The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2021

UK Statutory Instrument 2021 No. 1179 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 22 October 2021
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 amend, primarily, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/582) (“the International Travel Regulations”). The amendments introduce lateral flow device (“LFD”) tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 as an alternative to existing requirements on arrivals deemed to be “eligible travellers” to undertake day 2 polymerase chain reaction tests. Regulations 4, 5 and 10 amend regulations 3J and 3K of, and Schedule 8 to, the International Travel Regulations to provide for the use of LFD tests, and the consequences of the results of those tests. Regulation 6 and 7 amend regulations 18A and 18B of the International Travel Regulations to impose requirements on test providers and on others providing testing services in relation to LFD testing. Regulations 8 and 12 amend regulation 19 of, and Schedule 14 to, the International Travel Regulations to provide for updated offences and fixed monetary penalties in connection with the LFD test obligations. These Regulations make further minor and consequential amendments to the International Travel Regulations. Regulation 13 amends the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/659) (“the Notification Regulations”) to insert new regulation 4B, which imposes an obligation to notify the United Kingdom Health Security Agency of certain information in relation to LFD tests. Regulation 13 makes further minor and consequential amendments to the Notification Regulations. 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

It is an offence for a test provider to fail without reasonable excuse to comply with this regulation regulation 4B(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Hansard was searched for this instrument by name and returned nothing. That is the ordinary outcome: an instrument laid under the negative procedure is usually never debated, and becomes law without a word said about it in either House.

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.
Committee: Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by a scrutiny committee

Procedural history

Instrument created 22 October 2021
Instrument made (signed into law) 22 October 2021
Laid before the House of Commons 22 October 2021 · Commons
Laid before the House of Lords 22 October 2021 · Lords
Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 2 November 2021 · Lords
Drawn to the special attention of the House by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 2 November 2021 · Lords
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that the explanatory material laid in support provides insufficient information to gain a clear understanding about the instrument's policy objective and intended implementation 2 November 2021 · Lords
Objection period ends 30 November 2021
Instrument remains law 30 November 2021
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords 30 November 2021 · Commons, Lords
Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 12 January 2022 · Commons, Lords
Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 12 January 2022 · Commons, Lords
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it requires elucidation 12 January 2022 · Commons, Lords
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it makes unusual or unexpected use of the enabling power 12 January 2022 · Commons, Lords
Instrument comes into force as law Date not recorded

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