Legislation – Coronavirus Act 2020
PART 1
Main provisions
1 Meaning of “coronavirus” and related terminology
2 Emergency registration of nurses and other health and care professionals
3 Emergency arrangements concerning medical practitioners: Wales
4 Emergency arrangements concerning medical practitioners: Scotland
6 Emergency registration of social workers: England and Wales
7 Temporary registration of social workers: Scotland
8 Emergency volunteering leave
9 Compensation for emergency volunteers
10 Temporary modification of mental health and mental capacity legislation
11 Indemnity for health service activity: England and Wales
12 Indemnity for health service activity: Scotland
13 Indemnity for health and social care activity: Northern Ireland
14 NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments: England
15 Local authority care and support
16 Duty of local authority to assess needs: Scotland
17 Section 16: further provision
18 Registration of deaths and still-births etc
19 Confirmatory medical certificate not required for cremations: England and Wales
20 Review of cause of death certificates and cremations: Scotland
21 Modifications of requirements regarding medical certificates for cremations: Northern Ireland
22 Appointment of temporary Judicial Commissioners
23 Time limits in relation to urgent warrants etc under Investigatory Powers Act
24 Extension of time limits for retention of fingerprints and DNA profiles
25 Power to require information relating to food supply chains
26 Authorities which may require information
27 Restrictions on use and disclosure of information
28 Enforcement of requirement to provide information
29 Meaning of “food supply chain” and related expressions
30 Suspension of requirement to hold inquest with jury: England and Wales
31 Suspension of requirement to hold inquest with jury: Northern Ireland
32 Deaths in custody from natural illness: Northern Ireland
33 Disapplication etc by Welsh Ministers of DBS provisions
34 Temporary disapplication of disclosure offences: Scotland
35 Power to reclassify certain disclosure requests: Scotland
36 Vaccination and immunisation: Scotland
37 Temporary closure of educational institutions and childcare premises
38 Temporary continuity: education, training and childcare
39 Statutory sick pay: funding of employers’ liabilities
40 Statutory sick pay: power to disapply waiting period limitation
41 Statutory sick pay: modification of regulation making powers
42 Statutory sick pay: funding of employers’ liabilities: Northern Ireland
43 Statutory sick pay: power to disapply waiting period limitation: Northern Ireland
44 Statutory sick pay: modification of regulation making powers: Northern Ireland
45 NHS pension schemes: suspension of restrictions on return to work: England and Wales
46 NHS pension schemes: suspension of restrictions on return to work: Scotland
48 Powers to act for the protection of public health: Northern Ireland
49 Health protection regulations: Scotland
50 Power to suspend port operations
51 Powers relating to potentially infectious persons
52 Powers to issue directions relating to events, gatherings and premises
53 Expansion of availability of live links in criminal proceedings
54 Expansion of availability of live links in other criminal hearings
55 Public participation in proceedings conducted by video or audio
57 Use of live links in legal proceedings: Northern Ireland
58 Powers in relation to transportation, storage and disposal of dead bodies etc
59 Elections and referendums due to be held in England in period after 15 March 2020
60 Postponement of elections due to be held on 7 May 2020
61 Power to postpone certain other elections and referendums
62 Power to postpone a recall petition under the Recall of MPs Act 2015
63 Power to make supplementary etc provision
64 Northern Ireland: timing of canvass and Assembly by-elections
65 Elections due to be held in Wales in period after 15 March 2020
66 Postponement of National Assembly for Wales elections for constituency vacancies
67 Power to postpone local authority elections in Wales for casual vacancies
68 Power to make supplementary etc provision
69 Postponement of Scottish Parliament elections for constituency vacancies
70 Postponement of local authority elections in Scotland for casual vacancies
71 Signatures of Treasury Commissioners
72 Power under section 143 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992
73 Power under section 145 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992
74 Power under section 5 of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2014
75 Disapplication of limit under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982
77 Up-rating of working tax credit etc
79 Extension of BID arrangements: England
80 Extension of BID arrangements: Northern Ireland
81 Residential tenancies in England and Wales: protection from eviction
82 Business tenancies in England and Wales: protection from forfeiture etc
83 Business tenancies in Northern Ireland: protection from forfeiture etc
84 Postponement of General Synod elections
PART 2
Final provisions
88 Power to suspend and revive provisions of this Act
91 Power to amend Act in consequence of amendments to subordinate legislation
92 Power to make consequential modifications
93 Procedure for certain regulations made by a Minister of the Crown
94 Procedure for certain regulations made by the Welsh Ministers
95 Procedure for certain regulations made by the Scottish Ministers
96 Procedure for certain orders made by a Northern Ireland department
97 Reports by Secretary of State on status of non-devolved provisions of this Act
98 Six-month parliamentary review
99 Parliamentary consideration of status of non-devolved provisions of this Act
101 Extension to the Isle of Man
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Emergency registration of nurses and other health and care professionals
SCHEDULE 2 Emergency arrangements concerning medical practitioners: Wales
SCHEDULE 3 Emergency arrangements concerning medical practitioners: Scotland
SCHEDULE 5 Emergency registration of social workers: England and Wales
SCHEDULE 6 Temporary registration of social workers: Scotland
SCHEDULE 7 Emergency volunteering leave
SCHEDULE 8 Mental health: England and Wales
SCHEDULE 9 Mental health: Scotland
SCHEDULE 10 Mental health: Northern Ireland
SCHEDULE 11 Mental capacity: Northern Ireland
SCHEDULE 12 Local authority care and support
SCHEDULE 13 Registration of deaths and still-births
SCHEDULE 14 Review of medical certificates of cause of death and cremations: Scotland
SCHEDULE 15 Information relating to food supply chains: financial penalties
SCHEDULE 16 Temporary closure of educational institutions and childcare premises
SCHEDULE 17 Temporary continuity directions etc: education, training and childcare
SCHEDULE 18 Powers to act for the protection of public health: Northern Ireland
SCHEDULE 19 Health protection regulations: Scotland
SCHEDULE 20 Power to suspend port operations
SCHEDULE 21 Powers relating to potentially infectious persons
SCHEDULE 22 Powers to issue directions relating to events, gatherings and premises
SCHEDULE 23 Live links in criminal proceedings
SCHEDULE 24 Live links in other criminal hearings
SCHEDULE 25 Public participation in proceedings conducted by video or audio
SCHEDULE 26 Live links in certain magistrates’ court proceedings
SCHEDULE 27 Use of live links in legal proceedings: Northern Ireland
SCHEDULE 28 Transportation, storage and disposal of dead bodies etc
SCHEDULE 29 Residential tenancies in England and Wales: protection from eviction
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Coronavirus Act 2020, Section 29.
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PART 1Main provisions
Food supply
F129Meaning of “food supply chain” and related expressions
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