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.
- a