The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Information to Passengers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Updates to authorised vaccine and relevant countries lists

9.—(1) In paragraph 10 of Schedule 2B (criteria to be an eligible arrival), in the definition of “authorised vaccine”, in sub-paragraph (c)(ii)—

(a) for “10, 11 or 13” substitute “10, 11, 12, 13 or 14”,

(b) for “11th November” substitute “23rd December”(1).

(2) In the list in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2B (countries and territories) insert entries at the appropriate places for—

“Bhutan

Cameroon

Côte d’Ivoire

Cyprus, northern

Fiji

Iraq

Liberia

Mali

Mauritania

Niger

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Solomon Islands

The Gambia

Uzbekistan”

(1)

The date refers to the day on which the relevant version of the Guidance Document “Status of COVID-19 Vaccines within WHO EUL/PQ evaluation process” was published. A copy of the relevant version may be downloaded from https://extranet.who.int/pqweb/sites/default/files/documents/Status_COVID_VAX_23Dec2021.pdf. A hard copy may be obtained from the Department of Health and Social Care, 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0EU.