The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020 (revoked)
UK Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 791 — creates 3 criminal offences.
- Made
- 23 July 2020
- In force from
- 24 July 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 require members of the public to wear face coverings whilst inside a relevant place specified in the Regulations in England to protect against the risks to public health arising from coronavirus, except in certain limited cases. The Secretary of State must carry out a review of the need for the requirements in these Regulations within the period of 6 months of their coming into force. No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations. An Explanatory Memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.
Offences created by this instrument
- A person who contravenes the requirement in regulation 3 commits an offence regulation 6(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who obstructs, without reasonable cause, any person carrying out a function under these Regulations commits… regulation 6(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a direction given under regulation 5(2) or regulation 5(5)… regulation 6(3) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
What Parliament said about it
Hansard was searched for this instrument by name and returned nothing. That is the ordinary outcome: an instrument laid under the negative procedure is usually never debated, and becomes law without a word said about it in either House.
How Parliament handled it
Both Houses had to approve this instrument before it could take effect, and did so.
- Procedure
- Made affirmative — both Houses had to approve it
- Could either House amend it?
- No. A statutory instrument is put to each House as a whole thing, to be approved or not. Neither House can change a word of it.
- Objection motion
- A non-fatal motion to object was tabled — it records disapproval without stopping the instrument
Procedural history
- Instrument created 23 July 2020
- Instrument made (signed into law) 23 July 2020
- Laid before the House of Commons 23 July 2020 · Commons
- Laid before the House of Lords 23 July 2020 · Lords
- Instrument comes into force as law 24 July 2020
- Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 28 July 2020 · Lords
- Information paragraph provided by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 28 July 2020 · Lords
- Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument tabled 28 July 2020 · Lords
- Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government 1 September 2020 · Commons
- Considered for English votes for English laws (EVEL) certification 1 September 2020 · Commons
- Certified as England only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process 1 September 2020 · Commons
- Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 9 September 2020 · Commons, Lords
- Not drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 9 September 2020 · Commons, Lords
- Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government 9 September 2020 · Lords
- Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) debate 14 September 2020 · Commons
- Question put on motion to consider the instrument 14 September 2020 · Commons
- Motion to consider the instrument approved 14 September 2020 · Commons
- Question on motion to approve the instrument put 15 September 2020 · Commons
- Instrument approved 15 September 2020 · Commons
- Chamber debate 18 September 2020 · Lords
- Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument withdrawn 18 September 2020 · Lords
- Question on motion to approve the instrument put 18 September 2020 · Lords
- Instrument approved 18 September 2020 · Lords
- Instrument remains law 18 September 2020
- Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords 18 September 2020 · Commons, Lords
- Approval period ends 21 September 2020
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