Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

Statutory Instrument
Citation	SI 2020/129
Introduced by	Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Territorial extent	England and Wales (applies to England only)
Dates
Made	10 February 2020
Laid before Parliament	10 February 2020
Commencement	10 February 2020
Revoked	25 March 2020
Other legislation
Made under	Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
Revoked by	Coronavirus Act 2020
Status: Revoked
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/129) was a set of regulations that came into effect in England on 10 February 2020 as a statutory instrument made under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. The regulations were revoked on 25 March 2020.

Legal basis

The regulations were enacted by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, on the basis that the incidence and transmission of COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus represented a sufficient public health threat to introduce powers to keep individuals in isolation where public health professionals believed there was reasonable risk.^[1]

Provisions

The regulations applied to England only.^[1] On 14 February 2020 the Secretary of State designated Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside and the Kents Hill Park centre in Milton Keynes as "isolation" facilities, and the Hubei province of China (including Wuhan City) as an "infected area".^[2]

Revocation

The regulations were revoked on 25 March 2020, on the same day that the Coronavirus Act 2020 came it force.^[3] More stringent regulations were introduced the next day, as The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020.^{[citation needed]}