2021 No. 5

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Made
11th January 2021
Coming into operation
4.00 a.m. on 12th January 2021
The Department of Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25B and 25F(2) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 .

Citation, commencement and interpretation
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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation at 4.00am on 12th January 2021.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 .

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
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1
The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulation 3.
2
In relation to any person who arrived in Northern Ireland on or after 10th July 2020 and before the coming into operation of any amendment made by regulation 5 the principal Regulations apply as if that amendment had not been made.

Amendments to Schedule 3
3
In Schedule 3 (Exempt countries, territories and parts of countries or territories), omit “The United Arab Emirates”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 11th January 2021
(L.S.)
Lourda Geoghegan
A senior officer of the Department of Health

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (“the principal Regulations”).
The United Arab Emirates is omitted from the list of countries and territories in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations exempt from the requirement in regulation 4 of those Regulations to self-isolate for 10 days after arrival in Northern Ireland.
No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.
Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5)
1967 c. 36 (N.I.). Part 1A was inserted by section 48 of, and Schedule 18 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)
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, 212, 216, 223, 228, 234, 241, 243, 244, 254, 275, 278, 289, 326, 344, and 355 and S.R. 2021 No. 4