Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
PART 5REQUIREMENTS ETC.
Visitor and Attendee Information15.
(1)
This regulation applies to a person—
(a)
providing close contact services (see regulation 16);
(b)
carrying on a business of selling or providing food or drink (not including intoxicating liquor) for consumption on the premises—
(i)
at a port;
(ii)
at an airport;
(iii)
at a motorway service station; or
(iv)
on a ferry where the crossing to be undertaken by that vessel lasts or is expected to last in excess of 3 hours (see regulation 5); or
(c)
responsible for organising or operating a gathering which is a marriage ceremony, civil partnership ceremony or a funeral (see regulation 9).
(2)
A person to whom this regulation applies must—
(a)
where visitor or attendee information is not provided in advance, obtain that information at the time of the visit or attendance;
(b)
record that information in a filing system (which may be an electronic system) suitable for recording, storing and retrieving the information;
(c)
retain that information for a period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the visit or attendance took place; and
(d)
destroy that information as soon as reasonably practicable after the expiry of that period unless there is some other lawful basis for its retention.
(3)
A person to whom this regulation applies must provide visitor and attendee information to a relevant officer as soon as reasonably practicable and, in any event, within 24 hours of a relevant officer requesting it for the purpose of—
(a)
preventing a threat to public health resulting from the spread of infection or contamination with coronavirus; and
(b)
monitoring its spread and incidence.
(4)
“Visitor and attendee information” means—
(a)
the name and telephone number of each visitor and attendee over the age of 16; and
(b)
the date of their visit or attendance and the time of their arrival.