The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Criteria to be an eligible arrival

5.—(1) Schedule 2B (criteria to be an eligible arrival) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 10, in the definition of “vaccine certificate”, after “the competent health authority of a relevant country” insert “, other than a European country listed in the table in paragraph 11 or the United States of America,”.

(3) In the opening words of paragraph 12, after ““relevant country”” insert “in paragraph 10”.

(4) In the list in paragraph 12, insert the following at the appropriate places in alphabetical order—

• “Albania”;

• “Bahamas”;

• “Bangladesh”;

• “Bosnia and Herzegovina”;

• “Brazil”;

• “Chile”;

• “Colombia”;

• “Egypt”;

• “Georgia”;

• “Ghana”;

• “Grenada”;

• “Hong Kong”;

• “India”;

• “Indonesia”;

• “Jamaica”;

• “Jordan”;

• “Kenya”;

• “Kosovo”;

• “Maldives”;

• “Moldova”;

• “Montenegro”;

• “Morocco”;

• “Namibia”;

• “Nigeria”;

• “North Macedonia”;

• “Oman”;

• “Pakistan”;

• “the Philippines”;

• “Serbia”’;

• “South Africa”;

• “St Kitts and Nevis”;

• “St Lucia”;

• “St Vincent and the Grenadines”;

• “Thailand”;

• “Turkey”;

• “Ukraine”;

• “Vietnam”.

(5) After paragraph 12 insert—

“13.— (1) In the definition of “authorised vaccine” in paragraph 10, the reference to doses received in a relevant country listed in paragraph 12 includes doses administered to a person, otherwise than in a relevant country, by a person acting on behalf of the United Nations and authorised to administer the vaccination in that capacity.

(2) Where a course of doses of an authorised vaccine has been administered to a person, otherwise than in a relevant country, by a person acting on behalf of the United Nations and authorised to administer the vaccination in that capacity—

(a) the person to whom the doses have been administered is to be treated for the purposes of paragraph 2 as having received those doses in a relevant country listed in paragraph 12, and

(b) the reference in the definition of “vaccine certificate” in paragraph 10 to the competent health authority of a relevant country is to be construed as including the person acting on behalf of the United Nations.”.