The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
UK Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 824 — creates 3 criminal offences.
- Made
- 2 August 2020
- In force from
- 3 August 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 the closure of businesses listed in the Schedule in Leicester, to protect against the risks to public health arising from coronavirus, except for limited permitted uses. They impose restrictions on gatherings of two or more persons in private dwellings. They also impose restrictions on other gatherings of more than 30 people. The closures and restrictions last until they are terminated by a direction given by the Secretary of State. The need for the restrictions in these Regulations must be reviewed by the Secretary of State every 14 days, with the first review taking place by 17th August 2020. These Regulations expire at the end of the period of 6 months following the date on which they come into force. No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.
Offences created by this instrument
- A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes a requirement in regulation 4, 5, 7 or 8 commits an offence regulation 9(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who obstructs, without reasonable excuse, any person carrying out a function under these Regulations,… regulation 9(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a direction given under regulation 8, or fails to comply with a… regulation 9(3) · 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.
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Commons · General Committees · 21 September 2020 · Ms Dorries
I thank the hon. Lady for her impassioned speech. Nobody would ever doubt her commitment to Leicester. As a Minister who has now been responsible for restrictions being put in place in a number of areas across the country, I know how upsetting that is for everybody and especially MPs, who really care about their constituencies and the lives of their constituents. It is distressing. The hon. Member for Leicester West raised many points today. I will hopefully address all of them and will do so as best I can. She did go out of scope in bringing up testing and tracing, but I will, with the…
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Commons · General Committees · 21 September 2020 · Ms Dorries
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. The regulations came into force on 3 August and 19 August respectively. On each occasion, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced that the latest epidemiological data allowed a relaxation of some of the measures imposed on those living and working within the protected area of Leicester. The regulations were preceded by the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020, brought into force on 3 July, which imposed the first interventions in Leicester and the…
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Commons · General Committees · 21 September 2020
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Commons · General Committees · 21 September 2020 · The Minister for Patient Safety, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (Ms Nadine Dorries)
I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020, No. 824).
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 Lords · Lords Chamber · 24 September 2020
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.
Procedural history
- Instrument created 2 August 2020
- Instrument made (signed into law) 2 August 2020
- Instrument comes into force as law 3 August 2020
- Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament 3 August 2020 · Commons
- Laid before the House of Commons 3 August 2020 · Commons
- Laid before the House of Lords 3 August 2020 · Lords
- Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government 1 September 2020 · Commons
- Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament 2 September 2020 · Lords
- Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 8 September 2020 · Lords
- Information paragraph provided by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 8 September 2020 · Lords
- Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 16 September 2020 · Commons, Lords
- Not drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 16 September 2020 · Commons, Lords
- Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government 16 September 2020 · Lords
- Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) debate 21 September 2020 · Commons
- Question put on motion to consider the instrument 21 September 2020 · Commons
- Motion to consider the instrument approved 21 September 2020 · Commons
- Question on motion to approve the instrument put 23 September 2020 · Commons
- Instrument approved 23 September 2020 · Commons
- Chamber debate 24 September 2020 · Lords
- Question on motion to approve the instrument put 24 September 2020 · Lords
- Instrument approved 24 September 2020 · Lords
- Instrument remains law 24 September 2020
- Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords 24 September 2020 · Commons, Lords
- Approval period ends 28 September 2020
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