Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
The emergency period and review of need for restrictions2.
(1)
For the purposes of these Regulations, the “emergency period”—
(a)
starts when these Regulations come into operation, and
(b)
ends in relation to a restriction or requirement imposed by these Regulations on the day and at the time specified in a direction published by the Department of Health terminating the requirement or restriction.
(2)
The Department of Health must review the need for restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations at least once every 21 days, with the first review being carried out by 18th April 2020.
(3)
As soon as the Department of Health considers that any restrictions or requirements set out in these Regulations are no longer necessary to prevent, protect against, control or provide a public health response to the incidence or spread of infection in Northern Ireland with the coronavirus, the Department of Health must publish a direction terminating that restriction or requirement.
(4)
A direction published under this regulation may—
(a)
terminate any one or more requirement or restriction;
(b)
terminate a requirement or restriction in relation to a specified business or service or a specified description or business or service.
(5)
In this regulation, “specified” means specified in a direction published under this regulation.