Secondary Legislation under Coronavirus Act 2020

Showing 28 Statutory Instruments linked to this bill.

Coronavirus Act 2020 (Delay in Expiry: Inquests, Courts and Tribunals, and Statutory Sick Pay) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 362
Laid before Parliament: 23 March 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations extend the period for which certain provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) continue in force. The provisions are continued in force for a further period of six months beginning with 25th March 2022.

Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Laid before Parliament: 27 October 2021
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for the expiry of provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) (the “Act”). The Secretary of State has obtained the necessary consents in respect of provisions of these Regulations which provide for the expiry of provisions in the Act which are within devolved competence; consent of the Scottish Ministers has been given in relation to section 23, and consent from the relevant Northern Ireland departments in relation to section 58, Parts 1 and 5 of Schedule 21, Parts 1 and 5 of Schedule 22, and paragraphs 14 and 15 of Schedule 16.

Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 994
Laid before Parliament: 8 September 2021
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020 Housing Act 1985 Housing Act 1988
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) (“Schedule 29”) and suspend various of its provisions. They also prescribe replacement notices: notice of seeking possession under section 8 Housing Act 1988, notice requiring possession under section 21(1) and (4) of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) and notice of seeking termination of a fixed term tenancy and recovery of possession under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68).

Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 732
Laid before Parliament: 24 June 2021
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text Section 82 of the Coronavirus Act provides that a right of re-entry or forfeiture, under a relevant business tenancy, for non-payment of rent may not be enforced, by action or otherwise, during the relevant period. “Relevant period” is defined in subsection (12) as the period starting with the day after Royal Assent and ending with 30th June 2020 (or such later date as may be specified in regulations).

Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) and Suspension (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 562
Laid before Parliament: 12 May 2021
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020 Housing Act 1988
SI explanatory text The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) and Suspension (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 come into force on 1st June 2021.

Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 564
Laid before Parliament: 12 May 2021
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 in England.

Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry) Regulations 2021

Laid before Parliament: 21 April 2021
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for the expiry of twelve sections of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) (the “Act”). There are seven devolved sections, sections 8, 9 and 25 to 29, for which the Secretary of State has obtained the necessary consent to expire on behalf of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 283
Laid before Parliament: 10 March 2021
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text Section 82 of the Coronavirus Act provides that a right of re-entry or forfeiture, under a relevant business tenancy, for non-payment of rent may not be enforced, by action or otherwise, during the relevant period. “Relevant period” is defined in subsection (12) as the period starting with the day after Royal Assent and ending with 30th of June (or such later date as may be specified in regulations).

Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 284
Laid before Parliament: 10 March 2021
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations further amend Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020.

Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 52
Laid before Parliament: 19 January 2021
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/395) to remove the restriction on petitions for a referendum on a change of local authority governance being validly presented to a local authority during the period from 16th March 2020 to 5th May 2021 (inclusive).

Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 1472
Laid before Parliament: 9 December 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text Section 82 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 provides that a right of re-entry or forfeiture, under a relevant business tenancy, for non-payment of rent may not be enforced, by action or otherwise, during the relevant period. “Relevant period” is defined in subsection (12) as the period starting with the day after Royal Assent and ending with 30th of June (or such later date as may be specified in regulations.

Coronavirus Act 2020 (Expiry of Mental Health Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020

Laid before Parliament: 21 October 2020
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations expire parts of Schedule 8 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) (the “Act”) in both England and Wales. Schedule 8 to the Act made certain modifications to the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) in response to coronavirus. It has not been commenced in relation to England, although some provisions of Schedule 8 have been commenced in relation to Wales.

Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 994
Laid before Parliament: 16 September 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text Section 82 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 provides that a right of re-entry or forfeiture, under a relevant business tenancy, for non-payment of rent may not be enforced, by action or otherwise, during the relevant period. “Relevant period” is defined in subsection (12) as the period starting with the day after Royal Assent and ending with 30th June 2020 (or such later date as may be specified in regulations).

Coronavirus (Retention of Fingerprints and DNA Profiles in the Interests of National Security) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 973
Laid before Parliament: 10 September 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for extension of the time limits that apply to the retention of certain fingerprints or DNA profiles. The Regulations apply in respect of fingerprints or DNA profiles that are retained under certain counter-terrorism provisions, or that may otherwise be relevant to the interests of national security.

Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) and Suspension (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 924
Laid before Parliament: 1 September 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020 Housing Act 1988
SI explanatory text Section 21(8) of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) gives the Secretary of State power to prescribe a form of a notice under section 21(1) or (4) given in relation to an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England. This is a notice of intention to seek possession of a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy.

Postponed Elections and Referendums (Coronavirus) and Policy Development Grants (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 926
Laid before Parliament: 1 September 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision relating to the postponement of certain elections and referendums in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic (Part 2), and amending the scheme for policy development grants (Part 3).

Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 914
Laid before Parliament: 28 August 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend Schedule 29 of the Coronavirus Act 2020.

Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 808
Laid before Parliament: 30 July 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the provision made by the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (“the 2020 Regulations”) for the conduct of local authority meetings held before 7th May 2021, and for public and press access to these meetings.

Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 134
Laid before Parliament: 3 July 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020 Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
SI explanatory text Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 (S.R. 1982 No. 283).

Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 681
Laid before Parliament: 3 July 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
SI explanatory text Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/894).

Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 602
Laid before Parliament: 19 June 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text Section 82 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 provides that a right of re-entry or forfeiture, under a relevant business tenancy, for non-payment of rent may not be enforced, by action or otherwise, during the relevant period. “Relevant period” is defined in subsection (12) as the period starting with the day after Royal Assent and ending with 30th June 2020 (or such later date as may be specified in regulations).

Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 426
Laid before Parliament: 16 April 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.1. 2019/957) (”the Buckinghamshire Order”) and the Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.1. 2020/156) (”the Northamptonshire Order”). The amendments are required due to the postponement of local elections in England, which were due to take place on 7th May 2020, and which have been postponed to 6th May 2021 by section 60 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7).

Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 395
Laid before Parliament: 6 April 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations postpone the days on which certain by-elections and local referendums are to be held during the period from 16th March 2020 to 5th May 2021 (“the relevant period”).

Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 392
Laid before Parliament: 2 April 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020 Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for the conduct of local authority meetings held before 7th May 2021, and for public and press access to these meetings.

Coronavirus (Retention of Fingerprints and DNA Profiles in the Interests of National Security) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 391
Laid before Parliament: 1 April 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for extension of the time limits that apply to the retention of certain fingerprints or DNA profiles. The Regulations apply in respect of fingerprints or DNA profiles that are retained under certain counter-terrorism provisions, or that may otherwise be relevant to the interests of national security.

Investigatory Powers (Temporary Judicial Commissioners and Modification of Time Limits) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 360
Laid before Parliament: 27 March 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020
SI explanatory text These Regulations are made under the Coronavirus Act 2020 in order to ensure that warrants can continue to be approved by Judicial Commissioners under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”).

Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 54
Laid before Parliament: 27 March 2020
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020 Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
SI explanatory text These Regulations suspend the limitation, set out in section 151(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act (Northern Ireland) 1992, that Statutory Sick Pay is not payable for the first three qualifying days in a period of entitlement. They also amend the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 (“the 1982 Regulations”) to specify when a person is isolating by reason of coronavirus is deemed to be incapable of work.

Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 374
Laid before Parliament: 27 March 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Coronavirus Act 2020 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
SI explanatory text These Regulations suspend the limitation, set out in section 155(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, that Statutory Sick Pay is not payable for the first three qualifying days in a period of entitlement. They also amend the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (“the 1982 Regulations”) to specify when a person isolating by reason of coronavirus is deemed to be incapable of work.