The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Overnight stays

13.—(1) No person may stay overnight at a place other than the place where they or members of their linked household normally live.

(2) But a person may stay overnight in another place—

(a) where the overnight stay is in a bed and breakfast establishment, hotel, bunkhouse, hostel, guest accommodation, self-catering establishment or guest house which is exempt from closure under paragraph 1(12) of Schedule 1;

(b) where it is reasonably necessary to do so in order to—

(i) access medical or hospital services;

(ii) attend a funeral of a member of the person’s household, a close family member or a friend;

(iii) fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings;

(iv) access critical public services, including social services, childcare or educational facilities (where these are available to a child in relation to whom that person is the parent, or has parental responsibility for, or care of the child);

(v) access services provided to victims (such as victims of crime);

(vi) in the case of a minister of religion or worship leader, to go to their place of worship;

(vii) move house;

(viii) avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm;

(ix) (in the case of an elite athlete, or the parent of an elite athlete who is under the age of 18) attend or participate in a sporting event.

(c) for the purposes of work or to provide voluntary or charitable services, where it is not reasonably possible for that person to do so from the place where they normally live; or

(d) where they are unable to return to their private dwelling due to an emergency.