1. The notes set out below explain the entries in the table in [F1Part 1] of this Schedule.N.I.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 1 substituted (12.5.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/121), regs. 1(1), 5(a)
2. The entries set out in the first column are defined in Part 2 of the Schedule.N.I.
3. An entry reading “exempt” means the person is exempt from the requirement in the corresponding column.N.I.
4. An entry reading “not exempt” means the person is not exempt from the requirement in the corresponding column.N.I.
5. An entry reading “exempt (unless red list arrival)” means the person is exempt unless the person is a red list arrival.N.I.
6.—(1) An entry reading “exempt (residency condition)” means—N.I.
(a)where the person is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, that the person is exempt from that requirement,
(b)where—
(i)the person is not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, and
(ii)the requirement is the requirement to enter into managed isolation,
that the requirement to enter into managed isolation applies with the modifications set out in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) Those modifications are that—
(a)the references in Schedule 7 to the place in accommodation designated by the Department are to be read as a place within the meaning of regulation 12 (place where a person must self-isolate),
(b)there is no requirement to use transport facilitated by the Department in order to reach that place,
(c)no charge may be imposed by the Department in relation to accommodation where the person stays, and
(d)the definition of “place” in paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 does not apply.
7. An entry reading “partial exemption (work condition)” means that the person is not required to comply with that requirement while undertaking the work or activity described in the entry.N.I.
8.—(1) An entry reading “exempt (no access to passengers condition)” means that the person is exempt from the requirement if the person has on the journey to Northern Ireland travelled only—N.I.
(a)on a conveyance which does not carry passengers,
(b)in an area of a conveyance which is not accessible to passengers, or
(c)in an area of a conveyance which is accessible to passengers in vehicles, where passengers remain within their vehicles while the person is present in that area of the conveyance.
(2) But notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1), if the person is a red list arrival, the person is not exempt.
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, “not accessible to passengers” means separated by a continuous physical barrier which passengers are not permitted to cross”.
9. Where an entry indicates that certain categories are exempt, that conditions apply, or that there is a partial exemption, those categories, conditions or partial exemptions are set out in Part 2 of this Schedule.N.I.
| Requirement to provide informationRegulation 4 | Requirement to possess notification of negative test resultRegulation 6 | Requirement to book and undertake testsRegulation 8 | Requirement to self-isolateRegulation 10 | Requirement to comply with managed isolationRegulation 14 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Diplomat | Exempt | Certain categories exempt | Certain categories exempt, conditions apply | Certain categories exempt, conditions apply | Certain categories exempt, conditions apply |
| 2. Crown servant (border work) | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt |
| 3. Crown servant (defence), armed forces, visiting forces | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt |
| 4. Foreign official (border work) | Exempt | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition |
| 5. Seaman and masters | Exempt (no access to passengers condition) (no red list arrivals) | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition |
| 6. Pilots (maritime) | Exempt (no access to passengers condition) (no red list arrivals) | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition |
| 7. Ship inspectors | Exempt (no access to passengers condition) (no red list arrivals) | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition |
| 8. Air crew | Exempt (no access to passengers condition) (no red list arrivals) | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition |
| 9. Transit passenger | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt |
| [F29A. Transit passenger (Republic of Ireland) | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt, conditions apply | Not exempt | Not exempt] |
| 10. Road haulage worker | Not exempt | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 11. Civil aviation inspectors | Not exempt | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 12. Returning essential state workers | Not exempt | Certain categories exempt, conditions apply | Certain categories exempt, conditions apply | Certain categories exempt, conditions apply | Certain categories exempt, conditions apply |
| 13. Other returning essential workers | Not exempt | Exempt, conditions apply | Exempt, conditions apply | Exempt | Exempt |
| 14. Official repatriating prisoner | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 15. Official escorting extradition subject | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 16. Foreign official collecting extradition subject | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 17. Essential water / sewerage worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 18. Essential floods worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 19. Essential utilities worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 20. Essential nuclear worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 21. Chemical weapons inspector | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 22. Specialist aerospace engineer or worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 23. Oil safety worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 24. Essential offshore (oil) worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 25. Postal operator | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt | Not exempt |
| 26. Specialist technical worker (goods) | Not exempt | Certain categories exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 27. Specialist technical worker (waste management) | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 28. Medical courier | Not exempt | Exempt (unless red list arrival) | Exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 29. Medicines inspector | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 30. Clinical trial worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 31. Clinical investigation worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 32. Qualified medicines worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 33. Essential infrastructure worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 34. Communications networks worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 35. Subsea fibre optic worker | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
| 36. Elite sportsperson | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt | Partial exemption, conditions apply | Not exempt |
| 37. Essential worker (film and high end TV production) | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Partial exemption (work condition) | Not exempt |
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 1 table inserted (12.5.2021 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/121), regs. 1(1), 5(b)