The revised English Covid Regulations coming into effect from 8 March 2021 have been published. They appear to contain all the changes the Government announced in their roadmap press conference last Monday. As ever, barrister Adam Wagner has produced a layman's explanation of the changes on Twitter.
The 2 biggest changes are:
University students are also offered a specifically defined reasonable excuse which permits them to return to their non-term-time accommodation (i.e. home) by 29 April, and at any point thereafter go back to their term-time accommodation (i.e. student digs).
The 2 biggest changes are:
- Open air recreation in a public outdoor place is once again a specifically defined reasonable excuse (with members of your household/bubble, or 1 other person). This means you can, for example, sit on a park bench or lounge on the beach without needing to worry about justifying your presence to anyone
- The requirement to fill out a form giving your details and reasonable excuse if you want to travel out of the Common Travel Area. The form is clearly intended to discourage international travel, by giving the impression that you need watertight evidence of your excuse, and that only the limited selection of defined reasons on the form are really "good enough" reasons
University students are also offered a specifically defined reasonable excuse which permits them to return to their non-term-time accommodation (i.e. home) by 29 April, and at any point thereafter go back to their term-time accommodation (i.e. student digs).
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