The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Provide information N.I.

Requirement to provide information N.I.

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

(a) a red list arrival,

(b) an amber list arrival, or

(c) a green list arrival.

(2) P must provide the information set out in Schedule 3 (“passenger information”) on the Passenger Locator Form.

(3) Where P is an adult, P must provide the passenger information for any child for whom P has responsibility and with whom P is travelling.

(4) Where P is a child and is unaccompanied by an adult, then an adult who has responsibility for P must provide the passenger information on behalf of P.

(5) The passenger information must be provided—

(a) on arrival, or

(b) in the 48 hours before arrival.

(6) This regulation is satisfied where—

(a) P arrives in Northern Ireland from Scotland, Wales or England,

(b) a Passenger Locator Form in respect of P has been completed in accordance with an enactment in Scotland, Wales or England, and

(c) an address in Northern Ireland has been specified where P intends to isolate (in the case of a person who is required to isolate) or stay (in any other case).

[F1 (6A) A person described in paragraph (1), (3) or (4) is treated as having complied with those paragraphs (as applicable) if they provide the specified passenger information on the Passenger Locator Form—

(a) in the case of a person arriving in Northern Ireland on a cruise ship, in the 21 days before they are required to provide the information, or

(b) in any other case, in the 48 hours before they are required to provide the information.]

(7) Where the passenger information is provided in the 48 hours before arrival, the person who has provided it must provide evidence that they have done so if requested by an immigration officer.

(8) If passenger information changes or becomes available in the 10 days after arrival in Northern Ireland, the person who has provided it must, as soon as practicable, take all reasonable steps to update the passenger information on the Passenger Locator Form.

(9) Nothing in this regulation requires a person to provide any information if that information is not within their possession or control.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 4(6A) inserted (1.10.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/262), regs. 1(3), 4

Persons exempt from requirement to provide information N.I.

5.  Schedule 4 sets out the persons who are exempt from regulation 4.