2020 No. 195

Public Health

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

Laid before the Assembly

Coming into operation

The Department of Health F1, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25C(1), (3)(c), (4)(d) and 25F(2) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 F2.

These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Northern Ireland.

The Department of Health considers that the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.

In accordance with section 25Q of that Act the Department of Health is of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make these Regulations without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5)

F2

1967 c. 36 (N.I.). Part 1A was inserted by section 48 of, and Schedule 18 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.

2

These Regulations come into operation at 11.00 pm on 13th September 2020.

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20202

1

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 F3 are amended as follows.

2

In the schedule, omit subparagraph (3) of paragraph (3).

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F3

S.R. 2020 No. 150 as amended by S.R. 2020 Nos. 170 and 187

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health at 2.30 pm on 11th September 2020

Nigel McMahon A senior officer of theDepartment of Health

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 by removing soft play areas from businesses, services providers and premises subject to closure.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.