The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020

UK Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1549 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

16 December 2020

In force from

17 December 2020

Extent

Not stated

Subject

COVID-19 emergency legislation (2020-2022)

Made under

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations provide for certain tests for coronavirus to meet specified standards. Regulation 3 specifies the tests to which these Regulations apply. Regulations 4 and 5 set out standards to be met by tests and test providers, respectively. Regulation 6 requires test providers to apply for accreditation with the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. Regulation 7 provides that failure to comply with any requirement of these Regulations is an offence. Regulation 8 requires these Regulations to be reviewed within six months of their coming into force. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

Offences created by this instrument

• A test provider commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, they contravene a requirement imposed under… regulation 7(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 Draft Health Protection (Coronavirus, testing requirements and standards) (england) Regulations 2020 Commons · General Committees · 10 December 2020
• Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 Lords · Grand Committee · 10 December 2020 · Lord Bethell

  That the Grand Committee do consider the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020. Relevant documents: 3 7 th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and 3 4th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (special attention drawn to the instrument)

• Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 Lords · Grand Committee · 10 December 2020
• Business without Debate Commons · Commons Chamber · 14 December 2020 · Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Rosie Winterton)

  With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 3 to 10 together. Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), Exiting the European Union (Environmental Protection) That the draft Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, which were laid before this House on 20 October, be approved. Exiting the European Union (Sea Fisheries) That the draft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020, which were laid before this House on 22 October, be approved. Exiting the European…

• Draft Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 Commons · General Committees · 22 November 2023 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Maria Caulfield)

  I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I will begin by setting out the policy context for the regulations, and then explain the effects of the proposed changes. We all remember that during the covid-19 pandemic the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 focused on enabling providers who met appropriate quality standards to…

• Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 Lords · Lords Chamber · 27 November 2023 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care (Lord Markham) (Con)

  My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my declaration of interest in the company that I founded, which was accredited under these rules. The fact that it is accredited means I have some experience, which always helps in an area. It is not affected by these regulations, but I was keen to state that for the record. The 2023 regulations update the legislation introduced in 2020 to impose requirements on private providers of Covid-19 diagnostic testing. Once they are implemented, private providers will need to be accredited by a signatory of the International Laboratory Accreditation…

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