The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations come into force as follows—

(a) regulation 2(1)(a) comes into force—

(i) for the purposes of revoking regulations 5, 6, 7 and 7A of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 5 to 11, 13 to 20, 23B, 23C and 23E of Schedule 2 to, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020, at 00.01 a.m. on 4th July 2020;

(ii) for the purposes of revoking regulations 1, 3, 4, 8 to 12 of, and paragraphs 3, 4, and 23A of Schedule 2 to, those Regulations, at 6.00 a.m. on 4th July 2020;

(b) all other provisions of these Regulations come into force at 00.01 a.m. on 4th July 2020.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to England and to the territorial water adjacent to England only F1 ....

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F3 (4ZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 (4ZAA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (4ZB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6 (4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) In these Regulations—

“child” means a person under the age of 18;

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“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

“Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;

“Crown interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, or belonging to a Government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department, and includes any estate or interest held in right of the Prince and Steward of Scotland;

“Duchy interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall;

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“parent” of a child includes any person who is not a parent of the child but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, the child;

“parental responsibility” has the meaning given in section 3 of the Children Act 1989 M1 ;

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“public outdoor place” means any outdoor place to which the public have or are permitted access, whether on payment or otherwise, and includes—

(a)

land laid out as a public garden or used for the purpose of recreation by members of the public;

(b)

land which is “open country” as defined in section 59(2) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 M2 , as read with section 16 of the Countryside Act 1968 M3 ;

(c)

land which is “access land” for the purposes of Part 1 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 M4 (see section 1(1) of that Act M5 );

(d)

any highway to which the public has access;

(e)

Crown land to which the public has access;

“vulnerable person” includes—

(a)

any person aged 70 or older;

(b)

any person under 70 who has an underlying health condition, including but not limited to, the conditions listed in Schedule 1;

(c)

any person who is pregnant.

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(7) For the purposes of these Regulations, references to a “local authority” include references to a county council.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 1(3) omitted (14.10.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1103), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)(a)(i) (with reg. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(2))

F2 Reg. 1(4) omitted (14.10.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1103), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(2))

F3 Reg. 1(4ZA) omitted (14.10.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1103), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(2))

F4 Reg. 1(4ZAA) omitted (14.10.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1103), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(2))

F5 Reg. 1(4ZB) omitted (14.10.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1103), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(2))

F6 Reg. 1(4A) omitted (15.8.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/865), regs. 1, 3(a)(ii)

F7 Words in reg. 1(5) omitted (14.10.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1103), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)(a)(iii) (with reg. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(2))

F8 Reg. 1(6) omitted (14.10.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1103), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)(a)(iv) (with reg. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(2))

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 4.7.2020 at 00.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1989 c. 41.

M2 1949 c. 97.

M3 1968 c. 41. Section 16 has been amended by section 111 of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Schedule 27 to the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) and S.I. 2012/1659. There are other amendments to section 16 which are not relevant to this instrument.

M4 2000 c. 37.

M5 The definition of “access land” has been amended by section 303(2) of and Part 7 of Schedule 22 to, the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).