The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 10) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Requirement to self-isolate N.I.

5.—(1) In regulation 10—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person (P) who is—

(a) a non-eligible non-red list arrival;

(b) an eligible non-red list arrival.”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (3)(a) substitute—

“(a) the end of—

(i) the 10th day after the day on which they arrive in the common travel area, in the case of a non-eligible non-red list arrival;

(ii) the 2nd day after the day on which they arrive in the common travel area, in the case of an eligible non-red list arrival, or”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A) Schedule 6 makes further provision in respect of the period of self-isolation, including provision requiring P to remain in self-isolation depending upon the outcome of a test taken as required by regulation 8.”.

(2) In Schedule 6—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the definition of “default isolation period”, in head (a), after “non-eligible non-red list arrival” insert “, or an eligible non-red list arrival”;

(ii) in the definition of “relevant isolation provisions”, in head (a), omit “, as modified by paragraph 11”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) in sub-paragraph (2), after “test” insert “, including in a case where P fails to take the test because the test did not arrive”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3) omit “enter into and”;

(c) in paragraph 5—

(i) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) omit “enter into and”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (4) omit “enter into and”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A) Where P has undertaken a mandatory test but P has not received the results of that test, P must remain in isolation—

(a) until the end of the 14th day after the day on which they arrived in Northern Ireland, or

(b) where P subsequently received the result of that test, or another test to which sub-paragraph (5) applies, and that test generates a negative result, the day on which P received the negative result.”;

(d) in paragraph 8(3)(c)(i), for “they intend to stay during the period of 10 days beginning on the day after the date of their arrival in the United Kingdom” substitute “they intend to self-isolate, or are self-isolating, in accordance with regulations 10 to 13 (if different from their home address)”;

(e) omit paragraph 11.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 5 in operation at 30.11.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)