AQW 4140/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 15/05/2020
Answered On Date: 07/01/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, after the NI Executive actions steps of Coronavirus Executive Approach to Decision-Making, whether the public can be challenged by the Police Service of Northern Ireland under the ‘Restrictions on Movement’ within The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020.

Answer:

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, as amended, detail the restrictions that have been imposed in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health posed by the incidence and spread of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Northern Ireland. Any person who contravenes a restriction regulation commits an offence and can be challenged by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Regulation 7, Enforcement of requirement, details the powers a relevant person has available to them in order to enforce any requirement imposed by regulations.

”relevant person” means—

(a) a constable, or

(b) a person designated by the Department of Health for the purposes of these regulations other than regulation 9;