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

4.—(1) This paragraph applies in respect of— N.I.

(a) red list arrivals,

F1 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) Where a mandatory test undertaken by P generates a positive result—

(a) P must continue to isolate, in accordance with the relevant isolation provisions, until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test,

(b) P may not leave Northern Ireland during this time, and accordingly, regulation 11(4)(a) and paragraph 11(1)(a) of Schedule 7 do not apply.

(3) [F2 Where a person (“B”) is isolating with P pursuant to the relevant isolation provisions, the requirement to isolate under sub-paragraph (2)(a) does not apply to B] where—

(a) the test referred to in sub-paragraph (2) is P's day 8 test, and

(b) B undertook a day 2 test that generated a positive result.

(4) Where P's day 2 test and day 8 test both generate a negative result, P must continue to isolate in accordance with the relevant isolation provisions until the later of—

(a) the end of the [F3 the 10th day after the day on which P arrived in the common travel area],

(b) the day on which P receives the result of their day 8 test.

(5) Where a mandatory test undertaken by P generates an inconclusive result, P must continue to isolate in accordance with the relevant isolation provisions—

(a) until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test,

(b) where P undertakes a test to which sub-paragraph (7) applies and the test generates a negative result, until the later of—

(i) the end of the [F4 the 10th day after the day on which P arrived in the common travel area],

(ii) the day on which P receives the negative result, or

(c) where P undertakes a test to which sub-paragraph (7) applies and the test generates a positive result, until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test.

(6) Where sub-paragraph (5)(c) applies, P is not required to undertake a day 8 test in accordance with regulation 8.

(7) This sub-paragraph applies to—

(a) a day 8 test,

(b) a test—

(i) complying with the requirements for a day 8 test specified in paragraph 7,

(ii) undertaken in the circumstances specified in paragraph 8 (other than the circumstances in paragraph 8(2) about when a test must be undertaken), and

(iii) undertaken during the period specified in sub-paragraph (5)(a).

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 para. 4(1)(b) omitted (11.2.2022 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/43), regs. 1(4), 7(2)(c)(ii) (with reg. 1(5))

F2 Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(3) substituted (30.8.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/241), regs. 1(1), 7(2)

F3 Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(4)(a) substituted (9.1.2022 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/3), regs. 1(2), 6(5) (with reg. 1(5))

F4 Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(5)(b)(i) substituted (9.1.2022 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/3), regs. 1(2), 6(5) (with reg. 1(5))