Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into operation at 4.00am on 18th March 2022.
Revocation of all Coronavirus (International Travel) Regulations
2.—(1) The following Regulations are revoked—
(a)The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021(1),
(b)The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021(2).
(2) In consequence, the Regulations specified in the Schedule are revoked.
Transitional provisions: tests booked but not undertaken before revocation
3.—(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—
(a)arrived in Northern Ireland before the coming into operation of these Regulations, and
(b)at the time of arrival, was subject to the provisions of—
(i)regulation 8 of the principal Regulations in respect of tests, or
(ii)regulation 9A of the principal Regulations in respect of workforce tests.
(2) Those persons are obliged to undertake those tests if those tests were booked before the coming into operation of these Regulations, and accordingly, the principal Regulations continue to apply in respect of those persons in respect of those tests, for this purpose.
(3) In this regulation “the principal Regulations” mean the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 16th March 2022
(L.S.)
Christopher Matthews
A senior officer of the Department of Health