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Requirement to ensure passengers possess notification of negative test result 
17. —(1) An operator must ensure that a passenger— 
(a)  who presents at immigration control at the Channel Tunnel shuttle terminal area in 
France, with the intention of boarding a shuttle se rvice destined for the United Kingdom, 
is in possession of a required notification, on so presenting; 
(b)  who arrives at a port in England on a relevant serv ice is in possession of a required 
notification. 
(2)  Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a passenger— 
(a)  whom the operator, or a person acting on behalf of the operator, reasonably believes is 
not required to comply with the requirement to poss ess notification of a negative test 
result under regulation 4(1) or has a reasonable ex cuse for failing to comply with that 
requirement; 
(b)  who is a child, travelling without an individual who has responsibility for them; or 
(c)  who is a transit passenger who does not have the ri ght to enter the country or territory 
from which the relevant service departs. 
(3)  In this regulation— 
“required notification” means notification of the r esult of a test for the detection of 
coronavirus which includes, in English, French or Spanish, the following information— 
(a)  the name of the person from whom the test sample was taken, 
(b)  that person’s date of birth or age, 
(c)  the negative result of that test, 
(d)  the date the test sample was collected or received by the test provider, 
(e)  the name of the test provider and information sufficient to contact that provider, 
(f)  a statement— 
(i)  that the test was a polymerase chain reaction test, or 
(ii)  of the name of the device that was used for the test; 
“transit passenger” means a person who has arrived in the country or territory from which the 
relevant service departs with the intention of passing through to England without entering that 
country or territory. 
Requirement to ensure that certain passengers arrive only at designated ports 
18. —(1) An operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that no Schedule 11 passenger 
arrives on a relevant transport service at a port in England which is not a designated port. 
(2)  Paragraph (1) does not apply where, in the case of an aircraft— 
(a)  it is necessary for the pilot in command of the air craft by means of which the transport 
service is provided to land the aircraft at a place  in England other than a designated port 
to secure— 
(i)  the safety or security of the aircraft, or 
(ii)  the safety of any person aboard the aircraft; 
(b)  the aircraft is an air ambulance and it is landing otherwise than at a designated port for the 
purposes of transporting a person for medical treatment; 
(c)  the pilot in command of the aircraft is instructed by an authorised person to land the 
aircraft at a place in England which is not a designated port. 
(3)  Schedule 13 makes further provision regarding the a rrival of aircraft and vessels into 
England.