The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium, High and Very High) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

This Statutory Instrument corrects errors in S.I. 2020/1103, S.I. 2020/1104 and S.I. 2020/1105 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.

Regulations made by the Secretary of State, laid before Parliament under section 45R of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22), for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the instrument is made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than four days.

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 1154

Public Health, England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium, High and Very High) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Made

at 12.30 p.m. on 22nd October 2020

Laid before Parliament

at 3.00 p.m. on 22nd October 2020

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1), (3)(c), (4)(b), (4)(d), 45F(2) and 45P of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(1).

These Regulations are made in response to 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 England.

The Secretary of State considers that the restrictions and requirements imposed by the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020(2), the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020(3) and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020(4) as amended by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.

In accordance with section 45R of that Act, the Secretary of State is of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make this instrument without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(1)

1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

(2)

S.I. 2020/1103.

(3)

S.I. 2020/1104, amended by S.I. 2020/1128 and 1131.

(4)

S.I. 2020/1105, amended by S.I. 2020/1128 and 1131 .