SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Requirement to book and undertake tests (mandatory testing after arrival in Northern Ireland)
Consequences of test results (red list and amber list arrivals)
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1
This paragraph applies in respect of—
a
red list arrivals,
b
amber list arrivals.
2
Where a mandatory test undertaken by P generates a positive result—
a
P must continue to isolate, in accordance with the relevant isolation provisions, until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test,
b
P may not leave Northern Ireland during this time, and accordingly, regulation 11(4)(a) and paragraph 11(1)(a) of Schedule 7 do not apply.
3
But B is not required to isolate under sub-paragraph (2)(c) where—
a
the test referred to in sub-paragraph (2) is P's day 8 test, and
b
B undertook a day 2 test that generated a positive result.
4
Where P's day 2 test and day 8 test both generate a negative result, P must continue to isolate in accordance with the relevant isolation provisions until the later of—
a
the end of the default isolation period,
b
the day on which P receives the result of their day 8 test.
5
Where a mandatory test undertaken by P generates an inconclusive result, P must continue to isolate in accordance with the relevant isolation provisions—
a
until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test,
b
where P undertakes a test to which sub-paragraph (7) applies and the test generates a negative result, until the later of—
i
the end of the default isolation period,
ii
the day on which P receives the negative result, or
c
where P undertakes a test to which sub-paragraph (7) applies and the test generates a positive result, until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test.
6
Where sub-paragraph (5)(c) applies, P is not required to undertake a day 8 test in accordance with regulation 8.
7
This sub-paragraph applies to—
a
a day 8 test,
b
a test—
i
complying with the requirements for a day 8 test specified in paragraph 7,
ii
undertaken in the circumstances specified in paragraph 8 (other than the circumstances in paragraph 8(2) about when a test must be undertaken), and
iii
undertaken during the period specified in sub-paragraph (5)(a).