Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
PART 2Operator liability in respect of arrivals
Interpretation of Part 25.
In this Part—
“child” means a person under the age of 18;
“operator” means operator of a commercial transport service;
“passenger” means a person travelling on a conveyance who is not a member of the conveyance’s crew;
“Passenger Locator Form” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations;
“port” means any port (including a seaport, airport or heliport);
“qualifying test” means a test that is a qualifying test for the purposes of regulation 3A of the principal Regulations;
“relevant passenger” means a passenger who fails, without reasonable excuse—
(a)
to provide evidence of having provided passenger information when requested to do so by an immigration officer pursuant to regulation 3(7) of the principal Regulations; or
(b)
to produce a required notification when requested to do so by an immigration officer pursuant to regulation 3A(4) of the principal Regulations;
“relevant service” means a commercial transport service carrying passengers travelling to Northern Ireland from outside the common travel area;
“required notification” means a valid notification of a negative test result from a qualifying test for the purposes of regulation 3A of the principal Regulations—
(a)
taken by the person in possession of that notification, or
(b)
taken by a child and treated as being in their possession by virtue of paragraph (5)(c) of that regulation;
“the requirement to possess notification of a negative test result” means the requirement in regulation 3A(1) of the principal Regulations;
“the requirement to provide information” means the requirement in regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations;
“responsible individual” means an individual who—
(a)
has custody or charge of the child for the time being, or