These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation at 11.00 p.m. on 28th March 2020.

In these Regulations—

• F2“childcare” includes day care as defined in Article 19 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

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

• F2“elite athlete” means an individual who—

  1. i

     derives a living from competing in a sport,

  2. ii

     plays in a professional league or competition,

  3. iii

     is a senior representative nominated by a relevant sporting body,

  4. iv

     is a member of the senior training squad for a relevant sporting body, or

  5. v

     is aged 16 or above and on an elite development pathway.

• For the purposes of the definition of “elite athlete”—

  1. a

     “elite development pathway” means a development pathway established by the national governing body of a sport to prepare athletes—

     1. i

        so that they may derive a living from competing in that sport, or

     2. ii

        to compete at that sport at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games, or, if that sport is not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme, in the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham;

  2. b

     “relevant sporting body” means the national governing body of a sport which may nominate athletes to represent—

     1. i

        Great Britain and Northern Ireland or Ireland at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games, or

     2. ii

        England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham in those sports which are not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme;

  3. c

     “Senior representative” means an individual who is considered by a relevant sporting body to be a candidate to qualify to compete on behalf of—

     1. i

        Great Britain and Northern Ireland or Ireland at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games;

     2. ii

        England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham in those sports which are not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme.

     3. iii

        F3Northern Ireland at European and World Championships.

• “person responsible for carrying on a business” includes the owner, proprietor and manager of that business;

• F4“sporting event” means an event in which individuals or teams compete against each other in accordance with an approved set of rules which serve to ensure fair competition and allow for the adjudication of a winner.

• “vulnerable person” includes—

  1. a

     any person aged 70 or older;

  2. b

     any person under 70 who has an underlying health condition, including but not limited to, the conditions listed in Schedule 1;

  3. c

     any person who is pregnant.

Any reference in these Regulations to a person designated by the Department of Health includes a reference to an authorised officer employed by a person so designated.