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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

S.I. 2020/1326 · Made 20 November 2020

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Regulations made by the Secretary of State, laid before Parliament under section 45R of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22), for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the instrument is made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than four days.

Public Health, England

Made at 1.35 p.m. on 20th November 2020

Laid before Parliament at 3.00 p.m. on 20th November 2020

Coming into force 21st November 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1), (3)(c) and (4)(d), 45F(2) and 45P of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984f1.

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, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020f2 as 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.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

f2

S.I. 2020/1200, amended by S.I. 2020/1242.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.

(2)

They come into force on 21st November 2020.

2Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

In the Schedule to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020—

(a)

in paragraph 30—

(i)

number the existing text as sub-paragraph (1);

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (1), as so numbered, insert—

“(2)

Sub-paragraph (1) does not prevent a farm from operating a business selling or supplying Christmas trees in accordance with paragraph 54.”;

(b)

after paragraph 53, insert—

“54.

Businesses selling or supplying natural Christmas trees.”.

Signature

Bethell

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

At 1.35 p.m. on 20th November 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 to permit shops, stalls, Christmas tree farms and other businesses selling or supplying natural Christmas trees to open.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.