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(h)  without reasonable excuse P contravenes a requireme nt in or imposed under regulation 
11(2); 
(i)  without reasonable excuse P contravenes a requireme nt in paragraph 5 or 16(a), so far is 
it relates to paragraph 5, of Schedule 11 (requirem ent to possess managed self-isolation 
package); 
(j)  P contravenes any other requirement in Schedule 11 (except paragraph 15); or 
(k)  without reasonable excuse P contravenes a requireme nt in paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 
(employers’ obligations relating to workforce tests). 
(2)  But P does not commit an offence where P contravenes a requirement in— 
(a)  paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) of regulation 4, if P reasonably believed at the time of the 
contravention that the notification of a negative r esult was valid and from a qualifying 
test; 
(b)  regulation 9 in the circumstances described in para graph (9)(d), (10)(f), (13)(j) or (16) of 
that regulation, if P reasonably believed at the ti me of the contravention that the test was 
an appropriate test (within the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 10); or 
(c)  Schedule 11 if accommodation or transport booked is  no longer available for reasons 
beyond the P’s control. 
(3)  For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), reasonable excuses include, in particular, where— 
(a)  P was medically unfit to provide a sample for a qualifying test and possessed a document, 
in English or accompanied by a certified English tr anslation, signed by a medical 
practitioner entitled to practise in the country or  territory in which that practitioner was 
based, to that effect; 
(b)  it was not reasonably practicable for P to obtain a qualifying test due to a disability; 
(c)  P required medical treatment with such urgency that  obtaining a qualifying test was not 
reasonably practicable; 
(d)  P contracted coronavirus and required emergency medical treatment; 
(e)  P was accompanying, in order to provide support, whether medical or otherwise, a person 
described in sub-paragraph (c) or (d) where it was not reasonably practicable for P to 
obtain a qualifying test; 
(f)  P began the journey to England in a country or territory in which a qualifying test was not 
available to the public, with or without payment, o r in which it was not reasonably 
practicable for P to obtain a qualifying test due t o a lack of reasonable access to a 
qualifying test or testing facility and it was not reasonably practicable for P to obtain a 
qualifying test in P’s last point of departure if t his was different to where P began the 
journey; 
(g)  the time it has taken P to travel from the country or territory where P began the journey to 
the country or territory of their last point of dep arture prior to arriving in England meant 
that it was not reasonably practicable for P to mee t the requirement in paragraph 1(c) of 
Schedule 7, and it was not reasonably practicable f or P to obtain a qualifying test in P’s 
last point of departure. 
(4)  For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c)— 
(a)  reasonable excuses for contravening regulation 6(3) , (4) or (5) include, in particular, 
where— 
(i)  it was not reasonably practicable for P to book a test due to a disability, 
(ii)  P reasonably considered before arriving in England that it would not be reasonably 
practicable for P (or, as the case may be, the chil d for whom P has responsibility) to 
provide a sample for a test in accordance with regulation 6 due to a disability, 
(iii)  P required medical treatment with such urgency that  booking a test was not 
reasonably practicable,