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

Modification of application of this Schedule where P is a relevant person

17.—(1) Where P is a relevant person (see paragraphs 18 to 21), this Schedule applies to P with the following modifications—

(a) the reference in paragraph 5 to the means of transport designated in the managed isolation package booked for P are to be read as references to transport determined by the Department,

(b) the references in paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 to a managed isolation package are to be read as references to a managed isolation package containing such provisions as to accommodation, transport and testing as the Department considers appropriate,

(c) paragraph 6 does not apply to P.

18.  P is a relevant person if—

(a) P is—

(i) a person requiring urgent medical assistance,

(ii) a person on immigration bail,

(iii) a person who has been detained by an immigration officer,

(iv) a person who has been refused leave to enter the UK,

(v) an illegal entrant,

(vi) an asylum seeker,

(vii) a person who is in police custody,

(viii) an unaccompanied child, where it is not reasonable for a person with responsibility for P to reside with the child in accommodation designated by the Department for the purposes of this Schedule,

(ix) a prisoner,

(x) a potential victim of modern slavery; and

(b) the Department has confirmed in writing that this paragraph applies in relation to P and has not withdrawn that confirmation.

19.—(1) P is a relevant person if—

(a) P is, or was on the 1st September 2020, a child,

(b) P travels to the UK for the purposes of receiving education at a boarding school in Northern Ireland at which education and accommodation is due to be provided for P,

(c) P is not accompanied into the UK by an individual who has responsibility for P, or if P is aged 18, would have had such responsibility if P were a child, and

(d) the Department has confirmed in writing that this paragraph applies in relation to P and has not withdrawn that confirmation.

(2) In this paragraph—

“boarding school” means a school which—

(a)

provides accommodation for its pupils on its own premises, or

(b)

arranges accommodation for its pupils to be provided elsewhere (other than in connection with a residential trip away from the school).

“school” has the meaning given in Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(1).

20.—(1) P is a relevant person if—

(a) P is vulnerable as a result of a severe medical or health condition,

(b) P would not receive appropriate support in designated accommodation and that condition would be severely detrimentally impacted if P were required to isolate in such accommodation,

(c) P has provided evidence from a suitably qualified or registered medical practitioner of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), and

(d) the Department has confirmed in writing that this paragraph applies in relation to P and has not withdrawn that confirmation.

(2) P is also a relevant person if travelling with a person who is a relevant person by virtue of sub-paragraph (2), where it is necessary for P to care for that relevant person, and where the Department has confirmed in writing that this paragraph applies in relation to P and has not withdrawn that confirmation.

21.  P is a relevant person if—

(a) P needs to visit a person (D) whom P reasonably believes is dying, or where D is severely ill,

(b) P is a member of D’s household or a close family member or friend of D,

(c) it would not be reasonably practicable for P to visit D if P were required to isolate in designated accommodation, and

(d) the Department has confirmed in writing that this paragraph applies in relation to P and has not withdrawn that confirmation.

(1)

1986 No. 594 (N.I. 3)