The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium, High and Very High) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
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 22th October 2020
Laid before Parliament 22th 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 19841.
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 20202, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 20203and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 20204as 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.
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium, High and Very High) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.
(2) The following provisions come into force on 24th October 2020—
(a)
(a) regulation 3(3)(a), (e), (f) and (g);
(b)
(b) regulation 4(5)(b);
(c)
(c) regulation 4(6)(a), (b) and (c);
(d)
(d) regulation 4(6)(e), for the purpose of inserting paragraph 4 into Schedule 2A of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020.
(3) All other provisions in these Regulations come into force on 23rd October 2020.
Amendments of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020
2. In Schedule 1 to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020—
(a) in paragraph 5(4), after “3(3)” insert “and 3(17)(b)”;
(b) in paragraph 8(3), at the end insert “and no part of that place is in the excluded area for the purposes of regulation 3(2)(b) (see regulation 3(3))”;
(c) in paragraph 9, after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“5. For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, premises are in the Tier 1 area if—
(a) any part of the premises is in the Tier 1 area, and
(b) no part of the premises is in the excluded area for the purposes of regulation 3(2)(b) (see regulation 3(3)).”;
(d) in paragraph 12, after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“5. For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, premises are in the Tier 1 area if—
(a) any part of the premises is in the Tier 1 area, and
(b) no part of the premises is in the excluded area for the purposes of regulation 3(2)(b).”.
Amendments of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020
3.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1—
(a)
(a) in paragraph 8(5)(b), for “the purposes of paragraph 5(3)” substitute “all other purposes”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 11, at the end of sub-paragraph (3), insert “and no part of that place is in the area that is the Tier 3 area for the purposes of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020”;
(c)
(c) in paragraph 12, after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“5. For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, premises are in the Tier 2 area if—
(a) any part of the premises is in the Tier 2 area, and
(b) no part of the premises is in the area that is the Tier 3 area for the purposes of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020.”;
(d)
(d) in paragraph 15, after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“5. For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, premises are in the Tier 2 area if—
(a) any part of the premises is in the Tier 2 area, and
(b) no part of the premises is in the area that is the Tier 3 area for the purposes of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020.”.
(3) In Schedule 2—
(a)
(a) before “Cheshire” insert—
“BerkshireSlough Borough Council”;
(b)
(b) in the entry for “The Common Council of the City of London”, at the end, insert “in respect of the City of London”;
(c)
(c) after the entry for “The Common Council of the City of London”, insert—
“the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple, in respect of the Inner Temple and the Under Treasurer of the Middle Temple, in respect of the Middle Temple”;
(d)
(d) omit “Greater Manchester” and the entries from “Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council” to “Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council” under it;
(e)
(e) omit “South Yorkshire” and the entries from “Barnsley...
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