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 was made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than four days.
Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 1416
Public Health, England
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021
Made
at 11.56 a.m. on 13th December 2021
Laid before Parliament
-at 3.00 p.m. on 13th December 2021
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1), (3)(c), (4)(d), 45F(2) and 45P of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984( 1 ).
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 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.
Citation, commencement, extent and application
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Interpretation
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Qualifying test
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Venues and events subject to these Regulations
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Requirements: entry to venues or events
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Entry to events and venues: spot checks
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Requirements: statements and records
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(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Criteria for entrance and exemptions
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Acceptable evidence for the purposes of regulation 8
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Exempt persons
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Local authority powers
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Coronavirus Improvement Notices
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Coronavirus Immediate Restriction Notices
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Coronavirus Restriction Notices
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Appeals
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Offences and penalties
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Fixed penalty notices
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Designations
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Prosecutions
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Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021
(2) In regulation 2—
(a) in paragraph (1), before the definition of “emergency responder”, insert—
“ “ business ” includes any undertaking, including the provision of public transport services, whether carried on for profit or not; ”
(b) in paragraph (5)(ba)(i), after “are” insert “covered, or” .
(3) In regulation 6(5)—
(a) in the definition of “responsible person” omit “or providing public transport services”;
(b) omit sub-paragraph (b).
(4) In regulation 7(2), omit sub-paragraph (a).
(5) In regulation 13, for paragraph (1), substitute—
“ (1) In the case of a fixed penalty notice issued to a person in respect of an offence under regulation 10(2), the amount of the fixed penalty notice specified to be under regulation 11(5)(c) must, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), be £1,000. ” .
Expiry
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Maggie Throup
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
Regulation 4(2)
SCHEDULE 1 Venues to which requirements apply
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Regulation 4(7)
SCHEDULE 2 Exempt events
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1984 c. 22 . Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14) .
S.I. 2021/1340 . Paragraph (5)(ba) was inserted by S.I. 2021/1400 .