The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and Restrictions: All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (revoked)
UK Statutory Instrument 2021 No. 247 — creates 1 criminal offence.
- Made
- 5 March 2021
- In force from
- 8 March 2021
- 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 amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/791) to make provision in relation to the wearing of face coverings in polling stations. These Regulations also amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1374) to permit outdoor recreation, gatherings related to electoral activities, to introduce a requirement to declare the reason for leaving or being outside the place where a person is living, when that person is travelling outside the United Kingdom, and to make other minor amendments. No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.
Offences created by this instrument
- A person who intentionally or recklessly provides false or misleading information on a travel declaration form commits… regulation 3(4) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
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.
- Committee
- Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by a scrutiny committee
Procedural history
- Instrument created 5 March 2021
- Instrument made (signed into law) 5 March 2021
- Laid before the House of Commons 5 March 2021 · Commons
- Laid before the House of Lords 5 March 2021 · Lords
- Instrument comes into force as law 8 March 2021
- Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government 8 March 2021 · Commons
- Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 16 March 2021 · Lords
- Information paragraph provided by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 16 March 2021 · Lords
- Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) debate 17 March 2021 · Commons
- Question put on motion to consider the instrument 17 March 2021 · Commons
- Motion to consider the instrument approved 17 March 2021 · Commons
- Question on motion to approve the instrument put 23 March 2021 · Commons
- Instrument approved 23 March 2021 · Commons
- Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 24 March 2021 · Commons, Lords
- Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 24 March 2021 · Commons, Lords
- Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it is defectively drafted 24 March 2021 · Commons, Lords
- Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it requires elucidation 24 March 2021 · Commons, Lords
- Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government 24 March 2021 · Lords
- Chamber debate 25 March 2021 · Lords
- Question on motion to approve the instrument put 25 March 2021 · Lords
- Instrument approved 25 March 2021 · Lords
- Instrument remains law 25 March 2021
- Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords 25 March 2021 · Commons, Lords
- Approval period ends 18 April 2021
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