Citation, commencement, application and interpretationE+W

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East [F1and North West] of England) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 18th September 2020.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

(3) In these Regulations—

“change of protected area direction” has the meaning given in regulation 2(5);

“child” means a person under the age of 18;

“childcare” has the same meaning as in section 18 of the Childcare Act 2006 M1;

“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

“Crown interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, or belonging to a Government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department, and includes any estate or interest held in right of the Prince and Steward of Scotland;

“Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;

“Duchy interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall;

“elite sportsperson” means an individual who—

(a)

derives a living from competing in a sport,

(b)

is a senior representative nominated by a relevant sporting body,

(c)

is a member of the senior training squad for a relevant sporting body, or

(d)

is aged 16 or above and on an elite development pathway;

[F2“informal childcare” means any form of care for a child aged 13 or under provided by someone other than a person doing so in their role as a person registered to provide childcare under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 and includes education for a child aged 13 or under and any other supervised activity for a child aged 13 or under;]

[F2“linked childcare household” has the meaning given in regulation 7A;]

“linked household” has the meaning given in regulation 7;

“parent” of a child includes any person who is not a parent of the child but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, the child;

“parental responsibility” has the meaning given in section 3 of the Children Act 1989 M2;

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“protected area” has the meaning given in paragraph (4) (but see also paragraph (5));

“vulnerable person” includes—

(a)

any person aged 70 or older;

(b)

any person under 70 who has a medical condition which increases vulnerability to Covid-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus);

(c)

any person who is pregnant.

(4) In these Regulations “the protected area” means the area falling within—

[F4(za)the area of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council;

[F5(zaa)the area of Blackpool Council;]

(zb)the area of Burnley Borough Council;

(zc)the area of Chorley Borough Council;]

(a)the area of Durham County Council;

[F6(ab)the area of Fylde Borough Council;]

(b)the area of Gateshead Council;

[F7(ba)the area of Halton Borough Council;

(bb)the area of Hyndburn Borough Council;

(bc)the area of Knowsley Metropolitan District Council;

(bd)the area of Lancaster City Council;

(be)the area of Liverpool City Council;]

(c)the area of Newcastle City Council;

(d)the area of Northumberland County Council;

(e)the area of North Tyneside Council;

[F8(ea)the area of Pendle Borough Council;

(eb)the area of Preston City Council;

(ec)the area of Ribble Valley Borough Council;

(ed)the area of Rossendale Borough Council;

(ee)the area of Sefton Borough Council;

(ef)the area of South Ribble Borough Council;]

(f)the area of South Tyneside Council; F9...

[F10(fa) the area of St Helens Borough Council;]

(g)the area of Sunderland City Council.

[F11(h)the area of Warrington Borough Council;

(i)the area of West Lancashire Borough Council;

(j)the area of Wirral Metropolitan District Council;

(k)the area of Wyre Borough Council.]

(5) But the protected area is subject to any change of protected area direction given by the Secretary of State.

(6) For the purposes of the definition of “elite sportsperson”, in paragraph (3)—

(a)“elite development pathway” means a development pathway established by the national governing body of a sport to prepare sportspersons—

(i)so that they may derive a living from competing in that sport; or

(ii)to compete at that sport at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games, or, if that sport is not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme, in the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham;

(b)“relevant sporting body” means the national governing body of a sport which may nominate sportspersons to represent—

(i)Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games; or

(ii)England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham in those sports which are not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme;

(c)“senior representative” means an individual who is considered by a relevant sporting body to be a candidate to qualify to compete on behalf of—

(i)Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games; or

(ii)England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham in those sports which are not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme.

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Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in force at 18.9.2020, see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M12006 c. 21. Section 18 has been amended by the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), Schedule 1, paragraph 19, and Schedule 4; the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), Schedule 9, paragraph 21, and S.I. 2010/813.