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

[F1 Notification of test results: lateral flow device tests N.I.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 para. 9A inserted (9.1.2022 at 4.00 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/3), regs. 1(2), 6(12) (with reg. 1(5))

9A.— (1) This paragraph applies to a private provider who administers or provides a day 2 LFD test to P in the circumstances described in paragraph 8. N.I.

(2) The private provider must, within 24 hours of the relevant event—

(a) notify P or, where paragraph 8(4) applies, Y by email, letter, or text message, of the result of P’s test, or

(b) make P’s test result available to P, or where paragraph 8(4) applies, to Y via a secure web portal,

in accordance with sub-paragraph (4).

(3) In sub-paragraph (2), “relevant event” means—

(a) where the test provider administered the test, the time at which the test provider determined the results of the test,

(b) where the test provider did not administer the test, the time at which the test provider received the information required to be provided by paragraph 8(3C).

(4) The notification of P’s test result must include P’s name, date of birth, passport number, or travel document reference number (as appropriate), the name and contact details of the test provider and P’s test reference number, and must be conveyed using one of the following forms of words, as appropriate—

Form A: negative LFD test result

Your coronavirus (COVID-19) test result is negative. You did not have the virus when the test was done.

You are not required to quarantine.

You should self-isolate again if you get symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) – get an NHS coronavirus (COVID-19) test from www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test and self-isolate until you get the results.

For advice on when you might need to self-isolate and what to do, go to www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19 and read ‘Self-isolation and treating symptoms’.

Form B: positive LFD test result

Your coronavirus test result is positive. This means that you probably have the virus.

Even if you have not had symptoms of coronavirus, you must now self-isolate for 10 days from the day after your test date.

You must obtain, take and return a free follow up PCR test from NHS Test and Trace to confirm this. You can obtain your confirmatory PCR test by visiting gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or by calling 119. This test will be free of charge and will be sent to you as a home test kit. You must take this test in accordance with this notice. If this confirmatory test is negative, you no longer need to self-isolate.

You may be contacted for contact tracing and to check that you, and those who you live or are travelling with, are self-isolating.

You must not travel, including to leave the UK, during self-isolation.

Contact 111 if you need medical help. In an emergency dial 999.

Form C: unclear LFD test result

Your coronavirus test result is unclear. It is not possible to say if you had the virus when the test was done.

You must self-isolate for 10 days from the day after your test date.

You may choose to take another test, and if it comes back with a negative result, you no longer need to self-isolate. You may be contacted to check that you are self-isolating.]