The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

28.—(1) Any of the following—

(a) a person (“P”) who—

(i) before travelling to the United Kingdom has made arrangements with a healthcare provider in the United Kingdom to receive healthcare (or where P is a child, on whose behalf such arrangements have been made),

(ii) is in possession of written confirmation of the arrangements from the provider,

(iii) has travelled to the United Kingdom to receive that healthcare, and

(iv) is attending a place to receive that healthcare or is travelling directly between that place and the place where they are self-isolating,

(b) a person who—

(i) is accompanying P for the purpose of providing necessary care or support to P in the circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iv), or

(ii) is travelling, for the purpose of so accompanying P, directly between the place where they are self-isolating and any of the places referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iv),

where that person has travelled to the United Kingdom for that purpose and is in possession of the confirmation referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) or a copy of it,

(c) an accompanying child who is accompanying P, or where P is a child, is accompanying a person referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b),

(d) a live donor who is attending a place for the purpose referred to in the definition of “live donor” or when travelling directly between that place and the place where they are self-isolating.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) “accompanying child”, in relation to P, means a child who has arrived in Northern Ireland with P and for whom P has responsibility, or where P is a child means a child who has arrived in Northern Ireland with the person referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b), and for whom that person has responsibility,

(b) “healthcare” means all forms of healthcare provided for individuals, whether relating to mental or physical health, including healthcare in connection with giving birth,

(c) “live donor” means a person who—

(i) has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of donation of material which consists of or includes their human cells pursuant to arrangements made with a provider in the United Kingdom before travelling to the United Kingdom, and which are to be used by the provider for the purpose of providing healthcare, and

(ii) who is in possession of written confirmation of the arrangements from the provider,

(d) “provider” means a provider of healthcare,

(e) references to a place where a person is self-isolating are to a place where they are required to self-isolate, or permitted to be, by virtue of regulation 4.