Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 12) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Amendments to Schedule 24.
In Schedule 2 (Persons not required to comply with regulation 3 or 4)—
(a)
“28A.
(1)
Any of the following—
(a)
an elite sportsperson (“P”) who—
(i)
before travelling to the United Kingdom has made arrangements with a business in the United Kingdom to be subject to one or more medical examinations to help that business determine whether to offer that sportsperson a contract to participate in elite sports events on behalf of that business,
(ii)
is in possession of written confirmation of the arrangements from the business,
(iii)
has travelled to the United Kingdom to be subject to one or more such examinations, and
(iv)
is attending a place to be subject to an examination or is travelling directly—
(aa)
between that place and the place where they are self-isolating, or
(bb)
between that place and any other place at which another examination will be carried out,
(b)
a person who—
(i)
is accompanying P for the purpose of providing necessary care or support to P in the circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iv), or
(ii)
is travelling, for the purpose of so accompanying P, directly—
(aa)
between the place where they are self-isolating and the place at which an examination will be carried out, or
(bb)
between a place at which an examination will be carried out and another such place,
where that person has travelled to the United Kingdom for that purpose and is in possession of the confirmation referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) or a copy of it.
(2)
For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)
“elite sportsperson” means an individual who derives a living from competing in a sport,
(b)
references to a place where an individual is self-isolating are to a place where that individual is required to self-isolate, or permitted to be at, by virtue of regulation 4.”;
(b)
in paragraph 39—
(i)
in sub-paragraph (1), for “or an international ancillary sportsperson” substitute “, an international ancillary sportsperson or a multinational ancillary sportsperson”;
(ii)
in sub-paragraph (2)—
(aa)
in the definition of “domestic elite sportsperson”, in sub-paragraph (d)(i), after “participate in” insert “training for or to compete in”;
(bb)
““multinational ancillary sportsperson” is an individual who—
(a)
provides medical or technical support to a person in the United Kingdom who is an elite athlete within the meaning of paragraph (aa) of the definition of “domestic elite sportsperson”,
(b)
is in Northern Ireland, after departing from or transiting through a non-exempt country or territory,
(c)
has returned to Northern Ireland with the intention of continuing to provide medical or technical support to an elite athlete within the meaning of paragraph (aa) of the definition of “domestic elite sportsperson”, and
(d)
has departed from or transited through the non-exempt country or territory in order to provide medical or technical support, other than as a domestic ancillary sportsperson, to a sportsperson who—
- (i)
derives a living from competing in a sport,
- (ii)
is a senior representative nominated by a relevant sporting body,
- (iii)
is a member of the senior training squad for a relevant sporting body, or
- (iv)
is aged 16 or above and on an elite development pathway;”;
(iii)
in sub-paragraph (3), in the words before sub-paragraph (a), omit “the definitions of “international elite sportsperson” and “domestic elite sportsperson”, in”;
(c)
in paragraph 40—
(i)
in sub-paragraph (1), for “and high end TV production” substitute “, advertising production or high end TV production”,
(ii)
in sub-paragraph 2(a), omit “and”,
(iii)
“(c)
a person is engaged in advertising production if that person is employed, or contracted, to make an audiovisual advertisement as—
(i)
a director,
(ii)
an actor, or
(iii)
a director of photography.”
(d)
“41.
(1)
A person who is undertaking activities necessary for the participation of the organisation they represent in the 4th National Lottery Licence Competition, during such activities and any necessary ancillary travel.
(2)
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the “4th National Lottery Licence Competition” is the competition, run by the Gambling Commission, for the licence to run the National Lottery provided for by section 5 of the National Lottery etc. Act 19934.”.