xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2021 No. 108

Public Health

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

Made

22nd April 2021

Coming into operation

at 4.00 a.m. on 23rd April 2021

The Department of Health(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25B and 25F(2) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(2).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation 4.00 a.m. on 23rd April 2021.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021(3).

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

2.  The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

Amendments to Schedule 1

3.  In Schedule 1 (Red list countries), at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, insert “India”.

Revocations

4.  The following Regulations are revoked—

(a)The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 11) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021(4);

(b)The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Public Health Advice) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021(5).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 22nd April 2021

(L.S.)

Robin Swann

Minister of Health

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (“the principal Regulations”).

India is included within the list of red list countries in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations.

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 11) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Operator Liability and Public Health Advice) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 are revoked.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5)

(2)

1967 c. 36 (N.I.). Part 1A was inserted by section 48 of, and Schedule 18 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)