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

Additional enforcement powers in respect of managed isolation

20.—(1) This regulation sets out additional enforcement powers in respect of managed isolation under regulations 14 and 15 and Schedule 7 (“the managed isolation provisions”).

(2) Where an authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe that P is subject to the managed isolation provisions, the authorised person may do any of the following for the purpose of ensuring that P complies with those provisions—

(a) give a direction to P, including a direction—

(i) that P remain in a particular area of a port to await transportation to accommodation designed for the purposes of those provisions,

(ii) that P move to a particular place to board transportation designated for the purposes of those provisions,

(iii) that P board transportation designated for the purposes of those provisions to travel to accommodation designated for the purposes of those provisions,

(iv) that P remain in the place where P is isolating,

(b) remove P to accommodation designated for the purposes of those provisions.

(3) This regulation does not apply where P is a diplomat within the meaning of Schedule 4.

(4) An authorised person exercising the power in paragraph (2)(b) may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the power.

(5) An authorised person may only exercise a power in this regulation if the authorised person considers that it is a necessary and proportionate means of ensuring compliance with the managed isolation provisions.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation, “authorised person” means—

(a) a constable, or

(b) an immigration officer.