The Department of Health has made a Statutory Rule entitled “The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021”, (S.R. 2021 No. 9), which comes into operation at 4.00 a.m. on 18th January 2021.

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020 No. 90) (“The principal Regulations”) to remove all countries, territories or parts of countries or territories from the list of exempt places, in Schedule 3, from which passengers arriving in Northern Ireland are not required to self-isolate. From 4.00am on 18th January 2021, anyone arriving in Northern Ireland from outside the common travel area will be required to self-isolate (by regulation 4 of the principal Regulations) unless specifically exempt.

The Regulations also remove the exemptions in Schedule 2 which apply to persons engaged in film, advertising production or high end television, persons engaged in television production, those involved in the national lottery contract and journalists.

This 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