Reasonable excuses: contravention of regulation 8N.I.
25.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 23(1)(c), reasonable excuses for contravening regulation 8(2), (3) or (4) include, in particular, where—
(a)it was not reasonably practicable for a person to book a test due to a disability,
(b)a person reasonably considered before arriving in Northern Ireland that it would not be reasonably practicable for the person (or, as the case may be, the child for whom the person has responsibility) to provide a sample for a test in accordance with regulation 8 due to a disability,
(c)a person required medical treatment with such urgency that booking a test was not reasonably practicable,
(d)a person was accompanying, in order to provide support, whether medical or otherwise, a person described in sub-paragraph (a) or (c) where it was not reasonably practicable for the accompanying person to book a test,
(e)a person began their journey to Northern Ireland in a country or territory in which the person did not have reasonable access to the facilities or services required to book a test, with or without payment, and such facilities or services were not reasonably accessible in their last point of departure if this was different to where they began their journey.
(2) For the purposes of regulation 23(1)(c), reasonable excuses for contravening regulation 8(5) include, in particular, where—
(a)it is not reasonably practicable for a person to undertake a test due to a disability,
(b)a person requires medical treatment with such urgency that undertaking a test is not reasonably practicable,
(c)a test is cancelled for reasons beyond the person's control,
(d)a person has left Northern Ireland in accordance with regulation 10(3)(b), or left the common travel area in accordance with paragraph 11(1)(a) of Schedule 7.