The Department of Health has made a Statutory Rule entitled "The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021", (S.R. 2021 No. 4) which came into operation at 4.00 am on 9 January 2021.

This rule amends the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (“the principal Regulations”) to—

(a) ensure a person listed in regulation 3(9) of the principal Regulations is not exempt from the requirement to comply with regulation 3 of those regulations if that person has arrived in Northern Ireland from any country or territory listed in Schedule 5 or has, within the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of their arrival in Northern Ireland, departed from or transited through any country or territory listed in Schedule 5;

(b) remove exemptions from the requirement to self-isolate for people who have arrived in Northern Ireland from any country or territory listed in Schedule 5 or who have arrived in Northern Ireland from elsewhere and, during the 14 days preceding their arrival in Northern Ireland, have been in or transited through any country or territory listed in Schedule 5; and

(c) require people residing at the same address as a person who has arrived in Northern Ireland from any country or territory listed in Schedule 5 to self-isolate. Botswana, Israel, Jerusalem, Mauritius and Seychelles are omitted from the list of countries and territories in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations exempt from the requirement in regulation 4 of those Regulations to self-isolate for 10 days after arrival in Northern Ireland. Schedule 5 has been inserted to list countries or territories subject to additional measures.

The rule may be purchased from the Stationery office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070, or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr