The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation at 4.00 am on 11th February 2021.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020(1).

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

2.  The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.

Amendments to Regulation 4

3.  In regulation 4 (requirement to self-isolate), in paragraph 12—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (ba);

(b) in sub-paragraph (ca)(i), omit “a new domestic elite sportsperson,” and “(za),”.

Amendments to Schedule 2

4.  In Schedule 2 (persons not required to comply with regulation 3 or 4)—

(a) omit paragraph 28A;

(b) in paragraph 31, after “Regulations 2012” insert “or who has been appointed as such under regulation 33 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013(2)”;

(c) in paragraph 34(1)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “or”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) insert “or”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(d) a “qualified person (manufacture)” as referred to in paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 2 to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013,”;

(d) in paragraph 39—

(i) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) A domestic elite sportsperson, an international elite sportsperson, a domestic ancillary sportsperson or an international ancillary sportsperson.”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(aa) in the definition of “domestic elite sportsperson”, in sub-sub-paragraph (c)(i) omit “participate in training for or to”, and after sub-sub-paragraph (c)(i) insert—

“(ia) has departed from or transited through the non-exempt country or territory in order to participate in training for an Olympic or Paralympic event and has returned to Northern Ireland with the intention of continuing activities as a sportsperson, or”;

(bb) omit the definition of “multinational ancillary sportsperson”;

(cc) omit the definition of “new domestic elite sportsperson”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (3), after sub-sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) “Olympic or Paralympic event” means a specified competition or other sporting event in which the participants compete to qualify for the right to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or Ireland at the Tokyo Olympic or Paralympic Games;”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (4) omit sub-sub-paragraph (za).

Amendments to Schedule 4

5.  In Schedule 4 (specified competitions), for the entries, substitute “No competitions are specified in this Schedule.”.

Transitional and saving provision

6.  In relation to any person who arrived in Northern Ireland before the coming into operation of regulations 3 to 5, the principal Regulations apply as if the amendments made by those provisions had not been made.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 10th February 2021

(L.S.)

Robin Swann

Minister of Health