This Statutory Instrument, in part, corrects errors in the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1005) and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1045). It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of either of those Statutory Instruments.
Statutory Instruments
Public Health, England
Approved by both Houses of Parliament
Made
at 1.35 p.m. on 30th November 2020
Laid before Parliament
at 3.00 p.m. on 30th November 2020
Coming into force
2nd December 2020
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B, 45C(1), 45C(3)(c) and (4)(d), 45F(2), (6) and (7) 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 these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.
The Secretary of State also considers that the restrictions imposed by the following Regulations, as amended by these Regulations, are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat—
(a)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020(2);
(b)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020(3);
(c)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020(4);
(d)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements Regulations 2020(5);
(e)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Undertakings) (England) Regulations 2020(6);
(f)the Public Health (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020(7).
In accordance with section 45R of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, the Secretary of State 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, each House of Parliament.
1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14) (“the 2008 Act”).
S.I. 2020/684; as amended by S.I. 2020/1103 and 1374. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
S.I. 2020/568; there are amending instruments but none is relevant.
S.I. 2020/750; as amended by S.I. 2020/1103 and 1374.
S.I.2020/1005; as amended by S.I. 2020/1045, 1046, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1200 and 1374.
S.I. 2020/1008; as amended by S.I. 2020/1046, 1057, 1074, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1154, 1200 and 1374.