| Statutory Instrument | |
 | |
| Citation | 2020 No. 1374 |
|---|---|
| Introduced by | Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care |
| Territorial extent | England |
| Dates | |
| Made | 30 November 2020 |
| Laid before Parliament | 30 November 2020 |
| Commencement | 2 December 2020 |
| Revoked | 29 March 2021 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 |
| Made under | Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 |
| Revoked by | Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021 |
Status: Revoked | |
| Text of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
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Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1374) is an English emergency statutory instrument that replaced the second lockdown regulations from 2 December 2020. As initially made, it brought back the three-tier legal framework first introduced by the first COVID-19 tier regulations in England (in effect 14 October – 5 November 2020), but with changes to the restrictions within each tier. The regulations are sometimes referred as the "second tier regulations" or the "all tiers regulations".
Exceptions to the restrictions on gatherings were initially to be permitted during a 'Christmas period', defined as 23–27 December 2020. But following a continued rise in infections in London and the South East, parts of those areas were moved up to tier 3 (then the highest level) on 17 and 19 December. On 20 December, London and the tier 3 parts of the South East and the East of England were moved into a new top-level tier 4, with restrictions similar to those of the second lockdown regulations.[1] At the same point, the 'Christmas period' was restricted to Christmas Day only for tiers 1 to 3, and was abolished entirely for tier 4.
From 6 January 2021, further amendments moved all areas of England to tier 4 in what was described by politicians and the press as a "third lockdown".
The regulations were originally stated to expire on 2 February 2021,[2] later changed to 31 March,[3] but in the event were replaced on 29 March by the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021.
- ^ "Covid: Christmas rules tightened, new tier 4 announced - Boris Johnson". BBC News live. Retrieved 3 August 2021. (2:40
- ^ SI 1374 (2020), Reg 15(1).
- ^ SI 8 (2021), Reg 3(2).