The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (revoked)

N.I.

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2020 No. 168

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

7th August 2020

Coming into operation in accordance with Regulation 1

The Department of Health F1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25B and 25F(2) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 F2.

F1Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5)

F21967 c. 36 (N.I.). Part 1A was inserted by section 48 of, and Schedule 18 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)

Citation, commencement and interpretationN.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) Regulation 3(a) shall come into operation at 4.00 am on 11th August 2020.

(3) The remainder of the Regulations shall come into operation at 4.00 am on 8th August 2020.

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020N.I.

2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 F3 are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

(2) In relation to any person who arrived in Northern Ireland on or after 10th July 2020 and before the coming into operation of any amendment made by these Regulations the principal Regulations apply as if that amendment had not been made.

F3S.R. 2020 No. 90 as amended by S.R. 2020 Nos. 138, 140, 154, 155 and 163

Amendments to Schedule 3N.I.

3.  In Part 1 of Schedule 3 F4 (exempt countries and territories)—

(a)insert the following entries at the appropriate place in alphabetical order— “ Brunei ”; “ Malaysia ”;

(b)omit “Andorra”, “The Bahamas” and “Belgium”.

F4Schedule 3 was inserted by S.R. 2020 No. 138, regulation 8

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 7th August 2020

L.S.

Dr Naresh Chada

A senior officer of the

Department of Health

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (“The International Travel Regulations”).

The following is added to the list of countries and territories in Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations exempt from the requirement in regulation 4 of those Regulations to self-isolate for 14 days after arrival in Northern Ireland:

  • Brunei; and

  • Malaysia.

Andorra, The Bahamas and Belgium are omitted from the list of countries and territories in Schedule 3 to the International Travel Regulations exempt from the requirement in regulation 4 of those Regulations to self-isolate for 14 days after arrival in Northern Ireland.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.