Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1200
Public Health, England
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
Approved by both Houses of Parliament
Made
at 2.45 p.m. on 3rd November 2020
Laid before Parliament
at 4.10 p.m. on 3rd November 2020
Coming into force
5th November 2020
F1,M1The 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 1984 .
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 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.
F1PART 1 Introductory
Citation, commencement and application
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Interpretation
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Elite sportsperson
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Meaning of vulnerable person and disability
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F1PART 2 Restrictions on movement
Restrictions on leaving home
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Exceptions: leaving home
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F1PART 3 Restrictions on gatherings
Part 3: general interpretation
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Participation in indoor gatherings
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Participation in outdoor gatherings
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Organisation or facilitation of gatherings
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Exceptions in relation to gatherings
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Linked household
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Linked childcare household
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The required precautions
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F1PART 4 Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses
Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises
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Requirement to close premises and businesses
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Exceptions
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Further restrictions and closures
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F1PART 5 Enforcement
Enforcement of restrictions and requirements
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Offences and penalties
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Fixed penalty notices
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Prosecutions
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PART 6 Final provisions
Expiry
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Consequential amendmentsI1
M224.—(1) In regulation 9(9) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020 , after sub-paragraph (m), insert—
“(n)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020.”.
(2) In regulation 18(7A) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020, after sub-paragraph (f), insert—
“(g)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020.”.
(3) Regulation 14 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 3) (England) Regulations 2020 is amended as follows—
(a)in paragraph (7C), after sub-paragraph (f), insert—
“(g)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020.”;
(b)in paragraph (8), after sub-paragraph (m), insert—
“(n)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020.”;
(c)in paragraph (8A), after sub-paragraph (e), insert—
“(f)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 21(12) of those Regulations or an offence of contravening a restriction or requirement imposed by Part 4 of those Regulations.”.
M3(4) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Undertakings) (England) Regulations 2020 are amended as follows—
(a)in regulation 1—
(i)after paragraph (2), insert—
“(2A) Regulations 1A and 2 do not have effect during in the period in which the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 are in force.”
(ii)In paragraph (3)(c), for the words from “paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations” substitute “ the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 ”;
(b)in regulation 4(8A), after sub-paragraph (f), insert—
“(g)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020, where the fixed penalty notice relates to a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 21(12) of those Regulations.”
RevocationsI2
25. The following Regulations are revoked—
(a)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020, other than Schedule 3 to those Regulations;
(b)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020, other than Schedule 3 to those Regulations;
(c)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020, other than Schedule 3 to those Regulations.
Transitional provisionsI3
26.—(1) A designation made, or treated as made, in exercise of the powers conferred by the following provisions is to be treated as if it had been made in exercise of the powers conferred by regulations 19(11)(b), 21(3)(b), 21(16)(a) or 22 (as appropriate) of these Regulations—
(a)regulation 4(9)(b), 6(3)(b), 6(16) or 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) Regulations 2020;
(b)regulation 4(9)(b), 6(3)(b), 6(16) or 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) Regulations 2020;
(c)regulation 4(9)(b), 6(3)(b), 6(16) or 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) Regulations 2020.
(2) Despite the revocation by regulation 25 of—
(a)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020;
(b)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020;
(c)the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020,
those Regulations continue in force as they had effect immediately before 5th November 2020 in relation to any offence committed under those Regulations before that date.
Matt Hancock
Secretary of State
Department for Health and Social Care
Regulations 15(7), 16(4) and 18(1)
F1SCHEDULE Businesses subject to restrictions or closure, or permitted to remain open
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