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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2020

Type Welsh-Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2020-09-25
State In force
Jurisdiction Wales
Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
Source legislation.gov.uk
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Made: at 3.13 p.m. on 25 September 2020

Laid before Senedd Cymru: at 6.00 p.m. on 25 September 2020

Coming into force: at 4.00 a.m. on 26 September 2020

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PART 1 — General

Title, coming into force and interpretation

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PART 2 — Amendments to the list of exempt countries in Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations

Removal of countries and territories from the list of exempt countries and territories

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Transitional provision in connection with regulation 2

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PART 3 — Miscellaneous Amendments

Amendments to regulation 10 (exceptions to isolation requirements)

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Amendment to Schedule 2 (exempt persons)

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Additions to the list of specified sporting events in Schedule 4 (specified sporting events)

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Signed

Vaughan Gething — Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers — 2020-09-25

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/574 (W. 132)) (the “International Travel Regulations”). The International Travel Regulations have been previously amended by:

The International Travel Regulations impose requirements on persons entering Wales after having been abroad. They include a requirement for persons arriving in Wales to isolate for a period determined in accordance with the Regulations. The requirements imposed by the International Travel Regulations are subject to exceptions, and certain categories of person are exempt from having to comply. Persons entering Wales after being in one or more of the countries and territories listed in Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations are not required to isolate. The countries and territories listed in Schedule 3 are referred to as “exempt countries and territories”.

Part 2 of these Regulations amends the list of exempt countries and territories.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the International Travel Regulations to remove Curacao, Denmark, Iceland and Slovakia from the list of exempt countries and territories.

Regulation 3 of these Regulations makes transitional provision relating to these countries’ and territories’ change of status. The transitional provision addresses a potential area of doubt in terms of the effect on the operation of the International Travel Regulations, of the amendments made by regulation 2 of these Regulations.

Part 3 of these Regulations make miscellaneous amendments to the International Travel Regulations.

Regulation 4 of these Regulations amends regulation 10 of the International Travel Regulations to provide an exception to the requirement to isolate for elite athletes and persons supporting them arriving in Wales for the purpose of undergoing medical assessments with a business for the purpose of contracting to participate in elite competitions. Regulation 4 also permits such elite athletes, upon contracting with a business to participate in the elite competition on behalf of that business.

Regulation 5 of these Regulations amends the list of exempt persons in Schedule 2 to the International Travel Regulations for domestic elite athletes, coaches and other support persons upon their return to Wales when having been in a non-exempt country for the purpose of an elite training programme.

Regulation 6 of these Regulations amends the list of sporting events in Schedule 4 to the International Travel Regulations.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared as to the likely cost and benefit of complying with these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 p. 22. Mewnosodwyd Rhan 2A gan adran 129 o Ddeddf Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol 2008 (p. 14). Mae’r swyddogaeth o wneud rheoliadau o dan Ran 2A wedi ei rhoi i “the appropriate Minister”. O dan adran 45T(6) o Ddeddf 1984 y Gweinidog priodol, o ran Cymru, yw Gweinidogion Cymru.

[^f00002]: O.S. 2020/574 (Cy. 132) fel y’i diwygiwyd gan O.S. 2020/595 (Cy. 136), O.S. 2020/714 (Cy. 160), O.S. 2020/726 (Cy. 163), O.S. 2020/804 (Cy. 177), O.S. 2020/817 (Cy. 179), O.S. 2020/840 (Cy. 185), O.S. 2020/868 (Cy. 190), O.S. 2020/886 (Cy. 196), O.S. 2020/917 (Cy. 205), O.S. 2020/944 (Cy. 210), O.S. 2020/962 (Cy. 216), O.S. 2020/981 (Cy. 220) ac O.S. 2020/1015 (Cy. 226).

Editorial notes

Enwi, dod i rym a dehongli

Hepgor gwledydd a thiriogaethau o’r rhestr o wledydd a thiriogaethau esempt

Darpariaeth drosiannol mewn cysylltiad â rheoliad 24

Diwygiadau i reoliad 10 (eithriadau i’r gofynion ynysu)

Diwygio Atodlen 2 (personau esempt)

Ychwanegiadau at y rhestr o ddigwyddiadau chwaraeon penodedig yn Atodlen 4 (digwyddiadau chwaraeon penodedig)

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