The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 10) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made: 29th November 2021

Coming into operation: at 4.00 a.m. on 30th November 2021

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Amendment of the principal Regulations

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Requirement to book and undertake tests

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Requirement to self-isolate

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Amendment of the Operator Liability Regulations

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 29th November 2021

Dr Lourda Geoghegan — 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 (Northern Ireland) 2021 (“the Operator Liability Regulations”).

Regulation 4 deals with the testing regime for eligible non-red list arrivals, i.e. those arrivals to Northern Ireland who are fully vaccinated upon arrival. There is no longer the option to take a day 2 lateral flow device (LFD) test followed by a confirmatory PCR test. Day 2 tests must all be PCR tests.

Regulation 5 deals with the self-isolation regime for eligible non-red list arrivals. They must now enter into self-isolation upon arrival. They must remain in self-isolation until they do a day 2 test and the result is negative.

Regulation 6 updates the information that must be given to passengers travelling to Northern Ireland.

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, 225, 230, 241, 262, 278, 282, 284, 293, 301, 312 and 313

[^f00004]: S.R. 2021 No. 102 as amended by S.R. 2021 Nos. 189, 213, 214, 225, 230, 262, 278, 282 and 301

Editorial notes