The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (revoked)

PART 2 N.I. Obligations on persons arriving in Northern Ireland and others

Requirement to provide information N.I.

3.—(1) This regulation applies where a person (“P”)—

(a) arrives in Northern Ireland, and

(b) has been outside the common travel area at any time in the period beginning with the [F1 10th day] before the date of their arrival in Northern Ireland.

(2) P must provide on the Passenger Locator Form, the information set out in Schedule 1 (“passenger information”) on their arrival.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to a person who arrives in Northern Ireland from Scotland, Wales or England and who has completed the Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in Scotland, Wales or England, specifying an address in Northern Ireland where that person intends to self-isolate.

(4) A person who is travelling with a child for whom they have responsibility, must ensure that passenger information is provided in relation to that child on the Passenger Locator Form on their arrival in Northern Ireland.

(5) If a person described in paragraph (1) provides their passenger information, and any passenger information required by virtue of paragraph (4), on the Passenger Locator Form in the 48 hours before they are required to do so, then they are treated as having complied with those paragraphs (as applicable).

(6) A person who has provided passenger information in advance in accordance with paragraph (5) must provide evidence that they have done so if requested by an immigration officer.

(7) If passenger information changes or becomes available to a person required to self-isolate during that person's period of self-isolation, that person must, as soon as reasonably possible take all reasonable steps to complete the Passenger Locator Form, or a new Passenger Locator Form, as the case may be.

(8) Nothing in this regulation requires a person to provide any information if that information is not within their possession or control.

[F2 (9) The following are not required to comply with this regulation—

(a) a person described in regulation 4(12),

(b) a person described in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 2,

(c) a person described in any of paragraphs 4A to 4F of Schedule 2 who meets the condition in paragraph 4G of that Schedule,

(d) a person described in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2.]

[F3 (10) Paragraph (9) does not apply in relation to a person who has arrived in Northern Ireland from any country or territory listed in Schedule 5 or has, within the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of their arrival in Northern Ireland, departed from or transited through any of those countries or territories.]

[F4 (11) Paragraph (10) does not apply to a person described in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 3(1)(b) substituted (14.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 25) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/326), regs. 1(3), 3

F2 Reg. 3(9) substituted (10.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/138), regs. 1, 4 (with reg. 2(2))

F3 Reg. 3(10) substituted (9.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/4), regs. 1(1), 3

F4 Reg. 3(11) inserted (20.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/39), regs. 1(1), 3 (with reg. 12)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in operation at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1

[F5 Requirement to possess notification of negative test result N.I.

3A.— (1) A person who arrives in Northern Ireland having begun their journey outside the common travel area must, subject to paragraph (2), possess on arrival valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by that person.

(2) A person who is travelling with a child aged 11 or over and for whom they have responsibility must on their arrival in Northern Ireland, in the case of a person described in paragraph (1), possess valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by that child.

(3) A person who possesses valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test must produce that notification physically or digitally, if required to do so by an immigration officer.

(4) The following persons are not required to comply with this regulation—

(a) a child who is under the age of 11,

(b) a person described in paragraph 2, 3, 4, 4B, 4D, 4E, 4F, 6, 11, 12 or 29 of Schedule 2,

(c) a person described in any sub-paragraph of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2A.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) a test is a qualifying test if it complies with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2A,

(b) a notification of a negative result is valid if it includes the information specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2A,

(c) a child is to be treated as possessing valid notification of a negative result from a qualifying test taken by that child even if that notification is possessed by a person who is travelling with, and has responsibility for, that child.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Reg. 3A inserted (21.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/10), regs. 1(2), 3(3) (with reg. 4)

Requirement to self-isolate N.I.

4.—(1) This regulation applies where a person (“P”)—

(a) arrives in Northern Ireland, and

(b) has [F6 departed from or transited through a non-exempt country or territory] at any time in the period beginning with the [F7 10th day] before the date of their arrival in Northern Ireland.

[F8 (1A) This regulation also applies where a person (“P”) is residing at an address at which another person (D) is residing, where D is required to self-isolate under these Regulations because D has arrived in Northern Ireland from any country or territory listed in Schedule 5 or has, within the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of D’s arrival in Northern Ireland, departed from or transited through any of those countries or territories.]

(2) P must remain in isolation from others (“self-isolate”) in accordance with this regulation.

(3) P must self-isolate—

(a) unless sub-paragraph (b) [F9 ,(c) or (d)] apply—

(i) in the case of a person to whom regulation 3 applies, at the address specified in P's Passenger Locator Form as the intended place of self-isolation, as required by regulation 3 and paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1,

(ii) in the case of a person described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (other than one described in paragraph (12)(a)(i)), at a place at which they intend to self-isolate while in Northern Ireland,

(iii) where it is not possible for P to self-isolate in accordance with sub-paragraph (i) or (ii), in accommodation facilitated by the United Kingdom Government for the purposes of P's self-isolation,

(b) where P is an asylum seeker, in accommodation provided or arranged under section 4, 95 or 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 M1 , or

(c) where P is a person described in paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 M2 (powers of Secretary of State to enable person to meet bail conditions), in accommodation provided or arranged under that paragraph.

F10 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F11 (d) where P is a person described in paragraph (1A), at the address referred to in that paragraph.]

(4) The address specified by P in the Passenger Locator Form as the intended place of self-isolation must be—

(a) their home,

(b) the home of a friend or family member, or

(c) a hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast accommodation, or other suitable place.

(5) More than one address may be specified in the Passenger Locator Form where—

(a) a legal obligation requires P to change addresses, or

(b) it is necessary for P to stay overnight at an address on their arrival in Northern Ireland before travelling directly to another address at which they will be self-isolating.

(6) In paragraph (3)(a)(ii) “a place at which they intend to self-isolate while in Northern Ireland” means—

(a) where the person has completed the Passenger Locator Form, at an intended place of self-isolation specified in that form,

(b) where the person has completed the Passenger Locator Form pursuant to an enactment in England, Scotland or Wales, at an intended place of self-isolation specified in that form,

(c) in any other case at a place described in paragraph (4)(a) to [F12 (d)].

(7) F13 ... [F14 Where P is a person described in paragraph (1),] P must, on their arrival in Northern Ireland, travel directly to the place at which they are to self-isolate, and must then self-isolate until whichever is the earlier of—

(a) the end of the [F15 10th day] after the day on which they arrive in the common travel area, or

(b) their departure from Northern Ireland.

F16 (7A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F17 (7A) Where P is a person described in paragraph (1A) (residing with another person “D”), P must self-isolate until the end of the period during which, according to paragraph (7), D is required to self-isolate.]

(8) Paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation—

(a) from any person with whom they were travelling when they arrived in Northern Ireland and who is also self-isolating in the place where P is self-isolating,

(b) where P is self-isolating in their home, from any member of their household,

(c) where P is self-isolating in the home of a friend or family member, from any member of the household of that friend or family member.

[F18 (8A) Paragraph (2) does not require P to remain in isolation from a person (“V”) when V is at the place where P is self-isolating—

(a) to provide emergency assistance,

(b) to provide care or assistance, including personal care within the meaning of paragraph 1(1B) or 7(3B) of Schedule 2 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007, to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating,

(c) to provide medical assistance including to provide any of the services mentioned in paragraph (9)(b), to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner,

(d) to provide veterinary services, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon,

(e) to provide critical public services, including those mentioned in paragraph (9)(h).]

(9) During the period of their self-isolation, P may not leave, or be outside of, the place where P is self-isolating except—

(a) to travel in order to leave Northern Ireland, provided that they do so directly,

(b) to seek medical assistance, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner, including to access [F19 services from dentists, opticians, audiologists, chiropodists, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health practitioners, including services relating to mental health],

[F20 (ba) to access veterinary services where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon,]

(c) to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings,

(d) to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm,

(e) on compassionate grounds including to attend a funeral of—

(i) a member of P's household,

(ii) a close family member, or

(iii) if no-one within sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) are attending, a friend,

(f) to move to a different place for self-isolation specified on a Passenger Locator Form completed by P,

(g) in exceptional circumstances such as—

(i) to obtain basic necessities such as food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) where it is not possible to obtain these provisions in any other manner,

(ii) to move to a different place for self-isolation where it becomes impracticable to remain at the address at which they are self-isolating,

(h) to access critical public services, including—

(i) social services,

(ii) services provided to victims (such as victims of crime),

(i) in the case of a minister of religion or worship leader, to go to their place of worship alone provided they will be there alone,

[F21 (j) to take exercise alone or with members of P’s household, or]

(k) to visit a burial ground to pay respects to a member of the person's household, family member or friend provided they are doing so alone.

(10) For the purposes of this regulation, the place referred to in paragraph (3) includes the premises where P is self-isolating together with any garden, yard, passage, stair, garage, outhouse, or other appurtenance of such premises.

(11) If P is a child, any person who has custody or charge of P during P's period of self-isolation must ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that P self-isolates in accordance with this regulation.

(12) [F22 Subject to paragraph (13), if] P is a person described—

(a) in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2—

(i) where P is a person described in paragraph 1(1)(a) to (k) of, and meets the conditions set out in paragraph 1(2) of, that Schedule, P is not required to comply with this regulation,

(ii) in any other case, paragraph (3)(b) and (c) does not apply to P,

F23 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F24 (ba) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F26 (ca) in paragraph 39 of [F27 Schedule 2, P satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2) if P complies with the relevant conditions specified in paragraph 39(4) of Schedule 2,]]

F28 (cb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F29 (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F30 (cd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F31 (d) in paragraph 4, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 6, 11, 14, 15, 16 or 22 of Schedule 2 and is—

(i) ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, P is not required to comply with this regulation,

(ii) not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, P is not required to comply with this regulation while undertaking the work or activity described in the relevant paragraph of that Schedule,

(e) in paragraph 17, 17A, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 36A or 46 of Schedule 2, P is not required to comply with this regulation while undertaking the work or activity described in the relevant paragraph of that Schedule,

(f) in any other paragraph of Schedule 2, P is not required to comply with this regulation.]

[F32 (13) Paragraph (12) does not apply in relation to a person (“D”) who has, at any time in the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of their arrival in Northern Ireland, departed from or transited through any country or territory listed in Schedule 5.]

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in reg. 4(1)(b) substituted (10.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/138), regs. 1, 5(2) (with reg. 2(2))

F7 Words in reg. 4(1)(b) substituted (14.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 25) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/326), regs. 1(3), 4(a)

F8 Reg. 4(1A) substituted (9.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/4), regs. 1(1), 4(a)

F9 Words in reg. 4(3)(a) substituted (23.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 27) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/355), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(a)

F10 Reg. 4(3)(d) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 24) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/289), regs. 1(1), 4(b)(ii)

F11 Reg. 4(3)(d) inserted (23.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 27) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/355), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(b)

F12 Word in reg. 4(6)(c) substituted (23.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 27) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/355), regs. 1(1), 4(4)

F13 Words in reg. 4(7) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 24) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/289), regs. 1(1), 4(d)

F14 Words in reg. 4(7) inserted (23.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 27) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/355), regs. 1(1), 4(5)

F15 Words in reg. 4(7)(a) substituted (14.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 25) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/326), regs. 1(3), 4(b)

F16 Reg. 4(7A) omitted (28.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 24) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/289), regs. 1(1), 4(e)

F17 Reg. 4(7A) inserted (23.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 27) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/355), regs. 1(1), 4(6)

F18 Reg. 4(8A) inserted (31.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/163), regs. 1(1), 3 (with reg. 2(2))

F19 Words in reg. 4(9)(b) substituted (10.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/138), regs. 1, 5(3)(a) (with reg. 2(2))

F20 Reg. 4(9)(ba) inserted (10.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/138), regs. 1, 5(3)(b) (with reg. 2(2))

F21 Reg. 4(9)(j) substituted (18.8.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Advice for Persons Travelling to Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/179), regs. 1(3), 2(3) (with reg. 2(7))

F22 Words in reg. 4(12) substituted (23.12.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 27) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/355), regs. 1(1), 4(7)

F23 Reg. 4(12)(b) omitted (20.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/39), regs. 1(1), 4(a) (with reg. 12)

F24 Reg. 4(12)(ba) omitted (11.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/32), regs. 1(1), 3(a) (with reg. 6)

F25 Reg. 4(12)(c) omitted (20.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/39), regs. 1(1), 4(a) (with reg. 12)

F26 Reg. 4(12)(ca)(cb) inserted (10.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/138), regs. 1, 5(4) (with reg. 2(2))

F27 Words in reg. 4(12)(ca) substituted (20.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/39), regs. 1(1), 4(b) (with reg. 12)

F28 Reg. 4(12)(cb) omitted (18.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/9), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 3)

F29 Reg. 4(12)(cc) omitted (18.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/9), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 3)

F30 Reg. 4(12)(cd) omitted (18.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/9), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 3)

F31 Reg. 4(12)(d)-(f) substituted for reg. 4(12)(d) (20.2.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/39), regs. 1(1), 4(c) (with reg. 12)

F32 Reg. 4(13) substituted (9.1.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/4), regs. 1(1), 4(b)

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 4 in operation at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 1999 c. 33. Section 4 was amended by section 49 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), by section 10(1) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), by section 43(7) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), and by paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19). Section 95 was amended by section 50(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and by paragraph 29 of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016

M2 The Immigration Act (c. 19)