2021 No. 154

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Health1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25B and 25F(2) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 19672.

Citation, commencement and interpretationI11

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation at 4.00 a.m. on 8th June 2021.

2

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20213.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021I22

The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

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Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Regulation 27I33

In regulation 27(14)(d) (amount of fixed penalty) for “£2,000” substitute “£1,000”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Reg. 3 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Schedule 1I44

In Schedule 1 (Red list countries), at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, insert “Afghanistan”, “Bahrain”, “Costa Rica”, “Egypt”, “Sri Lanka”, “Sudan”, and “Trinidad and Tobago”.

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Commencement Information
I4

Reg. 4 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Schedule 2I55

In Schedule 2 (Green list countries), omit “Portugal”.

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Commencement Information
I5

Reg. 5 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Schedule 4I66

In Schedule 4 (Persons who are exempt), in paragraph 52(a) of Part 2, after “Medical Devices Regulations 2002” insert “and/or Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5th April 2017”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I6

Reg. 6 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Schedule 7I77

In Schedule 7 (Managed Isolation), in paragraph 11(1)(a) for “paragraph 3 of Schedule 6” substitute “paragraph 4 of Schedule 6”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I7

Reg. 7 in operation at 8.6.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 07th June 2021

(L.S.)Dr Naresh ChadaA 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”).

An amendment corrects an error in those Regulations, namely a typographical error in Regulation 27 (Amount of fixed penalty) in paragraph (11)(d) regarding the penalty for not taking a test.

Schedule 1 (Red list countries) is amended to include Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Schedule 2 (Green list countries) is amended to omit Portugal.

Schedule 4 (Persons who are exempt) is amended to refer to the relevant regulations.

Schedule 7 (Managed isolation) is also amended to correct a typographical error in paragraph 11(1)(a) (Permitted reasons to leave or be outside the place of managed isolation) to refer to the relevant paragraph in Schedule 6 relating to consequences of test results for red list and amber list arrivals.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.