Introductory text
Public Health, Wales
Approved by Senedd CymruMade 6 January 2021
Laid before Senedd Cymru 8 January 2021
Coming into force 11 January 2021
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 45C(1), (2), (3)(c) and 45P(2) 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 Wales.
The Welsh Ministers consider that the restrictions and requirements imposed 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 Actf2, the Welsh Ministers are 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, Senedd Cymru.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1984 c. 22. Sections 45C and 45P were inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14) (“the 2008 Act”). The functions under these sections are conferred on “the appropriate Minister”. Under section 45T(6) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 “the appropriate Minister” as respects Wales, is the Welsh Ministers.
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Section 45R was inserted by section 129 of the 2008 Act.