The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Advice for Persons Travelling to Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Requirement to provide information in certain manner

4.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 3(2)(a), the required information—

(a) in the case of online bookings—

(i) must be displayed prominently on an operator’s website or mobile application, and

(ii) is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule and a hyperlink to each of the relevant websites,

(b) in the case of telephone bookings—

(i) must be provided orally, and

(ii) is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule,

(c) in the case of in-person bookings—

(i) must be provided orally or in writing,

(ii) where provided orally, is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule,

(iii) where provided in writing, is a written notice which informs passengers of the requirements to provide information and to self-isolate in regulations 3 and 4 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (“the International Travel Regulations”)(1).

(2) For the purposes of regulation 3(2)(b), the required information—

(a) must be provided by text message, push notification, email or orally,

(b) where provided by text message or push notification, is text which—

(i) informs passengers of the requirements to provide information in regulation 3 of the International Travel Regulations and that penalties apply for failure to comply with those requirements,

(ii) includes a hyperlink to https://www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk, and

(iii) if the relevant service is one on which passengers are allocated seat numbers, advises passengers to provide their seat number on the Passenger Locator Form,

(c) where provided by email, is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule and a hyperlink to each of the relevant websites,

(d) where provided orally, is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule.

(3) For the purposes of regulation 3(2)(c)—

(a) in relation to digital check-in, the required information—

(i) must be displayed prominently on an operator’s website or mobile application,

(ii) must be provided before a boarding card is issued, and

(iii) is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule and a hyperlink to each of the relevant websites,

(b) in relation to in-person check-in, the required information—

(i) must be provided orally or in writing,

(ii) where provided orally, is the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule,

(iii) where provided in writing, is a written notice which informs passengers of the requirements to provide information and to self-isolate in regulations 3 and 4 of the International Travel Regulations.

(4) For the purposes of regulation 3(2)(d), the required information—

(a) must be provided orally before passengers disembark in Northern Ireland,

(b) must be provided in English and an officially recognised language of the country of departure if English is not such a language, and

(c) is the information specified at Part 2 of the Schedule.

(5) In this regulation—

“Passenger Locator Form” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the International Travel Regulations;

“the relevant websites” means—

(a)

for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(ii)—

(i)

https://www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk, and

(ii)

https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control.

(b)

for the purposes of paragraphs (2)(c) and (3)(a)(iii)—

(i)

https://www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk,

(ii)

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-countries-and-territories-exemptions, and

(iii)

https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control.

(1)

S.R. 2020 No. 90 as amended by S.R. 2020 nos. 138, 140, 154, 155, 163, 168, 179, 185, 189, 193, 194, 200, 203 and 212