Statutory Instruments
Public Health, England
Made
at 9.40 a.m. on 17th March 2022
Laid before Parliament
at 12.30 p.m. on 17th March 2022
Coming into force
at 4.00 a.m. on 18th March 2022
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45B, 45C, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(1), makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 45Q(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State is of the opinion that these Regulations do not contain any provision made by virtue of section 45C(3)(c) of the Act which imposes or enables the imposition of a special restriction or requirement or any other restriction or requirement which has or would have a significant effect on a person’s rights.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 18th March 2022.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply in relation to England only.
2. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021(2) are revoked.
3. In the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010(3)—
(a)in regulation 4 (duty on laboratories to notify UKHSA of causative agents found in human samples and of SARS-Cov-2 or influenza virus tests processed)—
(i)omit paragraph (1ZA),
(ii)in paragraph (3A), for “Subject to paragraph (3D), a notification” substitute “A notification”,
(iii)in paragraph (3B), omit “, subject to paragraph (3D),”,
(iv)in paragraph (3C), for “Subject to paragraph (3D), a notification” substitute “A notification”,
(v)omit paragraph (3D);
(b)omit regulations 4ZA (duty to notify UKHSA of the results of mandatory tests) and 4ZB (duty to notify UKHSA of the results of genomic sequencing of mandatory test samples);
(c)in paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 7 (electronic communications) omit “, 4ZA, 4ZB”.
Maggie Throup
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health and Social Care
At 9.40 a.m. on 17th March 2022
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 and make consequential amendments to the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.
1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).