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This article contains a list of primary and secondary legislation enacted by theParliament of the United Kingdom, theScottish Parliament, theSenedd and theNorthern Ireland Assembly in connection with theCOVID-19 pandemic.

| Act | Chapter | Royal Assent | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contingencies Fund Act 2020 | 2020 c. 6 | 25 March 2020 | To increase the maximum capital of the United Kingdom'scontingency fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] |
| Coronavirus Act 2020 | 2020 c. 7 | 25 March 2020 | To grant a range ofemergency powers in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] |
| Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 | 2020 asp 7 | 6 April 2020 | To grant a range ofemergency powers in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] |
| Coronavirus (Scotland) (No. 2) Act 2020 | 2020 asp 10 | 26 May 2020 | To grant a range ofemergency powers in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] |
| Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 | 2020 c.12 | 25 June 2020 | To provide for changes to corporate insolvency procedures in the UK and to relax certain company law regulations.[5] |
| Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020 | 2020 c. 15 | 22 July 2020 | To temporarily cutStamp Duty Land Tax on residential properties to stimulate the housing market.[6] |
| Business and Planning Act 2020 | 2020 c. 16 | 22 July 2020 | To provide for a range of measures to assist businesses operating during the pandemic. Primarily to facilitate theBounce Back Loan scheme, make changes tolicensing laws, modifications to planning legislation and relaxations of vehicle licensing rules.[7] |
| Welsh Elections (Coronavirus) Act 2021 | 2021 asc 2 | 16 March 2021 | To provide for a range of measures for the2021 Senedd Election.[8] |
| Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Act 2021 | 2021 asp 5 | 29 January 2021 | To provide for a range of measures for the2021 Scottish Parliament Election.[9] |
| Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 | 2021 asp 19 | 4 August 2021 | To extending the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 and the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No. 2) Act 2020.[10] |
| Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 | 2021 c. 34 | 15 December 2021 | To clarify circumstances in which the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic can and cannot be considered when deciding on the rateable value of a property on the 2017 rating list; and making it easier to investigate the conduct of directors of companies that have been dissolved.[11] |
| Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Act 2022 | 2022 asp 2 | 23 March 2022 | To make compensation for self-isolation by health boards up to the discretion by the health board, rather than mandatory.[12] |
| Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 | 2022 c. 12 | 24 March 2022 | Establishing a new binding arbitration process to help landlords and tenants agree a resolution of Covid-related rent debts.[13] |
| Non-domestic Rates Valuations (Coronavirus) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 | 2022 c. 12 (N.I.) | 30 March 2022 | |
| Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Act 2022 | 2022 asp 7 | 28 July 2022 | To delay business rates, and applying full business rates to private schools.[14][15] |
| Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 | 2022 asp 8 | 10 August 2022 | To extend emergency powers granted during the Covid pandemic required landlords to seek approval for evictions from a tribunal[16] |
| Regulation | SI Number | Date laid before Parliament | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.59 | 28 January 2020 | Designates theCoronavirus disease 2019 as a disease for which no charge is to be made for treatment for overseas visitors.[17] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.129 | 10 February 2020 | Enables a number of public health measures to be taken to reduce the potential public health risks that might arise from COVID-19.[18][19] |
| Health Protection (Notification) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.237 | 6 March 2020 | Designates COVID-19 as anotifiable disease under thePublic Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.[20][21] |
| Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.289 | 12 March 2020 | To provide additional support for individuals claimingemployment and support allowance oruniversal credit and to remove the need for face to face contact where individuals are self-isolating.[22][23] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.287 | 12 March 2020 | To treat any person who is self-isolating as a result of COVID-19 as being incapable of working and eligible forStatutory Sick Pay.[24][25] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.304 | 16 March 2020 | To treat any person who is isolating themselves from others in accordance with guidance published on 12 March 2020 as being incapable of working and eligible for statutory sick pay.[26][25] |
| Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2020 | 2020 No.324 | 20 March 2020 | To remove the requirement tocharge for single use carrier bags in respect of bags intended to be used to carry goods purchased for home delivery as part of an online grocery delivery service.[27][28] |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2020 | 2020 No.322 | 20 March 2020 | TheCOVID Corporate Financing Facility was exempted from the general prohibition for persons to carry out regulated activities under theFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000.[29][30] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.327 | 23 March 2020 | Provided for the closure of in England of businesses selling food and drink for consumption on the premises, as well as a range of other businesses such as nightclubs and indoor leisure centres where a high risk of infection could be expected.[31][32] |
| Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2020 | 2020 No.330 | 23 March 2020 | Provided for pubs, cafes and restaurants to act as takeaways for a temporary period.[33] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.350 | 26 March 2020 | Provided for an extensive lockdown of businesses in England and for restrictions on the movement of people other than where there was a reasonable excuse.[34] |
| National Health Service (Amendments Relating to the Provision of Primary Care Services During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.351 | 26 March 2020 | Various measures to prioritise the delivery of particularNHS services, to provide for greater flexibility in the opening hours and operations of GP practices and pharmacies.[35] |
| Street and Road Works (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.346 | 26 March 2020 | To delay the date on which theStreet and Road Works (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/122) come into effect by three months to help deal with the impact of COVID-19.[36] |
| Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (General Levy) (Revocation) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.355 | 27 March 2020 | To revoke the increase in the general levy for pensions schemes due to the significant uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic on business.[37] |
| Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.359 | 27 March 2020 | To remove the charge for obtaining acriminal record certificate for retired health and social care practitioners who were being requested to return to work to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.[38] |
| Investigatory Powers (Temporary Judicial Commissioners and Modification of Time Limits) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.360 | 27 March 2020 | To allow theInvestigatory Powers Commissioner to appoint temporary Judicial Commissioners which would not normally be available under theInvestigatory Powers Act 2016 to alleviate the strain placed by COVID-19 on the warrantry process.[39] |
| Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.365 | 27 March 2020 | To amend theWorking Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) to ensure that workers for whom it is not reasonably practicable to take holidays due to the pandemic can carry their holiday into the following two years.[40] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.374 | 27 March 2020 | To suspend the rule which would ordinarily preventStatutory Sick Pay for the first three qualifying days of incapacity to ensure that statutory sick pay can be paid from the first day of absence and treats any person staying at home due to COVID-19 (or members of their household) as being incapable of work.[41] |
| Competition Act 1998 (Health Services for Patients in England) (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2020 | 2020 No.368 | 27 March 2020 | To exclude certain agreements between healthcare providers and between healthcare providers and theNHS from the prohibition on anti-competitive behaviour under theCompetition Act 1998.[42] |
| Competition Act 1998 (Groceries) (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2020 | 2020 No.369 | 27 March 2020 | To exclude certain agreements between grocery stores (primarilysupermarkets) and associated suppliers from the prohibition on anti-competitive behaviour under theCompetition Act 1998.[43] |
| Competition Act 1998 (Solent Maritime Crossings) (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2020 | 2020 No.370 | 27 March 2020 | To exclude certain agreements between operators of ferries across theSolent betweenEngland and theIsle of Wight from the prohibition on anti-competitive behaviour under theCompetition Act 1998.[44] |
| Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.371 | 27 March 2020 | To provide for a temporary increase in theUniversal Credit standard allowances, relax the application of the minimum income floor for self-employed universal credit claimants, increase local housing authority rates forprivate renters claiminghousing benefits, disapplying the requirement to actively seek work to obtainjobseeker's allowance and others.[45] |
| Nursing and Midwifery Council (Emergency Procedures) (Amendment) Rules 2020 Order of Council 2020 | 2020 No.364 | 30 March 2020 | To allow theNursing and Midwifery Council to amend its rules on lapse of registration and fitness to practice in order to ensure that processes can continue during the pandemic.[46] |
| Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.375 | 30 March 2020 | To provide for additional time for small-scalerenewable electricity generation to apply for accreditation under thefeed-in tariffs scheme.[47] |
| Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.382 | 30 March 2020 | To exclude cars,light commercial vehicles and motor cycles from the requirement to obtain aMOT test and hold a test certificate for one of period of six months.[48] |
| Coronavirus (Retention of Fingerprints and DNA Profiles in the Interests of National Security) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.391 | 1 April 2020 | In accordance with provisions set out in theCoronavirus Act 2020, powers were exercised by the Secretary of State to extend the deadline for the retention offingerprints andDNA profiles for a period of up to six months.[49] |
| Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.392 | 2 April 2020 | To enablelocal authorities andpolice and crime panels to hold meetings remotely.[50] |
| Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Amendment Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.397 | 3 April 2020 | To provide that the start date for the temporary increase inuniversal credit and increase tolocal housing allowance originally included in theSocial Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/371) will be brought forward to 6 April 2020.[51] |
| Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.395 | 6 April 2020 | To postponelocal elections that were scheduled to take place between 15 March 2020 and 5 May 2021 until 6 May 2021.[52] |
| Prison and Young Offender Institution (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.400 | 6 April 2020 | To make changes to thePrison Rules 1999 (SI 1999/728) to all for the release of certain prisoners temporarily to help manage the incidence or transmission of coronavirus.[53] |
| Offender Management Act 2007 (Coronavirus) (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.401 | 6 April 2020 | To allow for prisoners released under thePrison and Young Offender Institution (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 (SI 2020/400) to be accommodated in approved premises.[54] |
| Accounts and Audit (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.404 | 7 April 2020 | To amend theAccounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234) by delaying the dates on which certain public and local bodies must publishannual accounts to 30 November 2020.[55] |
| Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.405 | 7 April 2020 | To increase the payments from theSocial Fund to eligible claimants for arranging a funeral from £700 to £1,000.[56] |
| Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.409 | 7 April 2020 | To provide access tomeans-tested benefits for individuals on temporary release from aprison in England and Wales due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[57] |
| National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.411 | 8 April 2020 | To allow doctors who are notgeneral practitioners to provide primary care where they are employed or registered with certain designated bodies.[58] |
| Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Coronavirus) (England) (Amendment) Order 2020 | 2020 No.412 | 8 April 2020 | To create a newpermitted development right to allow local authorities and health service bodies to carry out developments which are required to respond to the spread of coronavirus without a requirement to submit a planning application.[59] |
| Employment Appeal Tribunal (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.415 | 9 April 2020 | To amend theEmployment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993 (SI 1993/2854) to allow for a hearing before theEmployment Appeal Tribunal to be conducted by means of electronic communication.[60] |
| Tribunal Procedure (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 | 2020. No.416 | 9 April 2020 | To amend varioustribunal procedures to allow for thefirst-tier tribunal and theupper tribunal to conduct remote hearings and for these remote hearings to be held in private if it is not practicable for the hearing to be broadcast.[61] |
| Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 | 2020. No.417 | 9 April 2020 | To amend theCriminal Procedure Rules 2015 (SI 2015/1490) to remove inconsistencies with the provisions of theCoronavirus Act 2020.[62] |
| Electronic Monitoring (Responsible Persons) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Order 2020 | 2020 No.418 | 9 April 2020 | To allow Attenti EM UK Ltd to be a person responsible for the electronic monitoring of prisoners to provide for the increased demand for such monitoring as a result of the temporary release of prisoners during the pandemic.[63] |
| Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.425 | 15 April 2020 | To allowHM Land Registry additional time for the registration of interests in land if the service is not able to operate normally.[64] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.427 | 15 April 2020 | Amends thestatutory sick pay regulations to provide that, a person who is considered to be at high risk from COVID-19 and has been advised to shield, is deemed to be incapable of work.[65] |
| Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.426 | 15 April 2020 | To make changes to previous provisions providing for newunitary authorities inBuckinghamshire andNorthamptonshire in light of the cancellation of elections due to take place in May 2020.[66] |
| Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated Activities) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.433 | 17 April 2020 | To provide that testing for coronavirus will not be treated as a regulated activity under theSafeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.[67] |
| Competition Act 1998 (Health Services for Patients in Wales) (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2020 | 2020 No.435 | 20 April 2020 | To exclude certain agreements between independent healthcare providers andNHS bodies from the restriction onanti-competitive behaviour under theCompetition Act 1998.[68] |
| Football Spectators (2020 UEFA European Championship Control Period) (Coronavirus) (Revocation) Order 2020 | 2020 No.432 | 21 April 2020 | Revokes theFootball Spectators (2020 UEFA European Championship Control Period) Order 2020 (SI 2020/11) following the announced cancellation ofUEFA Euro 2020.[69] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.447 | 22 April 2020 | To make amendments to theoriginal lockdown restrictions to correct certain errors and unintended consequences. Provided that leaving home to go to abank orATM or to attend a burial ground constituted a reasonable excuse.[70] |
| Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.448 | 22 April 2020 | To remove the requirement foroffshore oil and gas developers from the requirement to make certain documents relating to environmental impacts available for public inspection at an address in the UK.[71] |
| Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development and Welfare Requirements) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.444 | 23 April 2020 | To allow for theSecretary of State for Education to temporarily disapply or modify certain requirements of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage to allow providers of early years education to operate for children of key workers.[72] |
| Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.445 | 23 April 2020 | To make amendments to a number of regulations relating to children's social care including the relaxation of a number of administrative and procedural requirements.[73] |
| School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.446 | 23 April 2020 | To allow for appeals in respect of school admissions to continue by virtue of allowing smaller appeal panels to meet or by allowing appeals to be heard remotely.[74] |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Transitional Protection Payments and Rates Retention) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.449 | 23 April 2020 | To allow local authorities to defer payments due to central Government under the business rates retention scheme. To delay the date on which local authorities are required to submit end-of year calculations of the business rates retention.[75] |
| Maternity Allowance, Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (Normal Weekly Earnings etc.) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.450 | 24 April 2020 | To ensure that where an employee isfurloughed under theCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme they retain their rights toStatutory Maternity Pay;Statutory Adoption Pay;Statutory Paternity Pay;Statutory Shared Parental Pay;Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay; andMaternity Allowance.[76] |
| Taking Control of Goods and Certification of Enforcement Agents (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.451 | 24 April 2020 | To prevent enforcement agencies from taking control of goods at residential premises or on highways during lockdown, to extend the period for taking control of goods by 12 months and to increase the amount of unpaid commercial rent that might be outstanding before commercial rent arrears recovery can take place.[77] |
| State Pension Credit (Coronavirus) (Electronic Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.456 | 27 April 2020 | To make provision forState Pension Credit to be claimed electronically.[78] |
| National Health Service (Quality Accounts) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.456 | 28 April 2020 | To suspend the requirement of providers ofNational Health Service services relating to obtaining assurance by other bodies of the quality accounts and publishing them for the year to 31 March 2020.[79] |
| Misuse of Drugs (Coronavirus) (Amendments Relating to the Supply of Controlled Drugs During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.468 | 29 April 2020 | To allowpharmacists to supply certain medicines during the pandemic without a prescription where the patient has been receiving a controlled drug as part of an ongoing treatment.[80] |
| Value Added Tax (Zero Rate for Personal Protective Equipment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.458 | 30 April 2020 | Introduces a temporaryValue Added Tax relief for the supply ofpersonal protective equipment by treating the supplies of such equipment as being zero rated.[81] |
| Value Added Tax (Extension of Zero-Rating to Electronically Supplied Books etc.) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.459 | 30 April 2020 | To extend the list of electronic versions of printed publications that will be treated as being zero rated forValue Added Tax purposes.[82] |
| Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications and Induction Arrangements) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.464 | 30 April 2020 | To allow for trainee teachers whose training has been interrupted by COVID-19 to be treated as having attained qualified teacher status. To allow for newly qualified teachers undertaking statutory induction to have their induction periods extended automatically where they were absent for work by reason of the COVID-19 outbreak.[83] |
| Special Educational Needs and Disability (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.471 | 30 April 2020 | Temporarily relaxes the timescales for dealing with special educational needs and disability where the original timescales cannot be met by reason of the COVID-19 outbreak.[84] |
| Criminal Legal Aid (Coronavirus, Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.472 | 30 April 2020 | To amend the circumstances in which litigators and advocates providinglegal aid services are entitled to receive hardship payments by reducing the threshold for such payments and the period for payment.[85] |
| Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.477 | 1 May 2020 | Amends certain rules relating to the application of theCommon Agricultural Policy to extend the deadline for direct payments and the claims deadline for countryside stewardship, environmental stewardship and woodland grants.[86] |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Order 2020 | 2020 No.480 | 1 May 2020 | To remove loans of £25,000 of less that are made by commercial lenders under theBounce Back Loan Scheme from the scope of the regulatory regime relating to consumer credit loans.[87] |
| Competition Act 1998 (Dairy Produce) (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2020 | 2020 No.481 | 1 May 2020 | Excludes certain agreements between produces of dairy products (and associated logistics providers) from certain prohibitions onanti-competitive behaviour under theCompetition Act 1998.[88] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.500 | 13 May 2020 | Replaces the previousLockdown Regulations and provides for revisions to the terms of the lockdown in England |
| Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure, Listed Buildings and Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.505 | 13 May 2020 | Provide for temporary amendments to certain requirements for planning authorities to obtain anenvironmental impact assessment where it is not reasonable for an authority to comply with a specific request due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[89] |
| Individual Savings Account (Amendment No. 3) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.506 | 14 May 2020 | Reduces the charge for unauthorized withdrawals from aLifetime Individual Savings Account from 25% to 20% for the period from 6 March 2020 to 5 April 2021.[90] |
| Prison and Young Offender Institution (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.508 | 14 May 2020 | To allowprisons andyoung offender institutions to implement a restricted regime to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[91] |
| Direct Payments to Farmers (Application Deadlines) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.510 | 14 May 2020 | Extends the deadline for amendments to be made to applications for direct payments for 2020 to 30 June.[92] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers’ Liabilities) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.512 | 15 May 2020 | Provide for certain small and medium-sized employers to apply toHMRC for a refund of the cost of payingStatutory Sick Pay to their employees where they are unable to work because of COVID-19.[93] |
| Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.515 | 18 May 2020 | Introduces two new standard fees payable forasylum and immigration cases which are appealing to theFirst-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber).[94] |
| Universal Credit (Coronavirus) (Self-employed Claimants and Reclaims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.522 | 20 May 2020 | To determine the interaction betweencoronavirus support payments received byself-employed individuals and eligibility for such persons to claimuniversal credit.[95] |
| Income Tax (Exemption for Coronavirus Related Home Office Expenses) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.524 | 21 May 2020 | Provides for a new temporary exemption to allow employers to reimburse employees who are working from home for the cost of acquiring home equipment without such a reimbursement being taxable income.[96] |
| Social Security Contributions (Disregarded Payments) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.525 | 21 May 2020 | To provide that the reimbursement of costs incurred by an employee for the acquisition of home office equipment (in line with SI 2020/524) will not be subject tonational insurance contributions.[97] |
| Tax Credits (Coronavirus, Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.534 | 22 May 2020 | Protect a person's entitlement toworking tax credit and to allow workers to continue to receive working tax credit if they would have been engaged in work if it were not for the impact of COVID-19.[98] |
| Traffic Orders Procedure (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.536 | 22 May 2020 | Makes amendments to enable local authorities to deal with the effect of coronavirus on transport to support social distancing requirements and to make digital notifications of changes.[99] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.539 | 27 May 2020 | To provide that, where person who has been advised that they have been in contact with someone who has coronavirus and that they should self-isolate shall be entitled tostatutory sick pay if they are unable to work as a result of the requirement to self-isolate.[100] |
| Schools Forums (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.540 | 28 May 2020 | Allows school forums to hold public meetings remotely where they are unable to meet physically due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[101] |
| Education (Independent School Standards) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.542 | 28 May 2020 | Provides for more flexibility in relation to applications forenhanced criminal record certificates.[102] |
| School Discipline (England) (Coronavirus) (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.543 | 28 May 2020 | Provides for meetings to scrutinise school exclusions to be held virtually and for the time limits for such meetings to be extended where it has not been reasonably practical to hold the meeting.[103] |
| Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.544 | 28 May 2020 | Temporarily suspends the obligations on schools to record details in their attendance register and to provide for increased flexibility for schools to record attendance during the 2019–20 school year.[104] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.558 | 1 June 2020 | Relaxed the previous lockdown restrictions to remove the restriction on leaving home without a reasonable excuse which was replaced with a restriction on staying overnight away from home. To allow for outdoor gatherings of up to 6 people and indoor gatherings of people from two households. To allow certain businesses to reopen, predominantly those operating outdoors.[105] |
| Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2020 | 2020 No.562 | 2 June 2020 | Provides that offences of theHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/350) and theHealth Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/353) become 'specified proceedings' for the purpose of theProsecution of Offences Act 1985.[106] |
| Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.566 | 3 June 2020 | Extends the statutory period for whichgametes andembryos can be stored byfertility clinics from 10 years to 12 years.[107] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Passengers Travelling to England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.567 | 3 June 2020 | Requires operators of commercial transport services for passengers travelling to England from outside of thecommon travel area to provide information to passengers about coronavirus, coronavirus disease and related duties and public health guidance.[108] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.568 | 3 June 2020 | Requires passengers arriving in England from outside of thecommon travel area to self-isolate for 14 days and provide personal and contact details.[109] |
| Direct Payments to Farmers (Inspections) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.575 | 9 June 2020 | Reduces the rates of on-the-spot control checks which theRural Payments Agency will carry out for 2020 and allows for such checks to be replaced by alternative means (e.g. satellite imagery).[110] |
| Value Added Tax (Section 55A) (Specified Services and Excepted Supplies) (Change of Commencement Day and Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.578 | 9 June 2020 | To delay the introduction of the domestic reverse charge forvalue added tax on construction services from 1 October 2020 to 1 March 2021.[111] |
| Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.582 | 10 June 2020 | Amends theCivil Procedure Rules to provide for possession proceedings to be stayed until 24 August 2020.[112] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.588 | 12 June 2020 | Further relaxes the lockdown restrictions to allow for the reopening of non-essential retail, indoor markets, community centres and private prayer in places of worship. To allow persons to stay overnight with certain linked households.[113] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.592 | 15 June 2020 | Requires individuals travelling onpublic transport in England to wear a face covering.[114] |
| General Osteopathic Council (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2020 | 2020 No.596 | 17 June 2020 | To allow theGeneral Osteopathic Council to amend its rules when determining how to contact registrants where a fitness to practise or professional conduct allegation is made against them. The amendments allow such contact to be made by e-mail rather than post.[115] |
| Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.599 | 18 June 2020 | To remove the requirement for head teachers to include in their annual report to parents information on the pupil's attendance and certain information connected to assessment atKey Stage 1 and2 due to the impact of COVID-19 on attendance and cancellation of assessments for key stage 1 and 2.[116] |
| Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.602 | 19 June 2020 | Prevents landlords of commercial properties from being able to evict tenants for non-payment of rent until 30 September 2020. Extends the previous moratorium which was due to end on 30 June 2020[117] |
| Taking Control of Goods and Certification of Enforcement Agents (Amendment) (No. 2) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.614 | 19 June 2020 | Increases the minimum amount of unpaid rent that must be outstanding before commercial rent arrears recovery may take place to 189 days rent.[118] |
| Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme (English and Welsh Schemes) (Excluded Benefits for Tax Purposes) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.615 | 22 June 2020 | Exempts any lump sum payments made from the National Health Service Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme from the charge toincome tax.[119] |
| Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020 | 2020 No.627 | 22 June 2020 | Amends theEnterprise Act 2002 to allow thesecretary of state to intervene on the basis of consideration ofmergers and acquisitions where such a transaction may impact the UK's ability to manage and mitigate public health emergencies.[120] |
| Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.632 | 24 June 2020 | To relax certain planning laws relating to permitted development rights to support the governments economic renewal package following the COVID-19 outbreak.[121] |
| Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.643 | 26 June 2020 | Make various amendments to allow for the new insolvency and restructuring measures introduced by theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 to apply tolimited liability partnerships.[122] |
| Companies etc. (Filing Requirements) (Temporary Modifications) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.645 | 26 June 2020 | Temporarily extends various filing deadlines relevant to corporate bodies.[123] |
| Patents, Trade Marks and Registered Designs (Fees) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.644 | 29 June 2020 | Temporarily reduces fees payable to theIntellectual Property Office in relation topatents,trade marks and designs.[124] |
| Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.650 | 29 June 2020 | Extends the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme by a further twelve months and to provide a new tariff guarantee on for the equivalent non-domestic scheme.[125] |
| Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.651 | 30 June 2020 | To amend the rules applying totribunals to correct certain administrative issues in the previous statutory instruments and to update the rules for other changes in law.[126] |
| Childcare Payments (Coronavirus and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.656 | 30 June 2020 | Provides that critical workers who exceed the maximum income threshold due to increase income for reasons connected with the COVID-19 outbreak can continue to claim tax-free childcare.[127] |
| Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 | 2020 No.663 | 30 June 2020 | Amends road traffic regulations to allow for on-road trials ofe-scooters.[128] |
| Secure Training Centre (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.664 | 1 July 2020 | Provides for temporary modifications to the operation of privately operatedsecure training centres to ensure such centres can operate effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic.[129] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.681 | 3 July 2020 | To provide clarification on the eligibility of people who are shielding as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic to receivedstatutory sick pay. Ensures persons self-isolating because a member of their households has symptoms may be eligible for statutory sick pay.[130] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.684 | 3 July 2020 | Replaces all previous lockdown regulations and provides for a revised set of lockdown regulations. Certain businesses are required to remain closed but many businesses and activities that had been prevented under the previous restrictions were now allowed to resume.[131] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.685 | 3 July 2020 | Provides for alocal lockdown inLeicester due to an increase number of coronavirus cases as compared to the rest of England. |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.691 | 4 July 2020 | Provides for a list of countries and territory for which passengers can travel to England without the requirement to quarantine when arriving in England.[132] |
| Pension Protection Fund (Moratorium and Arrangements and Reconstructions for Companies in Financial Difficulty) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.693 | 4 July 2020 | Provides specific protections for pension schemes during a moratorium or where a restructuring plan is proposed under the new provisions provided under theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020.[133] |
| Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.710 | 8 July 2020 | To ensure that the provisions allowing for moratoriums under theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 applies effectively to charitable companies.[134] |
| Value Added Tax (Zero Rate for Personal Protective Equipment) (Extension) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.698 | 9 July 2020 | To extend the period for which supplies ofpersonal protective equipment are treated as being zero-rated forvalue added tax to 31 October 2020.[135] |
| International Tax Enforcement (Disclosable Arrangements) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.713 | 9 July 2020 | To defer the reporting date underDAC6 (the EU mandatory disclosure regime on certain tax arrangement) by six months to January 2021.[136] |
| Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.712 | 10 July 2020 | Temporarily changes the maximum income threshold eligibility criteria for free childcare for working parents of three and four year olds to ensure that critical workers with increased income due to the COVID-19 pandemic can still access childcare.[137] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.719 | 10 July 2020 | Allows for the reopening of a number of businesses including outdoor pools, nail bars, beauty salons, spas and tattoo parlours.[138] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.724 | 10 July 2020 | RemovesSerbia from the list of countries for which quarantine free travel can be undertaken to England.[139] |
| Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Hospitality and Tourism) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.728 | 14 July 2020 | Provides that a reduced rate ofvalue added tax of 5% will apply to certain supplies relating to hospitality, holiday accommodation and admission to attractions for the period from 15 July 2020 to 12 January 2021.[140] |
| Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.731 | 15 July 2020 | Removes, on a temporary basis until 31 December 2020, the requirements on local planning authorities to make documents available for physical inspection or to provide hard copies of documents. Documents will still be required to be made available digitally.[141][142] |
| Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.734 | 15 July 2020 | Amends, on a temporary basis until 31 December 2020, the requirements for documents relation to strategic environmental assessments to be made available for physical inspection. The documents will be required to be available for inspection online.[143][144] |
| Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions (Arrangements, Reconstructions and Administration) (Amendment) and Consequential Amendments Order 2020 | 2020 No.744 | 17 July 2020 | Amends rules relating toco-operative and community benefit societies to allow the new insolvency rescue legislation introduced by theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 to apply to such entities.[145] |
| Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.747 | 17 July 2020 | Makes numerous amendments to theCivil Procedure Rules relating to costs and budgeting, Welsh judicial reviews,false statements,requests for evidence followingBrexit, legal adviser unless order provisions, tainted acquittals,contempt of court and possession.[146] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.750 | 17 July 2020 | To provide local authorities with powers relating to the control and prevention of coronavirus including the closure of premises, events or other outdoor public place.[147] |
| Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.751 | 17 July 2020 | Amends theCivil Procedure Rules to provide for arrangements for managing the resumption of possession proceedings.[148] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.754 | 20 July 2020 | Removed the areas ofBlaby andCharnwood from the local lockdown area ofLeicester.[149] |
| Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 | 2020 No.759 | 20 July 2020 | Consolidate a number of previous orders relating to theCriminal Procedure Rules.[150] |
| Enterprise Act 2002 (Turnover Test) (Amendment) Order 2020 | 2020 No.763 | 20 July 2020 | Amends theEnterprise Act 2002 to enable thesecretary of state to intervene in an increase number of mergers involving military and dual use technologies, advanced technologies,artificial intelligence,cryptographic authentication and advanced materials.[151] |
| Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 | 2020 No.755 | 21 July 2020 | To allow for a new permanentpermitted development right to allow existing houses to be extended to provide more living space by constructing additional stories.[152] |
| Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020 | 2020 No.756 | 21 July 2020 | Introduces a new permanentpermitted development right to allow for the demolition of certain building to be replaced as new homes.[153] |
| Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.757 | 21 July 2020 | Create new use classes for planning permission purposes in respect of 'commercial, business and service' (Class E), 'learning and non-residential institutions' (Class F.1) and 'local community' (Class F.2).[154] |
| Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.764 | 21 July 2020 | Make temporary amendments to the requirements to make certain documents available at specific places in respect of infrastructure works until 31 December 2020.[155] |
| Town and Country Planning (Spatial Development Strategy) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.765 | 21 July 2020 | Remove until 31 December 2020 the requirement for theMayor of London andcombined authorities to make certain documents available for physical inspection and to provide hard copies.[156] |
| Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.776 | 22 July 2020 | To allowMinisters of the Crown to exercise certain powers that would normally be within the powers ofScottish Ministers in relation totrack and trace software on mobile phones which is to be used to support a reduction in the transmission of coronavirus.[157] |
| Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Order 2020 | 2020 No.777 | 22 July 2020 | To allowMinisters of the Crown to exercise certain powers that would normally be within the powers ofScottish Ministers in relation to the operation of theJoint Biosecurity Centre.[158] |
| Pension Protection Fund (Moratorium and Arrangements and Reconstructions for Companies in Financial Difficulty) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.783 | 22 July 2020 | To provide powers to thePension Protection Fund to step in where an entity makes use of the new restructuring tools provided for in theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020.[159] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.787 | 23 July 2020 | To allow for the reopening of certain non-essential businesses in Leicester as part of the relaxation of thelocal lockdown.[160] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.788 | 23 July 2020 | To allow for the reopening of indoor swimming pools, fitness and dance studios and gyms in England.[161] |
| Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.790 | 23 July 2020 | Provides for the re-introduction of mandatorymotor vehicle tests from 1 August 2020.[162] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.791 | 23 July 2020 | Requires members of the public to wear aface covering when in a shop or a transport hub.[163] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.799 | 24 July 2020 | AddedEstonia,Latvia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Slovakia andSlovenia to the list of countries from which passengers arriving in England are not required to self-isolate on arrival.[164] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Luton) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.800 | 24 July 2020 | Introducedlocal lockdown restrictions inBlackburn with Darwen inLancashire.[165] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.805 | 27 July 2020 | To removeSpain from the list of countries from which passengers arriving in England are not required to self-isolate on arrival.[166] |
| Overseas Territories (Constitutional Modifications) Order 2020 | 2020 No.780 | 29 July 2020 | To modify the constitutions of theFalkland Islands andSt Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha to allow virtual meetings of their legislative bodies to take place.[167] |
| Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.808 | 30 July 2020 | To provide relaxations to the requirements to hold various public meetings and to alter the frequency and occurrence of such meetings.[168] |
| Local Government (Structural Changes) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.809 | 30 July 2020 | Extend the period for time for single tier authorities with reorganisation dates in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to prepare from 24 months to 36 months from the reorganisation date.[169] |
| Road Vehicles (Certificates of Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.812 | 30 July 2020 | Allows theSecretary of State for Transport to issue temporary exemptions from the requirement for public services vehicles and goods vehicles to hold a test certificate.[170] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.813 | 30 July 2020 | Provides for certain limited reasons for people to leave their homes and receive visitors when requiring to self isolate on returning from non-exempt territories. Removed exemption from self-isolation for medical and care professionals entering the UK.[171] |
| Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week's Pay) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.814 | 30 July 2020 | Provides that various statutory entitlement (includingredundancy pay,notice pay and compensation forunfair dismissal) are not reduced as a result of the employee being furloughed under theCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme.[172] |
| Electricity (Individual Exemptions from the Requirement for a Transmission Licence) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.815 | 31 July 2020 | To grant a limited exemption to the requirement to hold an electricity transmission licence to a number ofoffshore wind farms.[173] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.819 | 31 July 2020 | To removeLuxembourg from the list of countries from which passengers arriving in England are not required to self-isolate on arrival.[174] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford) Regulations 2020 | 202- No.822 | 31 July 2020 | Revokes the previous regulationslocal lockdown regulations forBlackburn with Darwen andLuton. Replaces these with new lockdown regulations for Blackburn with Darwen and addedBradford to the lockdown.[175] |
| Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.816 | 3 August 2020 | To make provision for recording when a pupil is not attending school for reasons relating to coronavirus during the 2020–21 academic year.[176] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.823 | 3 August 2020 | To remove the boroughs ofOadby andWigston from the area subject to alocal lockdown.[177] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.824 | 3 August 2020 | Repealed the previouslocal lockdown restrictions inLeicester and replaced them with new lockdown measures.[178] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.828 | 4 August 2020 | Introducedlocal lockdown measures for the North of England including regions withinGreater Manchester,Lancashire andWest Yorkshire.[179] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.829 | 4 August 2020 | Extends eligibility forstatutory sick pay to cover people who are self isolating in line with guidance published byPublic Health England.[180] |
| Nursing and Midwifery Council (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules Order of Council 2020 | 2020 No.821 | 5 August 2020 | To make certain technical amendments to a number of provisions relating to the operation of theNursing and Midwifery Council to allow it to continue to operate effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic.[181] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.839 | 7 August 2020 | Extends the range of premises within which it is mandatory to wear a face covering to include indoor places of worship, crematoria and burial ground chapels, museums, galleries, cinemas, public libraries, public spaces in hotels (such as lobby areas) and community centres.[182] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.841 | 7 August 2020 | AddedBrunei andMalaysia to the list of countries from which passengers arriving in England are not required to self-isolate on arrival. RemovedAndorra,The Bahamas andBelgium from that list.[183] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.846 | 10 August 2020 | Extended the local lockdown restrictions in the North of England to includePreston.[184] |
| Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.842 | 11 August 2020 | Extends the period during which absences by anewly qualified teacher related to coronavirus will not contribute towards the 30 day absence limit to cover the 2020–21 academic year.[185] |
| Education (National Curriculum Assessment Arrangements, Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study) and (Pupil Information and School Performance Information) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.844 | 11 August 2020 | Makes a number of changes to the assessment and educational framework for school children.[186] |
| Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.856 | 13 August 2020 | To revoke theCharitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/710) which included drafting errors and omissions and to replace it with a corrected version of the same regulations.[187] |
| Offshore Chemicals and Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.855 | 14 August 2020 | Removes the requirement foroffshore oil and gas operators to make certain documents available for public inspection where the effects of COVID-19 mean that it is not reasonably practical for the public to inspect documents in person.[188] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.863 | 14 August 2020 | Allow certain further businesses to re-open, specifically indoor casinos, indoor skating rinks, indoor play areas, bowling alleys and conference centres and exhibition halls.[189] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.865 | 14 August 2020 | Extended the local lockdown in the North of England requiring that casinos, indoor skating rinks, indoor play areas including soft play areas, and conference centres and exhibition halls which are allowed to reopen elsewhere in England cannot reopen in the area subject to the lockdown.[190] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.866 | 14 August 2020 | RemovesAruba,France,Malta,Monaco,the Netherlands andTurks and Caicos Islands from the list of countries from which individuals can travel to England without being required to self-isolate.[191] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.875 | 18 August 2020 | Allowed the reopening of various businesses which had been required to remain closed due to the local lockdown inLeicester, including a number of businesses where there would be close-contact between individuals.[192] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.881 | 21 August 2020 | RemovesAustria,Croatia andTrinidad and Tobago from the list of countries from which individuals can travel to England without being required to self-isolate and addsPortugal to the list.[a][193] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.882 | 21 August 2020 | Expands the list of places where aface covering must be worn to include casinos, members clubs, social clubs and conference centres.[194] |
| National Health Service (Coronavirus) (Charges and Further Amendments Relating to the Provision of Primary Care Services During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.885 | 24 August 2020 | To make changes to the rules relating to prescription charging, dental services andophthalmic services with regards to the completion of forms to reduce the risk of cross-infection. To delay the production of pharmaceutical needs assessments.[195] |
| Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.889 | 24 August 2020 | Amends theCivil Procedure Rules to extend the stay on possession proceedings for a further period of four weeks to 20 September 2020.[196] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 10) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.890 | 24 August 2020 | To removeAustria,Croatia andTrinidad and Tobago from the list of countries from which people may travel to England without requiring to self isolate and to addPortugal to the list.[197] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.892 | 25 August 2020 | To extend the eligibility forstatutory sick pay to include people who are self-isolating prior to admittance to hospital for planned or elective surgery.[198] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.897 | 25 August 2020 | To removeWigan andRossendale from the area in the North of England that was subject to a local lockdown.[199] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.898 | 25 August 2020 | To amend the area that was subject to local lockdown restrictions to certain wards.[200] |
| Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.893 | 27 August 2020 | Provides that administering authorities may amend the contributions made by employers to theLocal Government Pension Scheme and that where an employer is exiting the scheme then any exit payment may be spread of deferred.[201] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and on Public Transport) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.906 | 27 August 2020 | Introduced a new penalty regime for individuals who failed to wear a face covering where required to do so with the maximum penalty increasing to £3,200 for repeat offenders.[202] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions on Holding of Gatherings and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.907 | 27 August 2020 | Prohibits gatherings of more than 30 persons (including in private dwellings) and introduces a penalty of £10,000 for persons that host or facilitate such gatherings. Business premises were largely exempt from this restriction.[203] |
| National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.911 | 27 August 2020 | To implement agreements between theNational Health Service and theBritish Medical Association with regards to the contracts forgeneral practitioners and to amend drafting errors in theNational Health Service (Amendments Relating to the Provision of Primary Care Services During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/351).[204] |
| School Discipline (England) (Coronavirus) (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.908 | 28 August 2020 | Provides for certain meetings and reviews of pupil exclusions to be held remotely and to extend the period in which such reviews must be undertaken where there is a delay due to the impact of COVID-19.[205] |
| Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.090 | 28 August 2020 | Temporarily amends various regulations relating to children's social care to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[206] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.913 | 28 August 2020 | Removed theCzech Republic,Jamaica, andSwitzerland from the list of countries from which persons could travel to England without having to self isolate and addedCuba to that list.[207] |
| Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.914 | 28 August 2020 | Extends the period for which protections under theCoronavirus Act 2020 against evictions from residential premises will apply to 31 March 2020. Extends the notice period thatlandlords must give to evict tenants under these provisions to six months. Reduces this period where in certain scenarios where a reduced period is justified (e.g. series rent arrears, anti-social behaviour etc).[208] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Greencore) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.921 | 1 September 2020 | Requires that workers at two sites run byGreencore inNorthampton and members of their household would be required to self-isolate for two weeks in response to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the sites.[209] |
| Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) and Suspension (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.924 | 1 September 2020 | Makes a number of technical amendments to existing legislation and forms relating to intentions for landlords to seek possession under theHousing Act 1988.[210] |
| Postponed Elections and Referendums (Coronavirus) and Policy Development Grants (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.926 | 1 September 2020 | To address uncertainties and gaps inelectoral law resulting in the postponement of elections that were due to take place in 2020 and had been postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[211] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.930 | 2 September 2020 | Amended the area subject to a local lockdown in Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford to exclude all but certain wards within theCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council area.[212] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North of England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.931 | 2 September 2020 | Amended the area subject to local lockdown restrictions in the North of England to remove theborough council areas ofStockport,Burnley andHyndburn from the protected area. Provides that only certain wards in other borough council areas will be subject to restrictions.[213] |
| Competition Act 1998 (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusions) (Amendment and Revocation) Order 2020 | 2020 No.933 | 3 September 2020 | To amend previous orders made in respect of relaxations ofanti-competitive behaviour in respect of the need for essential supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. To revoke the order relating to grocery supplies and dairy produce.[214] |
| Finance Act 2008, Section 135 (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.934 | 3 September 2020 | Provides thatHM Treasury considers the COVID-19 pandemic to be an emergency of national significance and provides that interest will not be charges on deferred payments ofincome tax orVAT which have been deferred under agreements withHMRC.[215] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.935 | 3 September 2020 | Amends the area subject to local lockdown restrictions in Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford to removeWindhill andWrose from the protected area of theCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council.[216] |
| Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development and Welfare Requirements) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.939 | 4 September 2020 | To allow theSecretary of State for Education to disapply or modify certain requirements of the statutory framework for theEarly Years Foundation Stage where it is not reasonably practical for these to be provided due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[217] |
| Tax Credits (Coronavirus, Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.941 | 4 September 2020 | To ensure that payments under thegovernment's coronavirus financial support schemes are not double counted or are disregarded entirely in calculating entitlements totax credits.[218] |
| Insolvency (Moratorium) (Special Administration for Energy Licensees) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.943 | 4 September 2020 | Modifies how themoratorium regime in theInsolvency Act 1986[b] applies to energy companies by requiring such companies to notify theSecretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy andOfgem of a decision to apply for a moratorium.[219] |
| Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.952 | 7 September 2020 | Amends theWills Act 1937 to permit the use of video technology for the witnessing of wills.[220] |
| Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.953 | 7 September 2020 | To amend the maximum time periods for which accused persons can be held in custody prior to atrial orindictment to take account of the delays to the court process arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.[221] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford, Leicester, and North of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.954 | 7 September 2020 | Permits the re-opening in various areas that had been subject to a local lockdown of a number of businesses and venues.[222] |
| Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Order 2020 | 2020 No.957 | 8 September 1010 | Provided small-scale renewable energy generators additional time to apply for accreditation under thefeed-in tariff scheme as a result of delays to commissioning of projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[223] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.959 | 8 September 2020 | Enables a regional approach to be taken in determining whether people travelling from certain areas to England are required to self-isolate and requires that people travelling to England from certainGreek islands will be required to self-isolate.[224] |
| Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions (Arrangements, Reconstructions and Administration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 | 2020 No.963 | 9 September 2020 | Corrects a number of errors and inconsistencies in existing law which arose as a result of thePension Protection Fund (Moratorium and Arrangements and Reconstructions for Companies in Financial Difficulty) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/783).[225] |
| Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.965 | 10 September 2020 | To enable the collection of further details with regards to the attendance of school pupils including details of absences relating to coronavirus to enable the government to assess the impact of the pandemic on school attendance.[226] |
| Coronavirus (Retention of Fingerprints and DNA Profiles in the Interests of National Security) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.973 | 10 September 2020 | Extends the deadline for the retention offingerprints andDNA profiles for six months.[227] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Bolton) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.974 | 10 September 2020 | Imposed alocal lockdown inBolton imposing a number of restrictions on movement, activities and businesses within the area ofBolton Metropolitan Borough Council.[228] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 13) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.980 | 11 September 2020 | RemovesFrench Polynesia,Hungary,Portugal (not including the islands that make upThe Azores andMadeira), andRéunion from the list of countries from which people can travel to England without being required to self-isolate and addsSweden to that list.[229] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.986 | 14 September 2020 | To reduce the size of permitted gatherings of people to a maximum of six people. Commonly referred to as the 'Rule of six'.[230] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.987 | 14 September 2020 | Allowed for the further easing of restrictions that had been in place inLeicester to align the position with other areas subject to local restrictions.[231] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.988 | 14 September 2020 | Introduces local restrictions (a local lockdown) for the areas ofBirmingham,Sandwell andSolihull.[232] |
| Pension Protection Fund (Moratorium and Arrangements and Reconstructions for Companies in Financial Difficulty) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.990 | 15 September 2020 | Extends the rights of thePension Protection Fund wheremoratoriums are put in place under the new insolvency rights under theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 in relations to Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies.[233] |
| Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.994 | 16 September 2020 | To further extend the period for which protections for business tenants granted under theCoronavirus Act 2020 will apply to ensure such protections will continue until 31 December 2020.[234] |
| Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1001 | 16 September 2020 | Revokes theCivil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/515) and introduces a new fee system forlegal aid in respect ofasylum and immigration cases.[235] |
| Taking Control of Goods (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1002 | 16 September 2020 | To increase the minimum amount of rent that must be outstanding beforeCommercial Rent Arrears Recovery may take place to 276 days rent during the period to 24 December 2020 and 366 days rent thereafter.[236] |
| Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1003 | 17 September 2020 | To provide greater flexibility over the operation of theemployment tribunals.[237] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1005 | 17 September 2020 | To require venues to collect certain contact details from customers, visitors and staff, to store such details and to share such details withNHS Test and Trace.[238] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Hospitality Undertakings) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1008 | 17 September 2020 | To place obligations on the hospitality industry to take reasonable steps to ensure that customers are socially distanced once in such premises and do not breach the 'Rule of six'.[239] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1010 | 17 September 2020 | To provide for local lockdown restrictions inDurham,Gateshead,Newcastle,Northumberland,North Tyneside,South Tyneside andSunderland.[240] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1012 | 18 September 2020 | To correct drafting errors made in theHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1010).[241] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1013 | 18 September 2020 | RemovesGuadeloupe andSlovenia from the list of places from which people may travel to England without being required to self-isolate on arrival and addsSingapore andThailand to the list.[242] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Protected Areas and Linked Childcare Households) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1019 | 22 September 2020 | To allow for informal childcare arrangements to be made between families living in areas subject to local lockdown restrictions.[243] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and on Public Transport) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1021 | 22 September 2020 | Extends the requirements for the wearing of face coverings on public transport to include those travelling in taxis and private hire vehicles.[244] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and on Public Transport) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1026 | 23 September 2020 | Requires members of the public to wear face coverings in additional indoor premises and required that individuals working in certain retail, hospitality and leisure settings will be required to wear face coverings at work.[245] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1028 | 24 September 2020 | To amend the previous face coverings regulationsHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and on Public Transport) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1026) to ensure that they covered further workers, including workers inpublic houses.[246] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1029 | 24 September 2020 | Requires the closure of businesses selling food and drink to be consumed on site or for take away in person between the hours of 22:00 and 05:00.[247] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers' Liabilities) (Amendment) Regulations and the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers' Liabilities) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1030 | 24 September 2020 | Provides employers with continued access for support for the costs of payingstatutory sick pay and make changes in accordance with changes made toEU state aid rules.[248] |
| Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1031 | 24 September 2020 | Extends the duration for some of the temporary measures introduced by theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 from 30 September 2020 to 31 December 2020. Extends the moratorium period to 31 March 2021.[249] |
| Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Early Termination of Certain Temporary Provisions) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1033 | 25 September 2020 | Amended theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 to provide that the extension of time limits given by theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1031) will not apply to the provisions that allowed insolvency practitioners to disregard the impact of coronavirus when determining whether the company is capable of being rescued.[250] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 15) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1039 | 25 September 2020 | RemovesCuraçao,Denmark,Iceland andSlovakia from the list of countries from which people travelling to England are not required to self-isolate on arrival.[251] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Protected Areas and Restriction on Businesses) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1041 | 28 September 2020 | Extends the areas subject to a local lockdown in the North of England and imposes restricted opening hours on certain businesses operating in areas subject to a local lockdown.[252] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1045 | 28 September 2020 | Requires persons who have testing positive for COVID-19 and their close contacts to self-isolate.[253] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Undertakings) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1046 | 28 September 2020 | Requires certain hospitality venues to take actions to prevent bookings of more than six persons to be made and to maintain social distancing between groups. Also limits singing, dancing and the volume at which music can be played in such venues.[254] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North of England, North East and North West of England and Obligations of Undertakings (England) etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1057 | 30 September 2020 | Transferred certain areas in the North West of England such that they would be subject to the regulations imposed on the North of England and imposed further restrictions on remaining areas in the North West and North East of England.[255] |
| Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.1059 | 30 September 2020 | Mandate the use of online processes for certain types of probate applications and allow for relaxations on the requirements relating to the processing of witness statements.[256] |
| Social Security Contributions (Disregarded Payments) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1065 | 1 October 2020 | Ensures the payments made under theTest and Trace Support Payment Scheme to low income employees who have been asked to self-isolate byNHS Test and Trace will not be subject toNational Insurance Contributions.[257] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 16) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1070 | 1 October 2020 | Introduces a new fixed penalty regime for individuals who do not comply with the required to self-isolate when arriving in England in accordance with theHealth Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/568).[258] |
| Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1072 | 1 October 2020 | Allows for certain forms used to exercise powers under theMental Health Act 1983 to be serviced by electronic means.[259] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North of England and North East and North West of England etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1074 | 2 October 2020 | Amends which areas are subject to local lockdown restrictions in the North of England, North East of England and North West of England.[260] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1076 | 2 October 2020 | RemovesBonaire,Sint Eustatius,Saba,Poland andTurkey from the list of countries from which persons are not required to self-isolate when travelling to England.[261] |
| Prison and Young Offender Institution (Coronavirus, etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.1077 | 5 October 2020 | Makes amendments to the Prison Rules and the Young Offender Institution Rules relating to mandatory drug testing arrangements.[262] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Passengers Travelling to England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1090 | 9 October 2020 | Placed requirements on travel operators to provide information on self-isolation requirements and health guidance to passengers travelling to England.[263] |
| Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1097 | 12 October 2020 | Extends the periods for which the provisions of theEmployment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/289) apply from either months to fourteen months in respect ofEmployment and Support Allowance.[264] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1103 | 12 October 2020 | Introduced a new form oftiered restrictions in England replacing the previous system oflocal lockdowns. Provided for the restrictions that apply to areas in the 'Medium Tier' (Tier 1).[265] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1104 | 12 October 2020 | Introduced a new form oftiered restrictions in England replacing the previous system oflocal lockdowns. Provided for the restrictions that apply to areas in the 'High Tier' (Tier 2).[265] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1105 | 12 October 2020 | Introduced a new form oftiered restrictions in England replacing the previous system oflocal lockdowns. Provided for the restrictions that apply to areas in the 'Very High Tier' (Tier 3).[265] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1128 | 15 October 2020 | Amends thetier restrictions to moveLondon boroughs, parts ofEssex,Barrow-in-Furness,York,North East Derbyshire,Chesterfield,Erewash andElmbridge from tier 1 (medium) to tier 2 (high).[266] |
| Human Medicines (Coronavirus and Influenza) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1125 | 16 October 2020 | Allows for the expansion of the workforce able to administerCOVID-19 vaccines andinfluenza vaccines and extends existing legal protections to such individuals. Also relaxed certain rules relating to the supply of such medicines.[267] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 19) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1129 | 16 October 2020 | Adds the island ofCrete to the list of territories from which persons are not required to self-isolate when travelling to England and removesItaly,San Marino and theVatican City State from that list.[268] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1131 | 16 October 2020 | Made a number of amendments to the restrictions that apply to areas within Tier 3 of thetier restrictions.[269] |
| National Health Service (Charges and Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1126 | 19 October 2020 | Make changes to the provisions relating to new services and service updates for community pharmacies in order to support the deliver of the NHS Long Term Plan.[270] |
| Coronavirus Act 2020 (Expiry of Mental Health Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 | (Draft, not yet made) | 21 October 2020 | Expires unused provisions of theCoronavirus Act 2020 addressing potential staff shortages in mental health services.[271] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium, High and Very High) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1154 | 22 October 2020 | Provides for changes to theCOVID-19 tier regulations in England to move a number of geographical areas from medium alert to high alert and a number of other areas from high alert to very high alert. Corrects certain errors in the original tier regulations.[272] |
| Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Amendment Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1156 | 22 October 2020 | Extends by 6 months the expiry date of theSocial Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/409), which allow individuals on temporary release from prison access to means tested benefits.[273] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 20) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1161 | 23 October 2020 | Add theCanary Islands,Denmark,Maldives and the Greek island ofMykonos to the list of countries from which persons travelling to England are not required to self-isolate on arrival and removesLiechtenstein from that list.[274] |
| Health Protection (Notification) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1175 | 26 October 2020 | Requires that a provider ofpoint of care tests for thedetection of COVID-19 must notifyPublic Health England of the result of the test.[275][276] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium, High and Very High) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1176 | 26 October 2020 | Moves the area ofWarrington Borough Council from being subject to tier 2 restrictions (High Risk) to being subject to tier 3 restrictions (Very High Risk) under thetier regulations.[277][278] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium, High and Very High) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1183 | 29 October 2020 | Moves local council areas inNottinghamshire from being subject to tier 2 restrictions (High Risk) to being subject to tier 3 restrictions (Very High Risk) under thetier regulations.[279][280] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 21) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1190 | 30 October 2020 | RemovedCyprus andLithuania from the list of countries from which people travelling to England were not required to self-isolate on arrival.[281][282] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1189 | 30 October 2020 | Moves a number of areas up to tier 2 (high risk) areas as part of the classification system in theCOVID-19 tier regulations in England.[283][284] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1192 | 2 November 2020 | MovesCarlisle up to a tier 2 (high risk) area as part of the classification system in theCOVID-19 tier regulations in England.[285][286] |
| Business and Planning Act 2020 (London Spatial Development Strategy) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | (Draft not yet made) | 2 November 2020 | |
| Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 | (Draft not yet made) | 2 November 2020 | |
| Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme (Northern Irish Scheme) (Excluded Benefits for Tax Purposes) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1198 | 3 November 2020 | To exempt lump sum payments under the Health and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance (Northern Ireland) Scheme 2020 from the charge to income tax.[287][288] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No. 1200 | 3 November 2020 | Introduces a new comprehensive lockdown for England starting on Thursday, 5 November 2020.[289][290] |
| Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1201 | 3 November 2020 | To extend the expiry date of theSocial Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/371) to ensure that financial support continued to be provided into 2021.[291] |
| Local Authorities (Collection Fund: Surplus and Deficit) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No. 1202 | 5 November 2020 | To extend from one to three years, the period over which local authorities can repay deficits in their local tax collection funds which have accrued as a result of theeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[292][293] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 22) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1227 | 6 November 2020 | RemovesDenmark,Germany andSweden from the list of countries from which passengers returning to England are not required to self-isolate.[294][295] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 23) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1238 | 9 November 2020 | To require all persons arriving fromDenmark to self-isolate on arrival, including those that would previously have been of an exempt class.[296][297] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from Denmark) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1239 | 9 November 2020 | Prohibits all aircraft and vessels whose last departure point was inDenmark from landing, or mooring in a port, in England.[298][297] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1242 | 9 November 2020 | Provides for limited exemptions from the restriction on gatherings taking place outdoors to allow forArmistice Day commemorations.[299] |
| Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1243 | 11 November 2020 | Makes a number of changes toplanning laws, including to extend a number of relaxations that were introduced to allow businesses to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.[300] |
| Consumer Credit (Enforcement, Default and Termination Notices) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1248 | 11 November 2020 | Mandates changes to the wording of debt collection letters following advice from theMoney and Mental Health Policy Institute on the mental health impact of such letters.[301][302] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel, Travel from Denmark) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1277 | 13 November 2020 | RemovesGreece (other than specified islands) and theSovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia from the list of countries from which passengers may travel to England without being required to self-isolate. AddsBahrain,Chile,Iceland,Laos,Qatar,Turks and Caicos Islands andUnited Arab Emirates to that list. Amends specific rules relating to travel fromDenmark.[303][304] |
| Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction and Taking Control of Goods) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1290 | 16 November 2020 | Prevents the enforcement of evictions against residential tenants, other than in very serious circumstances, during thesecond nationwide lockdown.[305][306] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 24) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1292 | 16 November 2020 | To exempt seasonal poultry workers who have travelled to England from the requirement to self-isolate on arrival.[307][308] |
| Income Tax (Exemption of Minor Benefits) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1293 | 16 November 2020 | To ensure that employees who are provided with acoronavirus antigen test by their employer will not be liable to an income tax benefit in kind charge.[309][310] |
| Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week's Pay) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1298 | 17 November 2020 | Ensures that from 18 November 2020, statutory entitlements to various statutory entitlements including,redundancy pay,notice pay and compensation forunfair dismissal, are not reduced as a result of an employee being furloughed under theCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme.[311] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 25) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1323 | 20 November 2020 | AddsBonaire,Sint Eustatius &Saba,Israel,Jerusalem,Namibia,Northern Mariana Islands,Rwanda,Sri Lanka,Uruguay and theUnited States Virgin Islands to the list of countries from which people can travel to England without being required to self-isolate on arrival.[312][313] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1326 | 20 November 2020 | Permits the opening of businesses selling or supplying naturalChristmas trees.[314][315] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1337 | 24 November 2020 | Allows travellers arriving in England to shorten the period for which they are required to self-isolate where the take aCOVID-19 test after arriving.[316][317] |
| Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Liability for Wrongful Trading and Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1349 | 25 November 2020 | Suspends provisions relating towrongful trading under theInsolvency Act 1986 from 26 November 2020 to 30 April 2021. Extends to 30 March 2021 measures introduced by theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 regarding the manner in which corporate meetings are required to be held.[318][319] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 27) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1360 | 27 November 2020 | AddsAruba,Bhutan,Kiribati,Mongolia,the Federated States of Micronesia,Samoa,Solomon Islands,Timor-Leste,Tonga andVanuatu to the list of countries from which people can travel to England without being required to self-isolate on arrival. RemovesEstonia andLatvia from that list. Revokes theHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from Denmark) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1239), which had placed additional restrictions on travelers from Denmark.[320][321] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1374 | 30 November 2020 | Introduces thesecond tier restrictions in areas of England.[322][323] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Local Authority Enforcement Powers and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1375 | 30 November 2020 | Provides addition enforcement tools tolocal authorities in England in order to allow public health authorities to enforce restrictions put in place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.[324] |
| Parish and Community Meetings (Coronavirus) (Polls) (Amendment) (England) Rules 2020 | 2020 No.1355 | 1 December 2020 | Postpones until 6 May 2021, or a date within 25 working days of 6 May 2021, allparish polls scheduled to take place before 6 May 2021.[325] |
| Town and Country Planning (Local Planning, Development Management Procedure, Listed Buildings etc.) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1398 | 3 December 2020 | Makes a number of amendments to town and country planning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily to extend temporary modifications made in earlier regulations which we due to expire in December 2020 such that they now expire on 31 December 2021.[326][327] |
| Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2020 | 2020 No.1411 | 3 December 2020 | Adds COVID-19 to the list of specified diseases to which theVaccine Damage Payment Act 1979 applies.[328][329] |
| Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Hospitality and Tourism) (Extension of Time Period) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 | 2020 No.1413 | 3 December 2020 | Extends the temporary relief fromValue Added Tax for certain hospitality businesses to 31 March 2021.[330][331] |
| National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1415 | 3 December 2020 | Makes amendments to existing terms in contracts for primary medical services to improve the collection of data on the ethnicity of patients.[332] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 28) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1424 | 4 December 2020 | Provides new exemptions from the requirement for persons arriving in England to self-isolate on arrival for persons engaged in television production, accredited journalists, senior business directors, performing arts professionals and new signings of elite sportspersons.[333][334] |
| Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1472 | 9 December 2020 | Extends the period for which landlords of commercial properties are unable to evict tenants due to non-payment of rent to 31 March 2021.[335][336] |
| Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1483 | 9 December 2020 | Extends the period for which temporary provisions restricting the use of statutory demands and winding up petitions which were introduced by theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 to 31 March 2021.[337][338] |
| Personal Protective Equipment (Temporary Arrangements) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1484 | 9 December 2020 | Continues temporary regulatory arrangements to facilitate the production and supply of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.[339] |
| Tax Credits, Childcare Payments and Childcare (Extended Entitlement) (Coronavirus and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1515 | 11 December 2020 | Provides for a number of changes to tax credits and benefit entitlements to provide that individuals should not lose their entitlement to such benefits as a result of not being engaged in remunerative work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure that certain payments (including NHS Test and Trace payments) are disregarded as income for the purpose of calculating tax credit and benefit entitlements.[340] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1517 | 11 December 2020 | Shortens the period for which individuals travelling to England are required to self-isolate to ten days from arrival.[341] AddsBotswana andSaudi Arabia to the list of countries from which self-isolation is not required and removes theCanary Islands from this list.[342][343] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1518 | 11 December 2020 | Reduces the period for which people are required to self-isolate after receiving a positive test for coronavirus from 14 days to 10 days.[344][341] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1533 | 14 December 2020 | Makes changes to thesecond tier restrictions to move the following areas from tier 2 (high risk) to tier 3 (very high risk):Greater London, theEssex districts ofBasildon,Braintree,Brentwood,Castle Point,Chelmsford,Harlow,Epping Forest,Rochford,Maldon,Southend-on-Sea andThurrock and theHertfordshire districts ofBroxbourne,Hertsmere,Three Rivers andWatford.[345][346] |
| Social Security Contributions (Disregarded Payments) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1523 | 14 December 2020 | To provide that where an employer pays or reimburses an employee for the cost of acoronavirus test there is no liability to paynational insurance contributions for either the employer or the employee. Territorial application in England.[347] |
| Social Security Contributions (Disregarded Payments) (Coronavirus) (Scotland and Wales) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1532 | 15 December 2020 | To provide that where an employer pays or reimburses an employee for the cost of acoronavirus test there is no liability to paynational insurance contributions for either the employer or the employee. Territorial application in Scotland and Wales.[348] |
| Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1531 | 16 December 2020 | Makes permanent the changes introduced by theEnvironmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/734).[349] |
| Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1534 | 16 December 2020 | Makes permanent the changes introduced by theInfrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/764).[350] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1572 | 17 December 2020 | Within thesecond tier restrictions, the counties ofBedfordshire,Buckinghamshire, the rest ofBerkshire, theCambridgeshire district ofPeterborough, the rest ofHertfordshire,Surrey (exceptWaverley), theEast Sussex districts ofHastings andRother, and theHampshire districts ofGosport,Havant andPortsmouth moved up to tier 3.Bristol andNorth Somerset moved down to tier 2.Herefordshire moved down to tier 1.[351][352] |
| Human Medicines (Coronavirus) (Further Amendments) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1594 | 18 December 2020 | Enacts measures relating to a number of legal issues arising from theCOVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom primarily to allow for the use ofPatient Group Directions and to allow doctors, nurses and pharmacists to supervise the assembly and preparation of the COVID-19 vaccine.[353] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 29) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1595 | 18 December 2020 | RemovesNamibia, theUnited States Virgin Islands andUruguay from the list of exempt countries or territories from which passengers arriving in England are not required to self-isolate on arrival. Adds an exemption for the requirement to self-isolate for persons carrying out essential work on theHS2 rail project.[354][355] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Obligations of Undertakings) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1611 | 21 December 2020 | Within thesecond tier restrictions, the counties ofBedfordshire,Buckinghamshire,Berkshire, theCambridgeshire district ofPeterborough,Essex (exceptColchester,Tendring andUttlesford),Hertfordshire,Kent,Surrey (exceptWaverley), theEast Sussex districts ofHastings andRother, theHampshire districts ofGosport,Havant andPortsmouth and allLondon boroughs moved up to tier 4.[356][357] |
| Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1638 | 23 December 2020 | Amends the statutory sick pay regulations to ensure that individuals remain eligible forStatutory Sick Pay for the full period where they are require to self-isolate where they have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in a household with someone who has tested positive.[358] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from South Africa) (England) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1644 | 29 December 2020 | Extends the requirement to self-isolate to persons in the same household as anyone arriving in England fromSouth Africa. Removes most exemptions from the requirement to self-isolate from persons arriving from South Africa. Prohibits most direct passenger flights from South Africa to England.[359][360] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1646 | 29 December 2020 | Within thesecond tier restrictions, moves a number of areas within England to higher levels of restrictions from 26 December 2020 as a result of rising numbers of COVID-19 cases.[361][362] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 | 2020 No.1654 | 30 December 2020 | Within thesecond tier restrictions, moves a number of areas within England to higher levels of restrictions from 31 December 2020.[363][364] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 3) and (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.8 | 5 January 2021 | Within thesecond tier restrictions, imposes a new national lockdown in England by moving all areas to the highest possible tier and tightening the restrictions applicable to that tier.[365][366] |
| School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.14 | 8 January 2021 | Extend, from 31 January 2021 to 30 September 2021, the period for which amendments to the procedural rules for school admission appeals introduced by theSchool Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/446) will apply.[367] |
| Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.15 | 8 January 2021 | Prevents the enforcement of evictions against residential tenants, other than in certain serious circumstances, until 21 February 2021.[368][369] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.18 | 8 January 2021 | RemovedBotswana,Israel,Jerusalem,Mauritius and theSeychelles from list of countries from which persons traveling to England were not required to self isolate on arrival. Applied additional more restrictive measures persons travelling fromAngola,Botswana,Eswatini,Lesotho,Malawi,Mauritius,Mozambique,Namibia,Seychelles,Zambia andZimbabwe.[370][371] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.25 | 12 January 2021 | Removes theUnited Arab Emirates from list of countries from which persons traveling to England were not required to self isolate on arrival.[372][373] |
| National Health Service (Performers Lists, Coronavirus) (England) Amendment Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.30 | 13 January 2021 | Amends theNational Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/335) to remove the requirement for medical practitioners to be on the England Medical Performers List to deliver theCOVID-19 Vaccine.[374][375] |
| General Pharmaceutical Council (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2021 | 2021 No.26 | 14 January 2021 | Amends theGeneral Pharmaceutical Council rules to allow investigations and appeals procedures to proceed remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and to allow for documents to be presented electronically.[376] |
| Health and Care Professions Council (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2021 | 2021 No.27 | 14 January 2021 | Amends theHealth and Care Professions Council rules to allow certain committees to operate effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic, allow documents to be served electronically and meetings to be held remotely.[377] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.38 | 14 January 2021 | Requires that all persons arriving in England from outside theCommon Travel Area must possess a negative COVID-19 test.[378][379] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.47 | 15 January 2021 | Imposes 'additional measures' on persons travelling to England fromSouth America and bans flights from many South American countries.[380][381] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.49 | 18 January 2021 | Arrivals into England from all countries (except those in theCommon Travel Area) must self-isolate on arrival. Several classes of traveller removed from the list of people who are exempt.[382][383] |
| Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.53 | 19 January 2021 | Makes a number of minor amendments to thelockdown rules.[384] |
| Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.52 | 19 January 2021 | To enable a government petition submitted to a council between 16 March 2020 and 8 February 2021 to be treated as having been presented on 9 February 2021. Practically, the principal effect is expected to be to allow theLondon Borough of Croydon to process a petition that has already been gathered to allow a governance referendum to occur at the same time as scheduled local elections.[385] |
| Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 | 2021 No.55 | 19 January 2021 | Extends, until 31 March 2031, a temporary exemption granted to certain religious charities from the requirement to the registered with theCharity Commission.[386] |