The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Made: at 3.00 p.m. on 14th December 2020

Laid before Parliament: at 5.00 p.m. on 14th December 2020

Coming into force: 16th December 2020

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 and commencement

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 16th December 2020.

Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020

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• (1) Schedule 4 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 is amended as follows.

• (2) In Part 1 (Tier 2 area)—

• (a) omit the following—

• (i) “Essex County Council”;

• (ii) “Hertfordshire County Council”;

• (iii) “Southend-on-Sea Borough Council”;

• (iv) “Thurrock Borough Council”;

• (v) “London:” and the entries under that heading from “City of Westminster” to “The Sub-Treasurer, in respect of the Inner Temple and the Under Treasurer, in respect of the Middle Temple”;

• (b) after “Central Bedfordshire Council”, insert—

• Colchester Borough Council
• Dacorum Borough Council
• East Hertfordshire District Council

• (c) after “Norfolk County Council”, insert—

• North Hertfordshire District Council

• (d) after “Peterborough City Council”, insert—

• Stevenage Borough Council
• St Albans City and District Council

• (e) after “Suffolk County Council”, insert—

• Tendring District Council
• Uttlesford District Council
• Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

• (3) In Part 2 (Tier 3 area)—

• (a) after “Wolverhampton Borough Council”, insert—

Basildon Borough Council Braintree District Council Brentwood Borough Council Broxbourne Borough Council Castle Point Borough Council Chelmsford City Council Epping Forest District Council Harlow District Council Hertsmere Borough Council Maldon District Council Rochford District Council Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Three Rivers District Council Thurrock Council Watford Borough Council

• (b) after “Slough Borough Council”, insert—

City of Westminster London Borough of Barking and Dagenham London Borough of Barnet London Borough of Bexley London Borough of Brent London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Camden London Borough of Croydon London Borough of Ealing London Borough of Enfield London Borough of Hackney London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough of Haringey London Borough of Harrow London Borough of Havering London Borough of Hillingdon London Borough of Hounslow London Borough of Islington London Borough of Lambeth London Borough of Lewisham London Borough of Merton London Borough of Newham London Borough of Redbridge London Borough of Richmond upon Thames London Borough of Southwark London Borough of Sutton London Borough of Tower Hamlets London Borough of Waltham Forest Council London Borough of Wandsworth Council Royal Borough of Greenwich Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames The Common Council, in respect of the City of London The Sub-Treasurer, in respect of the Inner Temple and the Under Treasurer, in respect of the Middle Temple

Signed

Matt Hancock — Secretary of State — Department of Health and Social Care — At 3.00 p.m. on 14th December 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations make changes to the areas which are subject to the restrictions for Tier 2 and Tier 3, as defined in Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

[^f00002]: S.I. 2020/1374.