Welsh Statutory Instruments
Public Health, Wales
Approved by Senedd Cymru
Made
at 4.24 p.m. on 25 September 2020
Laid before Senedd Cymru
at 6.30 p.m. on 25 September 2020
Coming into force
at 6.00 p.m. on 27 September 2020
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1) and (3)(c), 45F(2) and 45P of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 M1.
These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wales.
The Welsh Ministers consider that the amendments made by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.
In accordance with section 45R of that Act the Welsh Ministers are of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make this instrument without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.
Marginal Citations
M11984 c. 22. Sections 45C, 45F and 45P were inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14). The functions under these sections are conferred on “the appropriate Minister”. Under section 45T(6) of the 1984 Act the appropriate Minister, as respects Wales, is the Welsh Ministers.
1. The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 14) (Cardiff and Swansea) Regulations 2020 and they come into force at 6.00 p.m. on 27 September 2020.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 27.9.2020 at 6.00 p.m., see reg. 1
2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2020 M2 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 4A, in paragraph 1, after paragraph (g) insert—
“(h)the City and County of Cardiff;
(i)the City and County of Swansea.”
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in force at 27.9.2020 at 6.00 p.m., see reg. 1
Marginal Citations
M2S.I. 2020/725 (W. 162), as amended by S.I. 2020/752 (W. 169), S.I. 2020/803 (W. 176), S.I. 2020/820 (W. 180), S.I. 2020/843 (W. 186), S.I. 2020/867 (W. 189), S.I. 2020/884 (W. 195), S.I. 2020/912 (W. 204), S.I. 2020/961 (W. 215), S.I. 2020/985 (W. 222), S.I. 2020/1007 (W. 224), S.I. 2020/1011 (W. 225), S.I. 2020/1022 (W. 227), S.I. 2020/1035 (W. 229) and S.I. 2020/1040 (W. 230).
Mark Drakeford
First Minister, one of the Welsh Ministers
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Part 2A of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 enables the Welsh Ministers, by regulations, to make provision for the purpose of preventing, protecting against, controlling or providing a public health response to the incidence or spread of infection or contamination in Wales.
These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wales.
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2020. The amendment designates the City and County of Cardiff and the City and County of Swansea as local health protection areas that are subject to specific restrictions and requirements.
The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared as to the likely cost and benefit of complying with these Regulations.