The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from South Africa) (England) Regulations 2020
UK Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1644 — creates 1 criminal offence.
- Made
- 23 December 2020
- In force from
- Not determined
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- COVID-19 emergency legislation (2020-2022)
- Made under
- Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations prohibit the arrival in England of aircraft travelling directly from South Africa and amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/568) to— a remove exemptions from the requirement to self-isolate and the requirement to complete a Passenger Locator Form for people who have arrived in England from South Africa or who have arrived in England from elsewhere and, during the 10 days preceding their arrival in England, have been in or transited through South Africa (“South Africa arrivals”); b exclude South Africa arrivals and members of their household from the “Test to Release” regime; c require people residing with South Africa arrivals to self-isolate. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.
Offences created by this instrument
- Prohibition on the arrival of aircraft travelling directly from South Africa regulation 2(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
What Parliament said about it
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How Parliament handled it
This instrument became law without a debate or a vote. Under the negative procedure it took effect unless a motion to stop it succeeded, and none was tabled.
- Procedure
- Made negative — law unless a motion to stop it succeeded
- Could either House amend it?
- No. A statutory instrument is put to each House as a whole thing, to be approved or not. Neither House can change a word of it.
Procedural history
- Instrument created 23 December 2020
- Instrument made (signed into law) 23 December 2020
- Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament 23 December 2020 · Lords
- Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament 23 December 2020 · Commons
- Laid before the House of Commons 29 December 2020 · Commons
- Laid before the House of Lords 29 December 2020 · Lords
- Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 5 January 2021 · Lords
- Information paragraph provided by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 5 January 2021 · Lords
- Objection period ends 22 February 2021
- Instrument remains law 22 February 2021
- Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords 22 February 2021 · Commons, Lords
- Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 24 February 2021 · Commons, Lords
- Not drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 24 February 2021 · Commons, Lords
- Instrument comes into force as law Date not recorded
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- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 2020