If fully vaccinated from an eligible country, just a lateral flow test on day 2 and a Passenger Locator Form. Very light touch.Just a quick question. What "measures" are in place on arrival back in the UK from Europe?
If fully vaccinated from an eligible country, just a lateral flow test on day 2 and a Passenger Locator Form. Very light touch.Just a quick question. What "measures" are in place on arrival back in the UK from Europe?
There are no restrictions on return from Ireland regardless of circumstances, as Ireland is treated as part of the UK for the purposes of Covid restrictions.Just a quick question. What "measures" are in place on arrival back in the UK from Europe?
No you aren't.and you are highly likely to be contact traced after a flight
Is it? I don't think people are forced to stay in the country, are they?although if you were vaccinated outside the UK you are highly likely to be required to self isolate for 10 days shortly after entering (as those vaccinated outside the UK are not exempt from self isolation as a close contact under any circumstance, and you are highly likely to be contact traced after a flight). If this happens, it is illegal to leave the UK until the 10 days are up.
Not specifically illegal, but leaving the house during the 10 day isolation without a "valid" reason is, so by default it's illegal to go on any form of public transport, including planes and ferries.Is it? I don't think people are forced to stay in the country, are they?
I'm not in a position to check, but in previous iterations of the actual law, it was expressly permitted to leave England during self-isolation.Not specifically illegal, but leaving the house during the 10 day isolation without a "valid" reason is, so by default it's illegal to go on any form of public transport, including planes and ferries.
Unvaccinated people returning from abroad who are only self isolating as a result of foreign travel (not as a positive case or as a close contact) are permitted to leave self isolation to leave the UK.People are not forced to stay in the country.
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021
PART 2 Additional requirements on persons arriving in England who are not eligible travellers [un-vaccinated]
Section 9.Further requirements on arrivals from category 2 countries and territories [Non-Red-List]
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 (revoked)
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Could you cite the relevant law? This would be a departure from previous iterations of the law. Leaving England has always been expressly permitted. Are you saying the law quoted by @P Binnersley isn’t the one that applies? Because what he posted makes it clear the regulations apply only until you leave England. The government is not forcing people - not its own citizens, nor foreigners - to stay, and never has.Unvaccinated people returning from abroad who are only self isolating as a result of foreign travel (not as a positive case or as a close contact) are permitted to leave self isolation to leave the UK.
Unvaccinated people (which includes vaccinated people who were vaccinated outside the UK, despite them being considered vaccinated for every other purpose) who are notified that they are close contacts of positive cases cannot leave the country, as the same self isolation legislation then applies as if they were positive themselves - they are only permitted to leave their accomodation for very specific reasons set out in legislation.
That is exactly the confusion.I think the confusion is between the International Travel Coronavirus legislation, and the Domestic Self Isolation legislation.
Both contain provisions for isolation: the former as a matter of course for international arrivals who are unvaccinated, and the latter for unvaccinated individuals in the United Kingdom who are close contacts of a COVID case (as well as vaccinated individuals who test positive).
The former contains an exemption to leave the place where the person is living for leaving the country, provided the person does so directly. The latter does not.
An unvaccinated arrival may find themselves bound by both sets of legislation simultaneously, but clearly(?) the most restrictive rules supersede the less restrictive rules.
Danm14 is correct; you are looking in the wrong place. A person who has tested positive, or a person other than a person vaccinated in the UK who has been notified by the NHS/a local council/etc. (otherwise than via the NHS app) that they are a close contact of a positive case is not permitted to travel to leave England, see regulations 2, 2A, and 2B of SI 2020/1045.Could you cite the relevant law? This would be a departure from previous iterations of the law. Leaving England has always been expressly permitted. Are you saying the law quoted by @P Binnersley isn’t the one that applies? Because what he posted makes it clear the regulations apply only until you leave England. The government is not forcing people - not its own citizens, nor foreigners - to stay, and never has.
Adam Wagner, a human rights barrister who studies this sort of stuff and posts on Twitter, was quite clear on his interpretation of the regulations last year.
(11) During the period of their self-isolation, P may not leave, or be outside of, the place where P is self-isolating except—
(a)to travel in order to leave England, provided that they do so directly (subject to paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 8);
Which is the relevant law if it is not this?
That only applies to self-isolation arising from the travel itself (for example, arriving unvaccinated from abroad under today's rules, or from an amber country in June). Self-isolation arising from a positive test or being a close contact follows (and has always followed) stricter rules.I'm not in a position to check, but in previous iterations of the actual law, it was expressly permitted to leave England during self-isolation.
I'm hoping this finally means an end to testing for fully vaccinated travellers (of course, whether fully vaccinated means "including booster" by January, we'll see)."We all want to see aviation bounce back," said Courts.
"We all want to reduce not just testing but all the restrictive measures.
"We're going to review the policy in January. We'll be looking to see what we can do at that stage."
The minister refused to say which aspects of the travel rules could be amended.
They didn’t bother reading it on my Ruinair flight to Gatwick on Sunday.Transport operators are currently required to read out a statement from the government advising of the need to fill out a PLF and of the fact that red list returnees must quarantine at Her Majesty's Pleasure.
Of course there are no red list countries at all so this is entirely superfluous...
Compliance is certainly variable! But I've heard it several times on my last few trips back.They didn’t bother reading it on my Ruinair flight to Gatwick on Sunday.
Probably part of Operation Rampdown.It doesn't seem to have been that widely reported but it seems the Government has committed to reviewing the travel restrictions in January.
This was reported in the BBC Live feed today (2nd story down) . To quote
I'm hoping this finally means an end to testing for fully vaccinated travellers (of course, whether fully vaccinated means "including booster" by January, we'll see).
Maybe if we're lucky the passenger locator form might go as well.
Transport operators are currently required to read out a statement from the government advising of the need to fill out a PLF and of the fact that red list returnees must quarantine at Her Majesty's Pleasure.
Of course there are no red list countries at all so this is entirely superfluous...
Angela Merkel reportedly wanted to impose a new coronavirus lockdown on Germany -- but was thwarted by the incoming government.
Mrs Merkel summoned Olaf Scholz and the leaders of the new government parties to the chancellery late on Tuesday night, hours before they agreed a coalition deal.
She pressed them to agree to a two-week full lockdown for all of Germany, but they refused, according to Bild newspaper.
Instead they are set to form a new taskforce to tackle the crisis and focus on vaccination.
The French press are saying the this will involve "strengthening" the rules for the Pass Sanitaire and the wearing of masks, plus an expansion of the booster jab program, but no closures or lockdowns.
Didn't the french never really get down to releasing any, they're still strapping useless snot-rags to the faces at every opportunity.I am in France at the moment.
President Macron is due to announce a "tightening" of restrictions tomorrow.
I very much doubt it unless there are random spot checks. Anecdotally I have been told that once you have paid for your first test and have a reference number than you can keep using that number for the PLF forms on every following trip, although I haven't tried it and to save £20 it seemed like a bit too much risk.Is the system linked up to spot people who have defaulted ?
I couldn't be bothered doing one once, and never heard a thing.Is it worth doing the 2 Day LF tests on return to the UK ?
I did one coming back from Germany and one from Greece and submitted the results (passed both)
I have heard nothing since, had I not done them would anything have happened ?
Is the system linked up to spot people who have defaulted ?
They're only interested in seeing that anyone has one booked. Got mine in the draw for return from Poland, I'm not intending actually doing it. If anyone asks at a later date, I tried doing it but oh, so many problems with the Internet etc and now the time has gone...... Really not interested.I couldn't be bothered doing one once, and never heard a thing.
I couldn't be bothered doing one once, and never heard a thing.