Foreign Holidays BANNED Until June 30th 2021
Foreign Holidays are to be banned until June 30th 2021.
The government has published the new “steps” legislation for England, which will govern the gradual easing of restrictions into the summer.
The laws, which will expire on 30 June unless they are scrapped or changed in the meantime, create new powers for police to fine holidaymakers £5,000.
They create a formal prohibition on, “leaving the United Kingdom without a reasonable excuse”, such as for work, study, for legal obligations, moving home or major life events such as attending weddings or funerals.
It reads: “No person may, without a reasonable excuse, 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.”
Anyone breaking the new ban can be fined £5,000 and the law also creates an obligation to fill in a form declaring reasons for travel. Anyone who fails to disclose the required information could be fined £200.
The travel ban does not apply to those going to the common travel area of the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland unless that is not the final destination.
The home secretary announced in January that holidays violated lockdown rules and said police would be patrolling airports.
But the prohibition was not explicit in the current law and police say they would not routinely stop holidaymakers leaving the country.
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