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10.—(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person (P) who is [F1a non-eligible non-red list arrival.] F2....
(2) P must enter into and remain in self-isolation from others in accordance with—
(a)regulations 10 to 13, and
(b)Schedule 6 (where that Schedule applies).
(3) P must, on their arrival in Northern Ireland, travel directly to the place at which they are to self-isolate, and must then self-isolate until whichever is the earlier of—
(a)the end of the 10th day after the day on which they arrive in the common travel area, or
(b)their departure from Northern Ireland.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 10(1) substituted (4.10.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/278), regs. 1(2), 10 (with reg. 1(4))
F2Words in reg. 10(1) revoked (2.8.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/225), regs. 1(2), 10(a)(ii) (with reg. 11)
F3Reg. 10(4) omitted (22.11.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 9) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/301), regs. 1(2), 6 (with reg. 1(3))
11.—(1) This regulation sets out the limitations to, and exceptions from, the requirement to self-isolate for a person (P).
(2) Regulation 10 does not require P to remain in self-isolation—
(a)from any person with whom they were travelling when they arrived in Northern Ireland and who is also self-isolating in the place where P is self-isolating,
(b)where P is self-isolating in their home, from any member of their household,
(c)where P is self-isolating in the home of a friend or family member, from any member of the household of that friend or family member,
(d)from any person who is staying in the place where P is self-isolating whose assistance P reasonably requires by reason of—
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(ii)any disability of P's,
(e)where P leaves, or is outside of, the place where P is self-isolating for the purposes of, or connected with, undertaking a test in accordance with Schedule 6, from any person whose assistance P reasonably requires in order to undertake the test, by reason of—
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(ii)any disability of P's.
(3) Regulation 10 does not require P to remain in isolation from a person (V) when V is at the place where P is self-isolating—
(a)to provide emergency assistance,
(b)to provide care or assistance, including personal care within the meaning of paragraph 1(1B) or 7(3B) of Schedule 2 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 M1, to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating,
(c)to provide medical assistance including to provide any of the services mentioned in paragraph (4)(b), to P or to any other person who is living in the place where P is self-isolating, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner,
(d)to provide veterinary services, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon,
(e)to provide critical public services, including those mentioned in paragraph (4)(i).
(4) During the period of their self-isolation, P may not leave, or be outside of, the place where P is self-isolating except—
(a)to travel in order to leave Northern Ireland, provided that they do so directly, but this is subject to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 6 (consequences of positive test result),
(b)to seek medical assistance, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner, including to access services from dentists, opticians, audiologists, chiropodists, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health practitioners, including services relating to mental health,
(c)to access veterinary services where this is required urgently or on the advice of a veterinary surgeon,
(d)to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings,
(e)to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm,
(f)on compassionate grounds including to attend a funeral of—
(i)a member of P's household,
(ii)a close family member, or
(iii)if no-one within sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) are attending, a friend,
(g)to move to a different place for self-isolation specified on a Passenger Locator Form completed by or in respect of P,
(h)in exceptional circumstances such as—
(i)to obtain basic necessities such as food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) where it is not possible to obtain these provisions in any other manner,
(ii)to move to a different place for self-isolation where it becomes impracticable to remain at the address at which they are self-isolating,
(i)to access critical public services, including—
(i)social services,
(ii)services provided to victims (such as victims of crime),
(j)in the case of a minister of religion or worship leader, to go to their place of worship alone provided they will be there alone,
(k)to take exercise alone or with members of P's household,
(l)to visit a burial ground to pay respects to a member of P's household, family member or friend provided they are doing so alone,
(m)for the purposes of, or connected with, undertaking a test in accordance with Schedule 6.
Textual Amendments
F4Reg. 11(2)(d)(i) omitted (22.11.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 9) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/301), regs. 1(2), 7 (with reg. 1(3))
F5Reg. 11(2)(e)(i) omitted (22.11.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment No. 9) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/301), regs. 1(2), 7 (with reg. 1(3))
Marginal Citations
M12007 S.I. 1351 (N.I. 11)
12.—(1) This regulation sets out the place where a person (P) must self-isolate.
(2) P must self-isolate at the address specified in P's Passenger Locator Form, but this is subject to the other provisions of this regulation.
(3) Where it is not possible for P to self-isolate in accordance with paragraph (2), P must self-isolate in accommodation facilitated by the United Kingdom Government for the purposes of P's self-isolation.
(4) Where P is an asylum seeker, P must self-isolate in accommodation provided or arranged under section 4, 95 or 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 M2.
(5) Where P is a person described in paragraph 9(1) of the Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 M3 (powers of Secretary of State to enable person to meet bail conditions), P must self-isolate in accommodation provided or arranged under that paragraph.
(6) The address specified by P in the Passenger Locator Form must be—
(a)their home,
(b)the home of a friend or family member, or
(c)a hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast accommodation or other suitable place.
(7) Where P has not specified an address on a Passenger Locator Form where they intend to self-isolate, they must self-isolate at a place described in paragraph (6)(a) to (c).
(8) More than one address may be specified as the place at which P intends to self-isolate in the Passenger Locator Form, where—
(a)a legal obligation requires P to change addresses, or
(b)it is necessary for P to stay overnight at an address on their arrival in Northern Ireland before travelling directly to another address at which they will be self-isolating.
(9) The place referred to this in regulation includes the premises where P is self-isolating together with any garden, yard, passage, stair, garage, outhouse or other appurtenance of the premises.
Marginal Citations
M21999 c. 33. Section 4 was amended by section 49 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), by section 10(1) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), by section 43(7) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), and by paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19). Section 95 was amended by section 50(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and by paragraph 29 of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016
13. Schedule 4 sets out the persons who are exempt from regulation 10.