The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Requirement to ensure that red list arrivals arrive only at designated ports N.I.

7.—(1) An operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that no red list arrival arrives on a relevant transport service at a port in Northern Ireland which is not a designated port.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where—

(a) it is necessary for the pilot in command of the aircraft to land the aircraft by means of which the transport service is provided at a place in Northern Ireland other than a designated port to secure—

(i) the safety or security of the aircraft, or

(ii) the safety or security of any person aboard the aircraft,

(b) the aircraft is an air ambulance and it is landing otherwise than at a designated port for the purposes of transporting a person for medical treatment,

(c) the pilot in command of the aircraft is instructed by an authorised person to land the aircraft at a place in Northern Ireland which is not a designated port.

(3) In this regulation—

“authorised person” means—

(a)

a constable,

(b)

the Civil Aviation Authority,

(c)

the Secretary of State, or

(d)

a person authorised by the Civil Aviation Authority or the Secretary of State under the Air Navigation Order 2016 M1 ,

“operator”, in relation to a transport service provided by means of an aircraft, has the meaning given in article 4 of the Air Navigation Order 2016,

“pilot in command” and “private aircraft” have the meanings given in the Air Navigation Order 2016 (see Schedule 1 to that Order),

“red list arrival” has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the International Travel Regulations,

“relevant transport service”, in relation to an operator, means a transport service provided by or on behalf of that operator,

“transport service” means—

(a)

a relevant service,

(b)

a service (other than a relevant service) which—

(i)

is carrying passengers travelling to Northern Ireland from outside the common travel area (whether for payment or valuable consideration or otherwise) and

(ii)

is provided by means of an aircraft (other than a private aircraft), or

(c)

is a flight which—

(i)

is carrying passengers travelling to Northern Ireland from outside the common travel area (whether for payment or valuable consideration or otherwise), and

(ii)

is provided by means of a private aircraft.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 7(2)(c) excluded (26.11.2021 at 4.00 p.m.) by S.R. 2021/99, reg. 17(4) (as inserted by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 9) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/312), regs. 1(2), 3 (with reg. 1(3)))

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2016 No. 765