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

4.—(1) This paragraph applies in respect of—

(a) red list arrivals,

(b) amber list arrivals.

(2) Where a mandatory test undertaken by P generates a positive result—

(a) P must continue to isolate, in accordance with the relevant isolation provisions, until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test,

(b) P may not leave Northern Ireland during this time, and accordingly, regulation 11(4)(a) and paragraph 11(1)(a) of Schedule 7 do not apply.

(3) But B is not required to isolate under sub-paragraph (2)(c) where—

(a) the test referred to in sub-paragraph (2) is P’s day 8 test, and

(b) B undertook a day 2 test that generated a positive result.

(4) Where P’s day 2 test and day 8 test both generate a negative result, P must continue to isolate in accordance with the relevant isolation provisions until the later of—

(a) the end of the default isolation period,

(b) the day on which P receives the result of their day 8 test.

(5) Where a mandatory test undertaken by P generates an inconclusive result, P must continue to isolate in accordance with the relevant isolation provisions—

(a) until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test,

(b) where P undertakes a test to which sub-paragraph (7) applies and the test generates a negative result, until the later of—

(i) the end of the default isolation period,

(ii) the day on which P receives the negative result, or

(c) where P undertakes a test to which sub-paragraph (7) applies and the test generates a positive result, until the end of the 10th day after the day P undertook the test.

(6) Where sub-paragraph (5)(c) applies, P is not required to undertake a day 8 test in accordance with regulation 8.

(7) This sub-paragraph applies to—

(a) a day 8 test,

(b) a test—

(i) complying with the requirements for a day 8 test specified in paragraph 7,

(ii) undertaken in the circumstances specified in paragraph 8 (other than the circumstances in paragraph 8(2) about when a test must be undertaken), and

(iii) undertaken during the period specified in sub-paragraph (5)(a).