{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-security-eu-exit-regulations-2021/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348224375",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Security (EU Exit) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-security-eu-exit-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Serious cross-border health threats",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, “serious cross-border health threat” means a life-threatening or otherwise serious health threat specified in paragraph (2) which—\n(a) spreads or entails a significant risk of spreading across the borders of the United Kingdom and at least one member State; or\n(b) may necessitate a coordinated response by the UK authorities in order to ensure a high level of human health protection.\n(2) The following are specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)—\n(a) threats of biological origin consisting of—\n(i) communicable diseases;\n(ii) related special health matters;\n(b) biotoxins or other harmful biological agents not related to communicable diseases;\n(c) threats of chemical origin;\n(d) threats of environmental origin;\n(e) threats of unknown origin;\n(f) events which may constitute public health emergencies of international concern under the IHR provided that they fall under one of the categories of threats set out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348224375/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:04.301890+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}