Welsh Statutory Instruments
Public Health, Wales
Made
19 September 2021
Laid before Senedd Cymru
20 September 2021
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B, 45C(1), (2) and (3)(a), 45F(2)(a) and (b), 45P(2) and 60A of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(1) (“the 1984 Act”).
In accordance with section 45Q(3) of the 1984 Act, the Welsh Ministers declare that they are of the opinion that these Regulations do not contain any provision made by virtue of section 45C(3)(c) of the 1984 Act which imposes or enables the imposition of a special restriction or requirement or any other restriction or requirement(2) which has or would have a significant effect on a person’s rights.
1984 c. 22. Functions exercised under sections 45C(1), (2) and (3)(a), 45F(2)(a) and (b), 45P(2) and 60A of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (“the 1984 Act”) are exercisable in relation to Wales by the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 45T(6) of that Act which defines “the appropriate Minister” as being the Welsh Ministers as respects Wales for the purposes of Part 2A of that Act, and section 60A(6) of that Act which defines “the appropriate Minister” as being the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales for the purposes of section 60A of that Act. Sections 45C, 45F, 45P and 45T were inserted into the 1984 Act by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14) (“the 2008 Act”), and section 60A was inserted into the 1984 Act by section 130 of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 11 to, the 2008 Act.
See section 45C(6) of the 1984 Act for the meaning of “special restriction or requirement”.