text: (iv) P was accompanying, in order to provide support, whether 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 territory in which P did not have 
  reasonable access to the facilities or services required to book a test, with or without 
  payment, and such facilities or services were not reasonably 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 excuses 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 Commission 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 the 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 operator, could not reasonably have been expected to 
  know was not a required notification. 
  
  (11) In relation to the offence in paragraph (7)(d), it is a defence for an operator to show that the 
  operator, or a person acting on behalf of the operator, could not have reasonably been expected to 
  know that a passenger was a Schedule 11 passenger. 
  
  (12) If, following the coming into force of any provision which amends the information required 
  to be provided by regulation 14, an operator provides information to a passenger that would have 
  complied with the requirements in regulation 13(1) but for the coming into force of that amending 
  provision, it is a defence for the operator to show that it was not reasonably practicable for the 
  amended information to be provided. 
  
  (13) An operator who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply— 
  (a) with the requirement to keep records in regulation 15(1); or 
  (b) with a request under regulation 15(2) to provide records or information within the period 
  
  specified for the purposes of regulation 15(3), 
  
  commits an offence. 
  
  (14) A person who, without reasonable excuse, wilfully obstructs any person carrying out a 
  function under these Regulations commits an offence. 
  
  (15) An offence under paragraph (13) is punishable on summary conviction by a fine not 