The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made: 6th August 2021

Coming into operation: at 4.00 a.m. on 8th August 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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Amendments to Schedule 1

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Amendments to Schedule 2

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Amendment to Schedule 2A

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Amendment to Schedule 4

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Amendment to Schedule 7

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Amendment to regulation 3

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Amendment to regulation 4A

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Amendment to regulation 8

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Transitional and savings provision

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 6th August 2021

Dr Naresh Chada — A senior officer of the Department 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”) and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) Regulations 2021.

Regulation 3 provides that Georgia, La Réunion, Mayotte and Mexico are included in the list of red list countries in Schedule 1 of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 3 also provides that Bahrain, India, Qatar and United Arab Emirates are omitted from the list of Red list countries in Schedule 1 of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 4 provides that Austria, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are included in the list of Green list countries in Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 5 provides that Metropolitan France has been omitted from the Amber Plus list in Schedule 2A of the principal Regulations, leaving no entries in that list.

Regulation 6 amends Schedule 4 to exempt UEFA guests and specific Villarreal fans travelling within a managed ‘bubble’ using chartered and private transport, from self-isolation and post arrival testing, to attend the UEFA Super Cup match to be held in Belfast on 11th August 2021.

Regulation 7 amends Schedule 7 to permit students travelling to Northern Ireland from a red list country for a University course to complete managed isolation in university accommodation as opposed to the Managed Isolation Service.

Regulations 9 to 11 amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 to require operators to ensure that a person who declares an exemption within the Passenger Locator Form provides evidence to support their declared exemption status.

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 Nos. 108, 121, 132, 154, 189, 213, 214, 218 and 225

[^f00004]: S.I. 1993/2810 (N.I. 12)

[^f00005]: S.R. 2021 No. 102. Regulation 4A was inserted by S.R 2021 No. 213 and amended by S.R. 2021 No. 214

Editorial notes