{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-protective-equipment-temporary-arrangements-coronavirus-england-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1484",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Protective Equipment (Temporary Arrangements) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-protective-equipment-temporary-arrangements-coronavirus-england-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Public Health, England\nHealth And Safety, England\nConsumer Protection, England\nMade 8th December 2020\nLaid before Parliament 9th December 2020\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State makes the following regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 45C, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.\nThe Secretary of State considers that the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to the threat to public health posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in England.\nThe Secretary of State declares, in accordance with section 45Q(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, that he is of the opinion that these Regulations do not contain any provision made by virtue of section 45C(3)(c) of that Act which imposes or enables the imposition of a special restriction or requirement or any other restriction or requirement which has or would have a significant effect on a person’s rights.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 22; sections 45C to 45T were inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14); there are other amendments to the Act, but none is relevant. The Secretary of State is the appropriate Minister who may make regulations as respects England under section 45T(6) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1484/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:20:48.868213+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."
}