2020 No. 204
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Made
Laid before the Assembly
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Department of Health(1), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25C(1), (3)(c), (4)(d) and 25F(2) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(2).
These Regulations are made in response t the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Northern Ireland.
The Department of Health considers that the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.
In accordance with section 25Q of that Act the Department of Health is of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make these Regulations without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.
2
These Regulations come into operation on the date and at the time they are made.
Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20202
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020(3) are amended in accordance with regulation 3.
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1
In regulation 4A(1), 4A(3), 4B(1), 4B(2), 4B(3), 4B(4), 4B(5), 4C(1) and 4C(2), omit “indoor” at each place where it occurs.
2
After regulation 4A(4) insert “
(5) Regulations 4A, 4B and 4C shall not apply to a place of worship.
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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health at 7.00 p.m. on 25th September 2020