The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

PART 1 Persons who are exempt

1.  The notes set out below explain the entries in the table in Part 2 of this Schedule.

2.  The entries set out in the first column are defined in Part 2 of the Schedule.

3.  An entry reading “exempt” means the person is exempt from the requirement in the corresponding column.

4.  An entry reading “not exempt” means the person is not exempt from the requirement in the corresponding column.

5.  An entry reading “exempt (unless red list arrival)” means the person is exempt unless the person is a red list arrival.

6.—(1) An entry reading “exempt (residency condition)” means—

(a) where the person is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, that the person is exempt from that requirement,

(b) where—

(i) the person is not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, and

(ii) the requirement is the requirement to enter into managed isolation,

that the requirement to enter into managed isolation applies with the modifications set out in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) Those modifications are that—

(a) the references in Schedule 7 to the place in accommodation designated by the Department are to be read as a place within the meaning of regulation 12 (place where a person must self-isolate),

(b) there is no requirement to use transport facilitated by the Department in order to reach that place,

(c) no charge may be imposed by the Department in relation to accommodation where the person stays, and

(d) the definition of “place” in paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 does not apply.

7.  An entry reading “partial exemption (work condition)” means that the person is not required to comply with that requirement while undertaking the work or activity described in the entry.

8.—(1) An entry reading “exempt (no access to passengers condition)” means that the person is exempt from the requirement if the person has on the journey to Northern Ireland travelled only—

(a) on a conveyance which does not carry passengers,

(b) in an area of a conveyance which is not accessible to passengers, or

(c) in an area of a conveyance which is accessible to passengers in vehicles, where passengers remain within their vehicles while the person is present in that area of the conveyance.

(2) But notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1), if the person is a red list arrival, the person is not exempt.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, “not accessible to passengers” means separated by a continuous physical barrier which passengers are not permitted to cross”.

9.  Where an entry indicates that certain categories are exempt, that conditions apply, or that there is a partial exemption, those categories, conditions or partial exemptions are set out in Part 2 of this Schedule.

	Requirement to provide information Regulation 4	Requirement to possess notification of negative test result Regulation 6	Requirement to book and undertake tests Regulation 8	Requirement to self-isolate Regulation 10	Requirement to comply with managed isolation Regulation 14
1. Diplomat	Exempt	Certain categories exempt	Certain categories exempt, conditions apply	Certain categories exempt, conditions apply	Certain categories exempt, conditions apply
2. Crown servant (border work)	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Exempt	Exempt
3. Crown servant (defence), armed forces, visiting forces	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Exempt	Exempt
4. Foreign official (border work)	Exempt	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition
5. Seaman and masters	Exempt (no access to passengers condition) (no red list arrivals)	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition
6. Pilots (maritime)	Exempt (no access to passengers condition) (no red list arrivals)	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition
7. Ship inspectors	Exempt (no access to passengers condition) (no red list arrivals)	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition
8. Air crew	Exempt (no access to passengers condition) (no red list arrivals)	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition
9. Transit passenger	Not exempt	Not exempt	Exempt	Exempt	Exempt
10. Road haulage worker	Not exempt	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
11. Civil aviation inspectors	Not exempt	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
12. Returning essential state workers	Not exempt	Certain categories exempt, conditions apply	Certain categories exempt, conditions apply	Certain categories exempt, conditions apply	Certain categories exempt, conditions apply
13. Other returning essential workers	Not exempt	Exempt, conditions apply	Exempt, conditions apply	Exempt	Exempt
14. Official repatriating prisoner	Not exempt	Not exempt	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
15. Official escorting extradition subject	Not exempt	Not exempt	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
16. Foreign official collecting extradition subject	Not exempt	Not exempt	Exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
17. Essential water / sewerage worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
18. Essential floods worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
19. Essential utilities worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
20. Essential nuclear worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
21. Chemical weapons inspector	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
22. Specialist aerospace engineer or worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Exempt (residency condition) Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
23. Oil safety worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
24. Essential offshore (oil) worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
25. Postal operator	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Exempt	Not exempt
26. Specialist technical worker (goods)	Not exempt	Certain categories exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
27. Specialist technical worker (waste management)	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
28. Medical courier	Not exempt	Exempt (unless red list arrival)	Exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
29. Medicines inspector	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
30. Clinical trial worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
31. Clinical investigation worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
32. Qualified medicines worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
33. Essential infrastructure worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
34. Communications networks worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
35. Subsea fibre optic worker	Not exempt	Not exempt	Exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt
36. Elite sportsperson	Not exempt	Not exempt	Exempt	Partial exemption, conditions apply	Not exempt
37. Essential worker (film and high end TV production)	Not exempt	Not exempt	Not exempt	Partial exemption (work condition)	Not exempt