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”).
An amendment corrects an error in those Regulations, namely a typographical error in Regulation 27 (Amount of fixed penalty) in paragraph (11)(d) regarding the penalty for not taking a test.
Schedule 1 (Red list countries) is amended to include Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Schedule 2 (Green list countries) is amended to omit Portugal.
Schedule 4 (Persons who are exempt) is amended to refer to the relevant regulations.
Schedule 7 (Managed isolation) is also amended to correct a typographical error in paragraph 11(1)(a) (Permitted reasons to leave or be outside the place of managed isolation) to refer to the relevant paragraph in Schedule 6 relating to consequences of test results for red list and amber list arrivals.
No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.