The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020

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. 1192

Public Health, England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020

Made

30th October 2020

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

Laid before Parliament

2nd November 2020

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) (“the 1984 Act”).

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) (High) (England) Regulations 2020(2) 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 the 1984 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.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 31st October 2020 immediately after the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020(3) come into force.

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020

2.  In Schedule 2 to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID- 19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020—

(a) after “Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council” insert “Carlisle City Council”;

(b) omit “Herefordshire” and “Telford and Wrekin Council”;

(c) after “City of York Council” insert—

“Shropshire

Telford and Wrekin Council”.

Nadine Dorries

Minister of State

Department of Health and Social Care

30th October 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the list of areas which are subject to the restrictions specified in Schedule 2 to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID- 19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1104).

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.

(1)

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

(2)

S.I. 2020/1104, amended by S.I. 2020/1128, 1131, 1154, 1176, 1183 and 1189.

(3)

S.I. 2020/1189.