Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2021 No. 154

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

7th June 2021

Coming into operation

at 4.00 a.m. on 8th June 2021

The Department of Health(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25B and 25F(2) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(2).

Citation, commencement and interpretationN.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation at 4.00 a.m. on 8th June 2021.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021(3).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021N.I.

2. The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Regulation 27N.I.

3. In regulation 27(14)(d) (amount of fixed penalty) for “£2,000” substitute “£1,000”.

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 3 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Schedule 1N.I.

4. In Schedule 1 (Red list countries), at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, insert “Afghanistan”, “Bahrain”, “Costa Rica”, “Egypt”, “Sri Lanka”, “Sudan”, and “Trinidad and Tobago”.

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 4 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Schedule 2N.I.

5. In Schedule 2 (Green list countries), omit “Portugal”.

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 5 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Schedule 4N.I.

6. In Schedule 4 (Persons who are exempt), in paragraph 52(a) of Part 2, after “Medical Devices Regulations 2002” insert “and/or Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5^th April 2017”.

Commencement Information

I6Reg. 6 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Schedule 7N.I.

7. In Schedule 7 (Managed Isolation), in paragraph 11(1)(a) for “paragraph 3 of Schedule 6” substitute “paragraph 4 of Schedule 6”.

Commencement Information

I7Reg. 7 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 07th June 2021

(L.S.)

Dr Naresh Chada

A senior officer of the Department of Health

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (“the principal Regulations”).

An amendment corrects an error in those Regulations, namely a typographical error in Regulation 27 (Amount of fixed penalty) in paragraph (11)(d) regarding the penalty for not taking a test.

Schedule 1 (Red list countries) is amended to include Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Schedule 2 (Green list countries) is amended to omit Portugal.

Schedule 4 (Persons who are exempt) is amended to refer to the relevant regulations.

Schedule 7 (Managed isolation) is also amended to correct a typographical error in paragraph 11(1)(a) (Permitted reasons to leave or be outside the place of managed isolation) to refer to the relevant paragraph in Schedule 6 relating to consequences of test results for red list and amber list arrivals.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5)

(2)

1967 c. 36 (N.I.). Part 1A was inserted by section 48 of, and Schedule 18 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)

(3)

S.R. 2021 No. 99 as amended by S.R. 2021 Nos. 108, 121 and 132