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(iv)  P was accompanying, in order to provide support, wh ether medical or otherwise, a 
person described in paragraph (i) or (iii) where it  was not reasonably practicable for 
P to book a test, 
(v)  P began the journey to England in a country or terr itory in which P did not have 
reasonable access to the facilities or services req uired to book a test, with or without 
payment, and such facilities or services were not r easonably accessible in P’s last 
point of departure if this was different to where P began the journey; 
(b)  reasonable excuses for contravening regulation 6(6) include, in particular, where— 
(i)  it is not reasonably practicable for P to undertake a test due to a disability, 
(ii)  P requires medical treatment with such urgency that  undertaking a test is not 
reasonably practicable, 
(iii)  a test is cancelled for reasons beyond P’s control, 
(iv)  P has left England in accordance with regulation 9( 11)(b), or left the common travel 
area in accordance with paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 11. 
(5)  For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), reasonable ex cuses for contravening regulation 7 
include, in particular, where— 
(a)  it is not reasonably practicable for P to undertake a test due to a disability; 
(b)  P requires medical treatment with such urgency that  undertaking a test is not reasonably 
practicable; 
(c)  a test is cancelled for reasons beyond P’s control; 
(d)  P has left England; 
(e)  P is employed as air crew and is undertaking a rest  period for a continuous, uninterrupted 
and defined period of time, following duty or prior  to duty, during which P is free of all 
duties, standby or reserve (and for these purposes,  “duties” “standby” and “reserve” have 
the meanings given in paragraph ORO.FTL.105 of Comm ission Regulation (EU) No. 
965/2012). 
(6)  A person who intentionally or recklessly provides false or misleading passenger information, 
except for reasons of national security, commits an offence. 
(7)  An operator commits an offence where it fails to comply with the requirements in— 
(a)  regulation 13(1); 
(b)  regulation 16(1); 
(c)  regulation 17(1); or 
(d)  regulation 18(1). 
(8)  In relation to the offence in paragraph (7)(a) and the requirement to provide information at 
the times set out in regulation 13(2)(a), (b) or (c ) it is a defence if the operator can demonstrate 
that— 
(a)  the booking or check-in process was not managed directly by the operator; and 
(b)  the operator took reasonable steps to ensure that t he person managing the process would 
provide the required information at that time and in the required manner. 
(9)  In relation to the offence in paragraph (7)(b), it is a defence for an operator to show that they 
recorded a unique passenger reference number for the passenger before that passenger— 
(a)  presented at immigration control at the Channel Tunnel shuttle terminal area; or 
(b)  boarded the relevant service, 
as the case may be. 
(10)  In relation to the offence in paragraph (7)(c), it is a defence for an operator to show that the 
relevant passenger presented a document purporting to be a required notification which the 
operator, or a person acting on behalf of the opera tor, could not reasonably have been expected to 
know was not a required notification.