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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

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PART 1N.I.General

Citation and commencementN.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into operation at 4 a.m. on 16th April 2021.

InterpretationN.I.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“child” means a person under the age of 18,

“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),

“coronavirus disease” means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus),

[F1“cruise ship” means a vessel, certified to carry more than 200 passengers, engaged on a voyage primarily for leisure or recreation during which passengers stay overnight on board for at least two nights;]

F2...

“Department” means the Department of Health,

[F3“eligible”, in relation to a non-red list arrival, is to be read in accordance with regulation 3A(2),]

[F4“EU Digital COVID Certificate” means a certificate of COVID-19 records issued by either a member state of the European Union, European Economic Area or the European Free Trade Association, or a European microstate;

“European microstate” means Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, the Sovereign Order of St John, or the Vatican City State.]

“government department” means—

(a)

a United Kingdom Government Department,

(b)

Northern Ireland department,

(c)

a part of the Scottish Administration,

(d)

the Welsh Government,

“immigration officer” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 M1,

[F5“isolation” means, as the context requires—

(a)

F6...

(b)

F6...

(c)

managed isolation (see regulations 14 and 15, Schedule 7 and Schedule 6 where it applies),]

[F3“non-eligible”, in relation to a non-red list arrival, is to be read in accordance with regulation 3A(3),]

[F3“non-red list arrival” and “non-red list country” have the meanings given by regulation 3,]

[F7“North American Certificate” has the meaning given in Schedule 2B;]

“passenger information” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2) together with Schedule 3,

“Passenger Locator Form” means the form published electronically by the United Kingdom Government, and as may be from time to time amended, for the provision of passenger information, and unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Passenger Locator Form includes a reference to a Passenger Locator Form completed in accordance with an enactment in Scotland, Wales or England M2,

“qualifying test” means a test that is a qualifying test for the purposes of regulation 6 (and see in particular paragraph 1 of Schedule 5).

[F3“red list arrival” and “red list country” have the meanings given by regulation 3,]

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, an individual has responsibility for a child if the individual—

(a)has custody or charge of the child for the time being, or

(b)has parental responsibility for the child within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 M3.

(3) In these Regulations any reference to infection or contamination is a reference to infection or contamination with coronavirus which presents or could present significant harm to human health.

F8(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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M11971 c. 77. Paragraph 1 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c. 17), and by S.I. 1993/1813

M2The Passenger Locator Form is available on www.gov.uk. No hard copy version is available but, where a person arrives at a place staffed by Immigration Officers, they will be provided with the ability to complete the form electronically on their arrival in Northern Ireland if not completed in advance; assistance will be available for completion of the electronic form if required

Interpretation: [F9red list and non-red list] countries and arrivalsN.I.

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

“red list country” means a country or territory listed in Schedule 1 (red list countries),

[F10“non-red list country” means a country or territory which is not a red list country and not in the common travel area,]

F11...

F11...

F11...

“the common travel area” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 M4 (the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland).

(2) In these Regulations—

“red list arrival” means a person who has—

(a)

arrived in Northern Ireland, and

(b)

F12... arrived in, departed from or transited through a red list country at any time in the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of their arrival in Northern Ireland,

[F13“non-red list arrival” means a person who—

(a)

has arrived in Northern Ireland,

(b)

has been outside the common travel area at any time in the period beginning with the 10th day before the date of their arrival in Northern Ireland, and

(c)

is not a red list arrival.]

F14...

F14...

[F15(3) For the purposes of these Regulations [F16, except where they otherwise provide,] a person (P) is not treated as arriving in, departing from or transiting through a country or territory, or part of a country or territory, if P arrives in and leaves that country, territory or part thereof by air or sea and—

(a)at all times whilst there remains on the vessel upon which P arrived and no other passenger is permitted to be taken on board, or

(b)at all times whilst there remains on the aircraft upon which P arrived, or

(c)remains at all times whilst waiting for a flight departing from the airport at which P disembarked from an aircraft, within that airport, and departs on a flight from that airport without first passing through immigration control.]

[F17(4) A reference to a country does not include a reference to the overseas territories and dependencies of that country unless otherwise stated.]

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[F18[F19“Eligible” and “non-eligible” non-red list arrivals]N.I.

3A.—F20(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) [F21A person (P) who is a non-red list arrival is an “eligible” arrival for the purposes of these Regulations if] P meets the criteria set out in Schedule 2B.

[F22(3) A person who is a non-red list arrival is a “non-eligible” arrival for the purposes of these Regulations if that person is not an eligible arrival (within the meaning given by paragraph (2)).]]

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