The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made: 11th May 2021

Coming into operation: at 4.00 a.m. on 12th May 2021

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

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Amendment to Regulation 27

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Amendment to Schedule 1

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Amendments to Schedule 4

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Amendment to Schedule 8

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 11th May 2021

Robin Swann — Minister of Health

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 27 is amended to provide, in relation to a particular managed isolation offence, that an authorised person reasonably believes that such an offence was committed.

Schedule 1 (Red list countries) is amended to include The Maldives, Nepal and Turkey.

Schedule 4 (Persons who are exempt) is amended to include an additional exemption for transit passengers who arrive into Northern Ireland and immediately travel directly to the Republic of Ireland. Such passengers will not be required to comply with regulation 8 (requirement to book and undertake tests) if they are able to satisfy certain evidential requirements in relation to their residency and travel plans.

Schedule 8 (Prohibition on arrival of aircraft and vessels) is amended to include The Maldives and Turkey.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5)

[^f00002]: 1967 c. 36 (N.I.). Part 1A was inserted by section 48 of, and Schedule 18 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)

[^f00003]: S.R. 2021 No. 99 as amended by S.R. 2021 No. 108

Editorial notes