27 April 2020
"At 11am today, new Regulations came into force that amend the “lockdown” law in England"
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New Lockdown Restrictions – Clarification or Confusion? (Blackstone Chambers, link)
"At 11am today, new Regulations came into force that amend the “lockdown” law in England: the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/447).
These Amending Regulations make various changes to SI. 2020/350, the law giving effect to the lockdown in England. Some of the amendments are of a technical nature and seek to clarify ambiguity in the wording of the Regulations (for example, Amending Regulation 2(5)(a)).
However, without much fanfare and with no Parliamentary scrutiny, Amending Regulation 2(4)(a) has introduced a potentially significant change to Regulation 6, which now reads:
“6. – Restrictions on movement
(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave or be outside of the place where they are living without reasonable excuse…” [Emphasis added]"
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