Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
I am not a lawyer, but my view is that self isolation will end for all travelling from exempt countries on 10 July, including those who arrived before. I'd be interested in the seeing the arguments of anyone who disagrees with my analysis. This is based on the new SI being an amendment to the old SI. The old SI says that if you came from say Holland on 1 July, you would need to self isolate for 14 days, thereby ending 14 July unless another exemption applies. The new SI, as amended, says that you need to self isolate if you come from a non-exempt country, e.g. Sweden. If you come from an exempt country there is no need to self isolate. Self isolation is in force to 9 July because the new SI as amended kicks in only on 10 July. If the intent was for those arriving from Holland serve their time in full, surely the amendment would say that in the part 4 section? After all, there are other retrospective changes which are added there (e.g. allowing visits to a chiropodist). As I say, I'd be interested in other intepretations.
The new SI
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 states if you arrive in England prior to it coming in to force then you apply the The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 as if the amendments by this new SI have not been made. For arrivals before this SI is in force they will continue to be subject to the unamended The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 in which exempt countries do not exist, and therefore all requirements for self-isolation will continue for them even beyond the point when this new SI does come in to force.
Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 and transitional and saving provision
2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020(
2) (“the principal Regulations”) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 9.
(2) In relation to any person who arrived in England on or after 8th June 2020 and before the coming into force of any amendment made by regulations 3 to 5 and 7 to 9, the principal Regulations apply as if that amendment had not been made.
(3) During the period beginning with 7th July 2020 and ending with 9th July 2020 the principal Regulations are to be read as if—
(a)any reference to a non-exempt country or territory in those Regulations were a reference to a country or territory outside the common travel area; and
(b)in paragraph 3(1)(aa) of Schedule 2 to those Regulations, the words “or from an exempt country or territory” were omitted.