(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1374) to introduce higher penalties for participating in a gathering of more than 15 people in a private dwelling or certain other places, make a consequential amendment to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/750), and to give the Secretary of State’s power to designate the prosecuting authority in relation to offences committed under a number of specified Regulations related to the coronavirus.
They also amend the Public Health (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1045).
They correct a number of errors in regulations 2 and 3 of those Regulations. They also amend regulation 14 to update the information which may be shared for the purposes of carrying out functions under the Regulations or preventing danger to the health of the public from the spread of coronavirus, and to allow certain information to be shared only where necessary for specified law enforcement purposes.
No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.