The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 11) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made: 5th December 2021

Coming into operation: at 4.00 a.m. on 6th December 2021

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Amendment of the principal Regulations

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Amendment of Schedule 1

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Amendment of Schedule 8

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 5th December 2021.

Dr Lourda Geoghegan — A senior officer of the Department of Health

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (“the principal Regulations”).

They add Nigeria, to the list of red list countries in, Schedule 1 (Red list countries). They also add Nigeria to Schedule 8 (Prohibition on arrival of aircraft and vessels) to prevent aircraft and ships from the red list countries arriving in Northern Ireland except in limited circumstances.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5).

[^f00002]: 1967 c. 36 (N.I.).

[^f00003]: S.R. 2021 No. 99 as amended by S.R. 2021 Nos. 108, 121, 132, 154, 189, 213, 214, 218, 225, 230, 241, 262, 278, 282, 284, 293, 312, 313 and 316.

Editorial notes