2021 No. 323
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 11) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Made
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(2)
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 11) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021.
2
These Regulations come into operation at 4.00 a.m. on 7th December 2021.
3
An amendment made by these Regulations does not apply in relation to a person arriving in Northern Ireland before the coming into operation of the provision containing the amendment.
4
In these Regulations—
a
“the principal Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20213;
b
“the Operator Liability Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20214.
Amendment of the principal Regulations2
The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.
Amendment of regulation 33
In regulation 3(3) (interpretation: (red list and non-red list countries and arrivals)), after “these Regulations” insert “, except where they otherwise provide,”
.
Amendment of regulation 44
In regulation 4 (requirement to provide information), for paragraph (5) substitute—
5
The passenger information must be provided in the 48 hours before arrival.
Amendment of regulation 65
1
Regulation 6 (requirement to possess notification of negative test result) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1)—
a
at the end of sub-paragraph (a), omit “or”;
b
at the end of sub-paragraph (aa)—
i
insert “,or”
;
ii
after “or” insert—
ab
an eligible non-red list arrival,
3
In paragraph (2), for “11” substitute “12”
.
4
In paragraph (4), for “11” substitute “12”
.
Amendment of regulation 196
1
Regulation 19 (enforcement of requirement to isolate) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraphs (4) and (5), omit “who has arrived in Northern Ireland from a red list country”.
Amendment of Schedule 57
In Schedule 5 (Qualifying test) —
a
in paragraph 1(c)—
i
for “three” substitute “two”
;
ii
in head (i), for “service, the service’s scheduled time of departure” substitute—
service that—
aa
does not involve the person transiting through a country or territory outside the common travel area, the service’s scheduled time of departure;
bb
involves the person transiting through a country or territory outside the common travel area, the scheduled time of departure of the first part of the service
b
after paragraph 1 insert—
1A
For the purposes of paragraph 1, a person transits through a country or territory if they arrive in that country or territory for the sole purpose of continuing a journey to Northern Ireland—
a
on a conveyance other than the conveyance on which they arrived, or
b
on the same conveyance, having temporarily disembarked from it.
Amendment of the Operator Liability Regulations8
The Operator Liability Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 9 and 10.
Amendment of regulation 39
In regulation 3 (requirement to ensure passengers have completed a Passenger Locator Form), in paragraph (1)(b), for “principal Regulations” substitute “International Travel Regulations”
.
Amendment of Schedule10
1
Part 1 of the Schedule is amended as follows—
2
Immediately before the sentence which begins “Fill in your Passenger Locator Form up to 48 hours before arrival.” insert—
All persons (including UK nationals and residents) arriving in the UK from outside the CTA must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 2 days of departure to the UK. For further information please visit: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-travelling-northern-ireland-non-red-list-country.
3
Under the heading “Red list passengers (including passengers who are fully vaccinated)”—
a
omit paragraph 1;
b
renumber paragraph 2 as paragraph 1;
c
renumber paragraph 3 as paragraph 2.
4
Under heading “Unvaccinated passengers or passengers vaccinated with unauthorised vaccines”—
a
omit paragraph 1;
b
for paragraph 2 substitute—
1
Book PCR tests to take on or before day 2 and on or after day 8.
c
renumber paragraph 3 as paragraph 2;
d
renumber paragraph 4 as paragraph 3;
5
Under the heading “Fully vaccinated passengers”, for paragraph 1 substitute—
1
Book a PCR test to take on or before day 2.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 6th December 2021
(This note is not part of the Regulations)