PART 2Obligations on persons arriving in Northern Ireland and others
Book and undertake tests
Requirement to book and undertake tests8.
(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)
Where P is an adult, P must on arrival in Northern Ireland possess a testing package—
(a)
for P, and
(b)
for a child aged 5 or older for whom P has responsibility and with whom P is travelling.
(3)
Where P is an adult who arrives in Northern Ireland without possessing a testing package required under paragraph (2), P must as soon as practicable obtain a testing package.
(4)
Where P is a child aged 5 or older and is unaccompanied by an adult, then an adult who has responsibility for P must obtain a testing package as soon as practicable after P arrives in Northern Ireland.
(5)
Subject to paragraph (6), where P—
(a)
is an adult, they must undertake the tests in accordance with their testing package;
(b)
is a child aged 5 or older, an adult with responsibility for P must, so far as reasonably practicable, ensure that P undertakes the tests in accordance with the testing package.
(6)
Where P's day 2 test generates a positive result, P is not required to undertake a day 8 test.
(7)
Where P does not undertake a test as required by this regulation by reason of a reasonable excuse (see regulation 25), P must, as soon as practicable after the matters giving rise to the reasonable excuse no longer apply, undertake a test (“a replacement test”) complying with the requirements that apply to the test that was missed.
(8)
Where a replacement test is undertaken instead of—
(a)
a day 2 test, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken a day 2 test in accordance with this regulation,
(b)
a day 8 test, P is to be treated as if they had undertaken a day 8 test in accordance with this regulation.
(9)
Schedule 6 makes further provision about day 2 and day 8 tests (including isolating if a test generates a positive result).
(10)
A person who possesses a testing package must provide evidence of it if requested by an immigration officer or a constable.
(11)
In this regulation—
“day 2 test” means a test which complies with paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 and is undertaken in the circumstances described in paragraph 8 of that Schedule,
“day 8 test” means a test which complies with paragraph 7 of Schedule 6 and is undertaken in the circumstances described in paragraph 8 of that Schedule,
“testing package” means—
(a)
in respect of a red list arrival or an amber list arrival, a booking for a day 2 test and a day 8 test where both tests are provided, or arranged to be provided, by the same test provider,
(b)
in respect of a green list arrival, a booking for a day 2 test.