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(ii)  either the information set out in paragraph (b)(xi)  and (xii) is provided by X to the 
test provider or, where appropriate, X provides the ir own telephone number and 
email address to the test provider; 
(d)  at the time the test is booked and payment made the  test provider gives P a test reference 
number in the format specified in sub-paragraph (e) and, where appropriate, also provides 
that test reference number to X; 
(e)  a test reference number must consist of 12 characte rs comprising 5 letters followed by 7 
digits. 
Notification of test results 
5. —(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) apply to a test prov ider who administers or provides an 
appropriate test to P in the circumstances described in paragraph 4. 
(2)  The test provider must, within 24 hours of the result becoming available— 
(a)  notify P or, where paragraph 4(c) applies, X by email, letter, or text message, of the result 
of P’s test; or 
(b)  make P’s test result available to P, or to X where paragraph 4(c) applies, via a secure web 
portal, 
in accordance with sub-paragraph (3). 
(3)  The notification of P’s test result must include P’ s name, date of birth, passport number, or 
travel document reference number (as appropriate), the name and contact details of the test 
provider and P’s test reference number, and must be conveyed using one of the following forms of 
words, as appropriate— 
Form A: negative test result 
Your coronavirus test result is negative. You did not have the virus when the test was done. If you 
are self-isolating as an international arrival from an amber-list country, region or territory you may 
stop self-isolating. 
 
You should self-isolate if: 
 
you get symptoms of coronavirus (you should get an NHS coronavirus test and self-isolate until 
you get the results) 
 
you are going into hospital (self-isolating until the date you go in) 
 
someone you live with tests positive 
 
you have been traced as a contact of someone who tested positive 
 
For advice on when you might need to self-isolate a nd what to do, go to 
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19 and read ‘Self-isolation and treating symptoms’. 
 
It is a legal requirement to self-isolate when you arrive in the UK from an amber-list country, 
territory or region. If you are contacted by the enforcement authorities or the police after you have 
received this negative result please show them this notification.