Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

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Introduction

PART 1
General

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation

PART 2
Obligations on persons arriving in Northern Ireland and others

3 Requirement to provide information

4 Requirement to self-isolate

PART 3
Enforcement

5 Enforcement of requirement to self-isolate

6 Offences and penalties

7 Fixed penalty notices

8 Effect of fixed penalty notice

PART 4
Information sharing

9 Power to use and disclose information

10 Self-incrimination

PART 5
Review and expiry of regulations

11 Review of need for restrictions

12 Expiry of these Regulations

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Passenger information

SCHEDULE 2 Persons not required to comply with regulation 3 or 4

Signature

Explanatory note

PART 1General

Interpretation2.

(1)

In these Regulations—

“child” means a person under the age of 18;

“the common travel area” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 19713;

“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

“coronavirus disease” means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus);

“immigration officer” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 19714;

“passenger information” has the meaning given in regulation 3(2);

“Passenger Locator Form” means the form published electronically by the United Kingdom Government for the provision of passenger information5

“self-isolate” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2), and “self-isolation” and “self-isolating” are to be construed accordingly.

(2)

For the purposes of these Regulations, an individual has responsibility for a child if the individual—

(a)

has custody or charge of the child for the time being, or

(b)

has parental responsibility for the child within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 19956.

(3)

In these Regulations any reference to infection or contamination is a reference to infection or contamination with coronavirus which presents or could present significant harm to human health.

3

1971 c. 77. Section 1(3) provides that the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and the Republic of Ireland are collectively referred to as “the common travel area”

4

1971 c. 77. Paragraph 1 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c. 17), and by S.I. 1993/1813

5

The Passenger Locator Form is available on www.gov.uk. No hard copy version is available but, where a person arrives at a place staffed by Immigration Officers, they will be provided with the ability to complete the form electronically on their arrival in Northern Ireland if not completed in advance; assistance will be available for completion of the electronic form if required