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Restart is imminent but may contain legal bumps

Government
Rob Gill
14 May 2021

Ahead of the resumption of international travel on Monday (17 May), how does the government’s new “traffic light” system change the legal landscape for the travel industry?

The traffic light system has now been dismantled after being in operation since 17 May (credit benn-mcguinness-34oZS8nstfI-unsplash)

International travel is finally due to resume from Monday (17 May) with the new “traffic light” system for destinations and only 12 countries initially included on the UK’s quarantine-free “green list”.

What are the legal repercussions of the government’s plans, as far as we can tell, and what do agents need to know ahead of the travel restart? A top panel tackled this subject during TTG’s latest seminar Red, Amber, Green – but is it Go for travel?, hosted by TTG editor Sophie Griffiths.