New coronavirus restrictions and rules coming into force next week will include a ban on anyone leave the United Kingdom without a “reasonable excuse”.
The new rules were published, are entitled Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021.
The document reads: “The Regulations also impose restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom without a reasonable excuse (regulation 8).”
According to the new law, no one can “leave England to travel to a destination outside the United Kingdom, or travel to, or be present at, an embarkation point for the purpose of travelling from there to a destination outside the United Kingdom” without a reasonable excuse.
The document has also suggested anyone breaching the rules could face a £5,000 fine, as it stands Britons who are looking to travel abroad – with a reasonable excuse – must fill in a travel declaration form.
The form will be a “legal requirement” if you begin a journey where you intend to leave the UK from March 29.
The travel ban will not apply to those travelling within the common travel area which includes the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland – unless this is not your final destination.
Those travelling within the common travel area will still have to have a “reasonable excuse” to leave the UK mainland.
However not all political thinkers are happy with the latest restrictions, Heritage Party Leader, London Assembly Member David Kurten slammed the plans calling the government out.
It’s time for the Johnson regime to go – banning holidays abroad with the threat of a £5,000 fine is tyrannical. https://t.co/0ZDkCDDq30
— David Kurten (@davidkurten) March 23, 2021
Mr Kurten wrote on Twitter: “It’s time for the Johnson regime to go – banning holidays abroad with the threat of a £5,000 fine is tyrannical.”
The Government advice states: “You are permitted to travel abroad if you study in the UK but you are required to travel outside the UK to satisfy one or more requirements of your course of study.
“If you study in the UK but live abroad, you are permitted to travel outside the UK to return home for the purposes of a university vacation on one occasion before 29 April 2021.”
The new regulations will be voted in Parliament on Thursday.
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