] to 9 January 2021:[86]

  • seasonal poultry workers who self-isolate at their accommodation or place of work

From 21 November 2020:[87]

  • Crown contractors, workers on essential state business, people facilitating diplomatic missions, certified emergency workers, subsea fibre optic cable workers

From 5 December 2020[88] 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[88]

From 19 December 2020

Intended to be from 15 January 2021,[90] but revoked before the exemption came into effect:[36]

  • workers dealing with flower bulbs and ornamental flowers

From 20 February 2021:

  • Arrivals who are exempt from self-isolation for work/elite sports reasons must now self-isolate except when they are actually carrying out the relevant work/activity[91]

Special rules for high risk countries[]

Starting from 7 November 2020, additional stricter requirements were applied to passengers arriving from certain high-risk countries. These have variously been referred to as "additional measures", and "red list".

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.[92] A ban on entry to the UK on all travellers from Denmark (except hauliers and British citizens and residents) was also announced.[93][94] From 8 November, passenger flights and vessels departing Denmark were banned from landing in England except in an emergency.[95] An exemption was added on 14 November covering professional sportspeople and their support teams arriving in connection with certain football matches.[96] On 28 November 2020, all of the additional Denmark-specific restrictions were revoked.[97]

'Additional measures' (23 December 2020 – 15 February 2021)[]

See table above for 'additional measures' countries and applicable date ranges.

From the end of December, more restrictive 'additional measures' started to be selectively applied to certain countries and regions. These additional measures required non-exempted arrivals who have been in or transited through any 'additional measures' country during the preceding 14 days, along with members of their households, to self-isolate for 10 days. The “Test to Release” option was not available for those people.[32]

Hauliers who had been in Portugal only (including the Azores and Madeira), but not the other listed countries, are exempt.[98][99]

Red list countries and hotel quarantine (from 15 February 2021)[]

See table above for red list ('additional measures') countries and applicable date ranges.

On 15 February 2021 the 'additional measures' rules were significantly tightened, and the list of 'additional measures' countries became known as the 'red list'.[100] From that date, non-exempted international travellers who have been in or transited through any red list country during the preceding 10 days[101] are permitted to enter England only via one of the approved airports, namely Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Birmingham and Farnborough, Bristol (from 24 April 2021[102]), or via any military airfield or port[103] In accordance with the previous rules, the traveller must on arrival be in possession of a notification of a negative COVID-19 test result,[104] and must now also be in possession of (a) a booking for approved quarantine accommodation, (b) a booking for approved transport to that accommodation, and (c) a 'testing package' comprising bookings for COVID-19 tests at day 2 and day 8 after arrival.[105] Certain 'reasonable excuses' for non-compliance are accepted, including disability, urgent medical treatment and lack of access to booking facilities in the departure and transit countries.[106]

At the quarantine accommodation, the traveller must isolate for at least 10 days, and must undergo the day 2 and day 8 tests in good time,[107] although replacement tests are allowed for with 'reasonable excuse'.[108] If either is missed or does not return negative results, the quarantine period is extended.[109] The tests may be undertaken either by a private provider or (for an official fee) by a public provider.[110]

Travellers who are required to isolate may do so together with anyone with whom they were travelling.[111] They may not leave the designated accommodation except:[112]

  • to travel directly to a port to leave the Common Travel Area
  • to fulfil a legal obligation
  • to take exercise
  • to visit a dying person or attend a funeral
  • in other exceptional circumstances such as medical assistance, to access critical public services, to escape risk of harm
  • to access urgent veterinary services.

Leaving for the purpose of exercise, to visit a dying person or attend a funeral requires prior permssion from an authorised person, and may be subject to conditions imposed by that person.[113]

Police officers and other officially authorised persons are empowered to enforce the regulations to direct the traveller to travel to and remain in the accommodation, to remove the traveller to the accommodation, to require the production of papers, to detain for up to three hours, to carry out personal (non-intimate) searches of the person and baggage, and to seize articles found.[114]

Police officers are also given the power to enter premises to search for persons suspected of illegally avoiding isolation, and to remove them (using force if necessary) to their designated accommodation.[115]

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.[95][97]

From 24 December 2020:

Direct passenger flights from South Africa are banned.[116] 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.[117] Exemptions apply to UK government planes or vessels, emergency landings or moorings, and air ambulances.[117]

Requirement for negative coronavirus test[]

The Regulations were amended with effect from 15 January 2021 by SI 2021/38.[118] 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.[104] NHS tests are not accepted.[119]

Exemptions apply to:

  • Children aged under 11 [120]
  • Those in certain professions: [121]
    • 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[122]
  • Foreign diplomats or government officials travelling on official business and holding exemption certificates from the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office [122]
  • Workers with certain specialist technical skills [122]

Test certificates may be presented physically or electronically,[123] and must be in English, French, or Spanish.[124] 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.[124]

Travellers may also have a reasonable excuse not to possess a negative COVID-19 test if one of the following applies:[125]

  • 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.

Tests after arrival[]

From 15 February 2021, travellers aged 5 and up arriving in England from outside the Common Travel Area, or arriving having been outside the Common Travel Area in the preceding 10 days, are required to purchase a testing package, consisting of a day 2 test and a day 8 test.[126] The day 2 test must be taken on or before the second full day after arriving in England, and the day 8 test must be taken on or after the eighth full day after arriving.[126] Unless the traveller is in a 'managed self-isolation facilit'y (government-approved accommodation), they may use the "test to release" option as before.[127] If a test is missed, the self-isolation period is extended from 10 days to 14.[128] A positive test results in the traveller and anyone else self-isolating with them being required to self-isolate for 10 days from the date of the test, and they become prohibited from leaving the country for that time.[129] If the day 2 and day 8 tests are both negative, the traveller may leave self-isolation after completing the 10 full days, or when they receive the negative day 8 result if that is later.[130]

Offences and enforcement[]

The regulations create the new offences of:[131]

  • 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.[132] Breaches of the regulations attract a fixed penalty notice. Breaches relating to self-isolation initially attracted a fixed penalty of £1,000,[133] later increased to an amount on sliding scale between £1000 and £10,000.[134] Breaches relating to the provision of information attract a penalty of £100 for the first offence, increasing on a sliding scale to £3,200;[135] with effect from 18 January 2021 this was increased to £500 to £4,000.[136] Offenders may alternatively face prosecution.[137]

From 15 January 2021:

  • Failing to provide a clear COVID-19 test on arrival in the UK[138]

From 1 February 2021:

  • Transport operator failing to verify passengers' locator forms or COVID-19 test certificates[15]

From 15 February 2021:

  • Breaches of the mandatory hotel quarantine rules.[112] Wilful obstruction of anyone carrying out the regulations: fixed penalties of between £5000 and £10,000.[139]

Review and expiry[]

The regulations must be reviewed every 28 days (originally 21).[140] Unless revoked earlier, they will expire on 7 June 2021.[141]

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.

Amendments
SI No. Amend. No. Made Effective from Summary of major changes Link
Amendments made in 2020
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 [142]
10 July Created the exempt country list
724 2 10 July 11 July Removed Serbia from exempt list [143]
799 3 23 July 28 July Added Estonia, Latvia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Slovakia, and Slovenia to exempt list [79]
805 4 25 July 26 July Removed Spain from exempt list [144]
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 [145]
819 6 30 July 31 July Removed Luxembourg from exempt list [146]
841 7 7 August 9 August Removed Andorra, the Bahamas, and Belgium from exempt list [147]
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 [148]
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 [149]
890 10 21 August 22 August Revoked the Amendment (No. 9) Regulations due to a clerical error; and re-applied the same amendments [70]
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 [150]
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 [151]
980 13 11 Sept 12 Sept Removed French Polynesia, Hungary, mainland Portugal, and Réunion from exempt list; added Sweden [152]
1013 14 18 Sept 19 Sept Removed Guadeloupe and Slovenia from exempt list; added Singapore and Thailand [153]
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 [154]
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 [155]
1076 17 2 Oct 3 Oct Removed Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Poland, and Turkey from exempt list [45]
1094 18 8 Oct 10 Oct Added the Greek islands of Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Santorini and Zakynthos to the exempt list [63]
1129 19 16 Oct 18 Oct Added Crete to the exempt list; removed Italy, San Marino and Vatican City State [62]
1161 20 23 Oct 25 Oct Added Mykonos (Greece), The Canary Islands, Denmark and The Maldives to the exempt list; removed Liechtenstein [61]
1190 21 29 Oct 1 Nov Removed Cyprus and Lithuania from exempt list; updated the list of prescribed sporting events [53]
1227 22 6 Nov 6 Nov Removed Denmark from exempt list [55]
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 [156]
1239 – 8 Nov 8 Nov Most aircraft and vessels from Denmark are prohibited [157]
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 [158]
1292 24 16 Nov 17 Nov Allowed seasonal poultry workers to self-isolate at their accommodation and place of work [85]
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 [159]
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 [160]
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 [161]
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. [88]
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 [47]
1595 29 17 Dec 19 Dec Removed Namibia, the United States Virgin Islands and Uruguay from the exempt list [69]
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 [162]
Amendments made in 2021
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 [163]
25 2 11 Jan 12 Jan Removed UAE from exempt list [164]
38 – 14 Jan 15 Jan All arrivals must possess notification of a negative COVID test result [165]
1 Feb Carriers bringing passengers to the UK liable to £2,000 fine for not verifying passengers' locator forms or negative COVID-19 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 [166]
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 [167]
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 [168]
98 5 28 Jan 29 Jan Burundi, Rwanda and United Arab Emirates added to additional measures. Flights from UAE banned [169]
137 6 9 Feb 11 Feb Removed some exemptions for elite sportspersons; amended the list of approved sports events [170]
150 7 12 Feb 15 Feb Mandatory hotel isolation for 10 days or more required for arrivals from 'additional measures' (red list) countries. Must arrive via an approved airport, with accommodation pre-booked. All non-CTA arrivals must pre-book day 2 and day 8 tests. Police given new powers of entry to find people who are unlawfully outside place of quarantine [171]
166 8 18 Feb 20 Feb Arrivals who are exempt from self-isolation for work/elite sports reasons must now self-isolate except when they are actually carrying out the relevant work/activity [172]
223 9 2 Mar 3 & 4 Mar New rules covering unaccompanied children and those attending a boarding school in England. Private suppliers of self-isolation packages must inform the government of the date the purchaser will arrive [173]
252 – 5 Mar 9 Mar Broadened definition of exempt air crew; amended the list of approved sports events [174]
348 10 18 Mar 19 Mar Portugal, The Azores, Madeira and Mauritius removed from red list and arrival ban. Ethiopia, Oman, Qatar and Somalia added. [175]
442 11 1 Apr 6 Apr New self-isolation regime for road hauliers, and system of workplace testing [176]
447 12 6 Apr 9 Apr Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan and Philippines added to additional measures [177]
452 – 7 Apr 10 Apr Updated the list of approved sports events [178]
498 13 21 Apr 23 Apr Arrangements for G7 summit meeting; added Bristol to list of approved airports; visa-holders arriving to take up work as an NHS nurse subject to less strict measures [179]
24 Apr Added India to red list
555 14 7 May 8 May Updated the list of approved sports events [180]
571 15 11 May 12 May Added Maldives, Nepal, and Turkey to the red list; prohibited direct flights from Maldives and Turkey and boats from Turkey [181]

External matters[]

Enforcement in practice[]

Although the police were from the first empowered to enforce the regulations, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Cressida Dick stated on 14 May 2020 that officers in her force would not do so.[182] As of 14 August 2020, nine fixed penalty notices had been issued at the border for failure or refusal to complete the passenger locator form.[183]

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.[184]

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 sought judicial review of the decisions of 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.[185]

See also[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ SI 568 (2020), Introductory Text.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah SI 568 (2020), Reg 1.
  3. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 2(1).
  4. ^ "Immigration Act 1971". Legislation.gov.uk. section 1(3). Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (1).
  6. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (3).
  7. ^ SI 568 (2020), Schedule 1.
  8. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (2).
  9. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (6).
  10. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (7).
  11. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 3 (10).
  12. ^ SI 1238 (2020), Reg 2.
  13. ^ SI 1090 (2020), Explanatory memorandum paragraph 7.2.
  14. ^ SI 1090 (2020), Explanatory memorandum.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 38 (2021), Reg 3(8), inserting Schedule 2B, paras 6 and 8(1)(a) into SI 2020/568.
  16. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (1) to (2).
  17. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (7).
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 1517 (2020), Reg 3(2).
  19. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (a).
  20. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (b).
  21. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (c).
  22. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (d).
  23. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (e).
  24. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (f).
  25. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (9) (g).
  26. ^ SI 1337 (2020), Explanatory note.
  27. ^ SI 1337 (2020), Reg 4(a).
  28. ^ SI 1337 (2020), Reg 2(3)(d).
  29. ^ SI 1337 (2020), Reg 2(1)(d).
  30. ^ SI 1337 (2020), Regs 2 & 3.
  31. ^ SI 1549 (2020).
  32. ^ Jump up to: a b c SI 1644 (2020), Para 3.
  33. ^ SI 691 (2020), Reg 5(2)(a) and Reg 9 inserting Schedule A1 into SI 2020/568.
  34. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e SI 841 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  35. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n SI 18 (2021), Reg 2(4).
  36. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv SI 49 (2021), Reg 2(3).
  37. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(7).
  38. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(8).
  39. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o SI 1360 (2020), Reg 2(4).
  40. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(6)(b).
  41. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f SI 866 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  42. ^ Jump up to: a b c SI 890 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  43. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n SI 1277 (2020), Reg 2(3)(a).
  44. ^ Jump up to: a b c d SI 447 (2021), Reg 2(2).
  45. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g SI 1076 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  46. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j SI 1323 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  47. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f SI 1517 (2020), Reg 3(4).
  48. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g SI 18 (2021), Reg 2(3).
  49. ^ Jump up to: a b c d SI 98 (2021), Reg 2(2).
  50. ^ Jump up to: a b c SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(6)(a).
  51. ^ Jump up to: a b c d SI 913 (2020), Reg 2(4).
  52. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h SI 1039 (2020), Reg 2(3).
  53. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e SI 1190 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  54. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k SI 959 (2020), Reg 2(3)(b).
  55. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g SI 1227 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  56. ^ Jump up to: a b c SI 68 (2021), Reg 3(2).
  57. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e SI 799 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  58. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e SI 348 (2021), Reg 4(3).
  59. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e SI 348 (2021), Reg 6(2).
  60. ^ Jump up to: a b c SI 980 (2020), 2 (2) (a).
  61. ^ Jump up to: a b c SI 1161 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  62. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i SI 1129 (2020), Reg 2.
  63. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e SI 1094 (2020), Reg 2.
  64. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f SI 1013 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  65. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 980 (2020), Reg 2 (2) (a).
  66. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 498 (2021), Reg 10.
  67. ^ SI 819 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  68. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g SI 571 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  69. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g SI 1595 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  70. ^ Jump up to: a b c SI 890 (2020).
  71. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 348 (2021), Reg 4(2).
  72. ^ SI 724 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  73. ^ SI 1644 (2020), Para 2.
  74. ^ Jump up to: a b c d SI 805 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  75. ^ SI 571 (2020), Reg 2(4).
  76. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 25 (2021), Reg 2(2).
  77. ^ SI 98 (2021), Reg 2(3).
  78. ^ Jump up to: a b c d SI 1277 (2020), Reg 2(3)(b).
  79. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 799 (2020).
  80. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 4 (13).
  81. ^ SI 813 (2020), Reg 2(3)(g).
  82. ^ SI 691 (2020), Reg 8(12), inserting new Regs 39 and 40 into SI 2020/568.
  83. ^ SI 1039 (2020), Reg 2(4)(c).
  84. ^ SI 49 (2021), Reg 2(4).
  85. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 1292 (2020), Reg 2.
  86. ^ SI 18 (2021), Reg 2(5).
  87. ^ SI 1323 (2020), Reg 2.
  88. ^ Jump up to: a b c SI 1424 (2020), Reg 2(3).
  89. ^ SI 1595 (2020), Reg 2(3).
  90. ^ SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(9).
  91. ^ SI 166 (2021), Reg 2.
  92. ^ SI 1238 (2020), Reg 3.
  93. ^ "Coronavirus: UK bans Denmark visitors over mink Covid-19 fears". BBC News. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  94. ^ "Travel ban implemented to protect public health following Denmark COVID-19 mink outbreak". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  95. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 1239 (2020), Reg 2 & 3.
  96. ^ SI 1277 (2020), Reg 2(2).
  97. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 1360 (2020), Reg 3.
  98. ^ SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(2)(b).
  99. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 15.
  100. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 19, inserting Schedule 2C para 21(3)(a)(i) into SI 2020/568.
  101. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 15, inserting Schedule B1A para 1 into SI 2020/568.
  102. ^ SI 498 (2021), Reg 11(3).
  103. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 15, inserting Schedule B1A paras 3 and 4 into SI 2020/568.
  104. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 568 (2020), Reg 3A.
  105. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 5, inserting Reg 3B into SI 2020/568.
  106. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 11(f).
  107. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 19, inserting Schedule 2C para 10 into SI 2020/568.
  108. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 5, inserting Reg 3B(7) into SI 2020/568.
  109. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 19, inserting Schedule 2C para 2 into SI 2020/568.
  110. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 19, inserting Schedule 2C para 12 into SI 2020/568.
  111. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 11.
  112. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 150 (2021), Reg 13.
  113. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 13(2).
  114. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 9(b).
  115. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 10.
  116. ^ SI 1644 (2020), Reg 2(1).
  117. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 47 (2021), Reg 2(3).
  118. ^ SI 38 (2021), Reg 3.
  119. ^ SI 568 (2020), Sch 2B (1) (b).
  120. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 3A (5) (a).
  121. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 3A (5) (b).
  122. ^ Jump up to: a b c SI 568 (2020), Reg 3A (5) (c).
  123. ^ SI 38 (2021), Reg 3 (4).
  124. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 38 (2021), Reg 3 (8).
  125. ^ SI 38 (2021), Reg 3 (4) (c).
  126. ^ Jump up to: a b SI 150 (2021), Reg 5.
  127. ^ SI 568 (2020), Schedule 2C para 4.
  128. ^ SI 568 (2020), Schedule 2C para 2.
  129. ^ SI 568 (2020), Schedule 2C para 3(1).
  130. ^ SI 568 (2020), Schedule 2C para 3(4).
  131. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 6.
  132. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 7(10).
  133. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 7(5).
  134. ^ SI 1070 (2020), Reg 2(3).
  135. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 7(6).
  136. ^ SI 47 (2021), Reg 2 (5).
  137. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 8.
  138. ^ SI 38 (2021), Reg 3(3), inserting Regs 3A(1) and (4) into SI 2020/568.
  139. ^ SI 150 (2021), Reg 12(c).
  140. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 11.
  141. ^ SI 568 (2020), Reg 12 (1).
  142. ^ SI 691 (2020).
  143. ^ SI 724 (2020).
  144. ^ SI 805 (2020).
  145. ^ SI 813 (2020).
  146. ^ SI 819 (2020).
  147. ^ SI 841 (2020).
  148. ^ SI 866 (2020).
  149. ^ SI 881 (2020).
  150. ^ SI 913 (2020).
  151. ^ SI 959 (2020).
  152. ^ SI 980 (2020).
  153. ^ SI 1013 (2020).
  154. ^ SI 1039 (2020).
  155. ^ SI 1070 (2020), Regs 2(3) and 2(2).
  156. ^ SI 1238 (2020), Regs 2 & 3.
  157. ^ SI 1239 (2020), Regs 2 & 3.
  158. ^ SI 1277 (2020).
  159. ^ SI 1323 (2020).
  160. ^ SI 1337 (2020).
  161. ^ SI 1360 (2020).
  162. ^ SI 1644 (2020).
  163. ^ SI 18 (2021).
  164. ^ SI 25 (2021).
  165. ^ SI 38 (2021).
  166. ^ SI 47 (2021).
  167. ^ SI 49 (2021).
  168. ^ SI 68 (2021).
  169. ^ SI 98 (2021).
  170. ^ SI 137 (2021).
  171. ^ SI 150 (2021).
  172. ^ SI 166 (2021).
  173. ^ SI 223 (2021).
  174. ^ SI 252 (2021).
  175. ^ SI 348 (2021).
  176. ^ SI 442 (2021).
  177. ^ SI 447 (2021).
  178. ^ SI 452 (2021).
  179. ^ SI 498 (2021).
  180. ^ SI 555 (2021).
  181. ^ SI 571 (2021).
  182. ^ Hamilton (2020).
  183. ^ "Minister cannot give figures on quarantine fines as safe travel list changed". www.expressandstar.com.
  184. ^ Smout and Salaun (2020).
  185. ^ Rozenberg (2020).

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