7.—(1) An operator must ensure that a passenger who arrives at a port in Northern Ireland on a relevant service is in possession of a required notification.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a passenger—
(a)whom the operator, or a person acting on behalf of the operator, reasonably believes is not required to comply with the requirement to possess notification of a negative test result or has a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with that requirement;
(b)who is a child, travelling without a responsible individual; or
(c)who is a transit passenger who does not have the right to enter the country or territory from which the relevant service departs.
(3) In this regulation, “transit passenger” means a person who has arrived in the country or territory from which the relevant service departs with the intention of passing through to Northern Ireland without entering that country or territory.