2021 No. 241

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 6) 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) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation at 4.00 a.m. on 30th August 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 30.8.2021 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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in operation at 30.8.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to regulation 10I33

In regulation 10(1), after “arrival” insert “but who is not a fully vaccinated amber list arrival as described in regulation 3A”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Reg. 3 in operation at 30.8.2021 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 “Montenegro” and “Thailand”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I4

Reg. 4 in operation at 30.8.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendment to Schedule 2I55

In Schedule 2 (Green list countries), at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, insert “the Azores”, “Canada”, “Denmark”, “Finland”, “Liechtenstein”, “Lithuania” and “Switzerland”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I5

Reg. 5 in operation at 30.8.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendments to Schedule 4I66

1

In Schedule 4, in Part 1 (Persons who are exempt), in the table, omit entries 40 and 41.

2

In Part 2, omit heading “38. UEFA Super Cup invitees and UEFA Super Cup Villarreal attendees” and paragraphs 68 and 69.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I6

Reg. 6 in operation at 30.8.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Amendments to Schedule 6I77

In Schedule 6 (Requirement to book and undertake tests (mandatory testing after arrival in Northern Ireland)—

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in paragraph 1(1), in the definitions of “approved private provider” and “approved private test”, for “the Department” substitute “the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care”;

2

in paragraph 4(3), for “But B is not required to isolate under sub-paragraph (2)(c)” substitute “Where a person (“B”) is isolating with P pursuant to the relevant isolation provisions, the requirement to isolate under sub-paragraph (2)(a) does not apply to B”;

3

for paragraph 12 substitute—

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The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has published details of approved private providers and approved private tests at https://www.find-travel-test-provider.service.gov.uk/test-type/amber.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I7

Reg. 7 in operation at 30.8.2021 at 4.00 a.m., see reg. 1(1)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 27th August 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”).

Regulation 3 makes amendments to regulation 10 of the principal Regulations to clarify that the requirement to self-isolate does not apply to a fully vaccinated amber list arrival as described in regulation 3A of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 4 makes amendments to Schedule 1 of the principal Regulations by adding Montenegro and Thailand.

Regulation 5 makes amendments to Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations by adding the Azores, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Switzerland.

Regulation 6 amends Schedule 4 of the principal Regulations by omitting the exemptions for UEFA Super Cup invitees and UEFA Super Cup Villarreal attendees which have now expired.

Regulation 7 makes amendments to Schedule 6 of the principal Regulations to amend the definitions of approved private test and approved private provider and substitute paragraph 12. It also amends paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 6 of the principal Regulations to correct a drafting error.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.