The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 10) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

N.I.

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2021 No. 313

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 10) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

27th November 2021

Coming into operation

at 4.00 a.m. on 28th November 2021

The Department of Health(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25B and 25F of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(2).

Citation, commencement and interpretationN.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 10) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into operation at 4.00 a.m. on 28th November 2021.

(3) An amendment made by these Regulations does not apply in relation to a person arriving in Northern Ireland before the coming into operation of the provision containing the amendment.

(4) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021(3).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in operation at 28.11.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Amendment of the principal RegulationsN.I.

2.  The principal Regulations are amended as mentioned in regulations 3 and 4.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in operation at 28.11.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Amendment of Schedule 1N.I.

3.  In Schedule 1 (Red list countries) at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, insert “Angola” and “Zambia”.

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 3 in operation at 28.11.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Amendment of Schedule 8N.I.

4.  In Schedule 8 (Prohibition on arrival of aircraft and vessels), in paragraph 1 at the appropriate place in alphabetical order insert “Angola” and “Zambia”.

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 4 in operation at 28.11.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(2)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 27th November 2021

(L.S.)

Dr Lourda Geoghegan

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) 2021 (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 3 makes amendments to Schedule 1 (Red list countries) to the principal Regulations by adding Angola and Zambia to the red list of countries.

Regulation 4 makes amendments to Schedule 8 (Prohibition on arrival of aircraft and vessels) to the principal Regulations to add Angola and Zambia to prevent aircraft from those countries arriving in Northern Ireland except in limited circumstances.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.

(1)

2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5).

(3)

S.R. 2021 No. 99 as amended by S.R. 2021 Nos. 108, 121, 132, 154, 189, 213, 214, 218, 225, 230, 241, 262, 278, 282, 284, 293 and 312.