
2021 No. 1291 (W. 326)
Public Health, Wales
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Restrictions) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021
Made at 3.58 p.m. on 19 November 2021
Laid before Senedd Cymru at 6.00 p.m. on 19 November 2021
Coming into force at 4.00 a.m. on 22 November 2021

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 45B, 45C(1) and (3)(c), and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, make the following Regulations.

In relation to the provision made by regulation 9 of these Regulations, in accordance with section 45Q(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, the Welsh Ministers are of the opinion that the instrument does not contain any provision made by virtue of section 45C(3)(c) of the Act which imposes or enables the imposition of a special restriction or requirement, or any other restriction or requirement which has or would have a significant effect on a person’s rights.
Title and coming into force
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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Restrictions) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 22 November 2021.
Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) Regulations 2020
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Amendment to regulation 2
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Amendments to regulation 2A
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Amendments to regulation 3
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Amendments to regulation 9
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Amendment to regulation 10
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Amendment to Schedule 2
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Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020
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(1) Regulation 16A (specific measures applicable to specified hospitality and entertainment venues and premises at which specified events are held) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (6)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a), omit paragraph (i) (including the “and” at the end);
(b) in sub-paragraph (c)—
(i) for “by a relevant country” substitute “otherwise than in the United Kingdom”;
(ii) after “EU digital COVID certificate,” insert “a certificate of COVID-19 records issued by an approved third country or territory,”;
(iii) after “Prevention vaccination card,” insert “a North American Certificate”.
(3) For paragraph (8), substitute—“
(8) For the purposes of this regulation, where a person has received a course of doses that consists of one dose of an authorised vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas and one dose of an authorised vaccine otherwise than under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas, the person is deemed to have completed a course of doses of a vaccine under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas.”
(4) In paragraph (9)(b)—
(a) for the words before paragraph (i) substitute—“
(b) a person has completed a course of doses if—”;
(b) in paragraph (i)(bb), omit the “, or” at the end;
(c) in paragraph (ii), insert “, or” at the end;
(d) after paragraph (ii) insert—“
(iii) the person has received at least two doses of any vaccine referred to in paragraph (iv) of the definition of authorised vaccine in paragraph (10)(a);”.
(5) In paragraph (10)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a)—
(i) in the words before paragraph (i), omit “authorised” in the last place it occurs;
(ii) in paragraph (i), in the words before sub-paragraph (aa), for “or in a relevant country listed in paragraph (12)” substitute “, authorised”;
(iii) in paragraph (ii), after “paragraph (11),” insert “authorised”;
(iv) after paragraph (ii) insert—“
(iii) in relation to doses received in any other country or territory (including a relevant country listed in paragraph (12)), which would be authorised as provided for in paragraph (i)(aa) or (bb) if the doses were received in the United Kingdom;
(iv) in relation to doses received in any country in the world, those vaccines which are—(aa) listed in lines 10, 11 or 13 of the Guidance Document “Status of COVID-19 Vaccines within WHO EUL/PQ evaluation process” published by the World Health Organisation on 11 November 2021, and(bb) authorised or certified in a regulated country listed in paragraph (12);”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—“
(aa) “EU Digital COVID Certificate” means a certificate of COVID-19 records issued by an EEA state, a member State of the European Free Trade Association, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or the Vatican City State;”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—“
(ca) “North American Certificate” means—
(i) Excelsior Pass Plus (New York);
(ii) Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record (California);
(iii) WA Verify (Washington state);”.
(6) In paragraph (12), at the appropriate places insert—“
 Belarus”“
 Bolivia”“
 Democratic Republic of the Congo”“
 Dominican Republic”“
 Ecuador”“
 Laos”“
 Libya”“
 Malawi”“
 Mozambique”“
 Samoa”“
 Senegal”“
 Vanuatu”“
 Zambia”“
 Zimbabwe”.
(7) After paragraph (12) insert—“
(13) The following countries and territories are approved third countries or territories for the purposes of this regulation—
 Albania
 Armenia
 Faroe Islands
 Israel
 Morocco
 North Macedonia
 Panama
 Turkey
 Ukraine.”
Eluned Morgan
Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
