The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 10) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 10) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation at 4.00 am on 27th March 2021.
(2)
Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20202.
The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
Amendment to regulation 43.
In regulation 4 (requirement to self-isolate), in paragraph (12)(e), after “36A” insert “or 40”.
Amendments to Schedule 24.
“40.
(1)
A person engaged in film and high end TV production where—
(a)
Northern Ireland Screen has nominated and the Department for the Economy has approved both the production and the person engaged in production for the purposes of this paragraph,
(b)
Northern Ireland Screen has committed to investing at least £1 million in the production,
(c)
Northern Ireland Screen has confirmed that the presence of the person in Northern Ireland is essential to the production,
(d)
the person provides, on arrival in Northern Ireland, written evidence from the Department for the Economy, that the person satisfies the definition of a person engaged in film and high end TV production for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2)
For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)
a person is engaged in film production if engaged in the making of a film which is a British film for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 19854,(b)
a person is engaged in high end TV production if working on the making of a television programme which is a British programme for the purposes of Part 15A of the Corporation Tax Act 20095.”.
Transitional and saving provision5.
In relation to any person who arrived in Northern Ireland before the coming into operation of these Regulations, the principal Regulations apply as if the amendments made by regulations 3 and 4 had not been made.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 26th March 2021
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020 No. 90) (“the principal Regulations”) to—
in relation to exemptions from the requirement to self-isolate in regulation 4 of the principal Regulations, introduce an exemption for persons engaged in film and high end TV production in Northern Ireland, whereby persons engaged in such productions are not required to self-isolate when carrying out the relevant work/activity.
No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.