Britons Going on Holiday Abroad Face £5,000 Fines

Britons Going on Holiday Abroad Face £5,000 Fines
People enjoy the sea on a beach of the small island of Chrysi, south of Crete, on July 26, 2020. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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People leaving the UK without a “reasonable excuse” will face £5,000 ($6,900) fines from next week, under the government’s new CCP virus regulations.

Under the new health protection regulations (pdf), which were presented to Parliament on Monday, the penalty would be issued to anyone who, “without a reasonable excuse,” travels outside the UK or to “an embarkation point for the purpose of travelling” to a destination abroad.