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

Conditions for exemption from requirement to comply with managed isolation

9.—(1) Where P is a person described in paragraph 1(a) to (h) or (k) and meets the double confirmation condition, P is not required to comply with regulation 14 and Schedule 7.

(2) Where F is a member of the family forming part of the household of P, F is not required to comply with regulation 14 and Schedule 7 if—

(a) P satisfies sub-paragraph (1),

(b) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been notified of F’s arrival, and

(c) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has confirmed in writing that F is not required to comply with regulation 14 and Schedule 7.

10.—(1) Where P is a person described in paragraph 1(i) or (j) and meets the double confirmation condition, P is not required to comply with regulation 14 and Schedule 7.

(2) Where F is a member of the family forming part of the household of P, F is not required to comply with regulation 14 and Schedule 7 if—

(a) P satisfies sub-paragraph (1),

(b) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been notified of F’s arrival, and

(c) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has confirmed in writing that F is not required to comply with regulation 14 and Schedule 7.

11.  But where paragraphs 9 or 10(2) apply—

(a) the person must enter into self-isolation, in accordance with regulation 10, as if the person were an amber list arrival,

(b) none of the exemptions set out in this Schedule in respect of self-isolation apply to that person, and

(c) the person is not required to comply with the requirements set out in regulation 10 while undertaking the work or activity described in paragraph 1(a) to (h) or (k), (as the case may be).

12.—(1) Where P is a person described in paragraph 1(c) and meets the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2), P’s obligations under regulation 14 and Schedule 7 apply with the modifications set out in sub-paragraph (3).

(2) Those conditions are that—

(a) the international organisation confirms in writing that—

(i) P is required, from time to time, by that international organisation to return to Northern Ireland for a resilience break,

(ii) P is travelling to Northern Ireland solely for the purposes of that resilience break, and

(iii) that resilience break cannot be undertaken in the country in which P works, and

(b) the Department has then confirmed in writing to the international organisation that—

(i) it has received that confirmation, and

(ii) P is not required to comply with regulation 14 and Schedule 7

(3) Those modifications are that—

(a) references in Schedule 7 to a place in accommodation designated by the Department are to be read as references to P’s home,

(b) there is no requirement to use transport facilitated by the Department in order to reach their home,

(c) no charge may be imposed by the Department in relation to accommodation where P stays,

(d) the definition of “place” in paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 does not apply.