A new amendment to the PHRs, Amendment no.5, was created by CoMin subject to later approval by Tynwald, coming into effect on 1 February, and made on the 28th of January. A gap between creation and coming into effect is to be welcomed.
The purpose of this amendment is to tidy up the end of the January lockdown. Much of the winding back from the lockdown takes effect because of the expiry of the GCs noted earlier in this blog.
The principal changes, as noted in the guidance notes, are around expiry date and revision. As may be recalled, the original PHR (which was to provide the framework for the pandemic response after the EPA became unusable) had a comparatively long expiry date, with a review point built in. These were removed by the amendments to the PHR in January. This amendment changes the expiry of the PHRs to the 25th of June (amending reg.4(1)), and requires CoMin to review the need for the regulations on the 25th of March (adding reg 43A).
The other changes restore the default right to leave home (reg.26B), subject to any prohibition notice created by CoMin (reg.26C); the default right to gather in a public or private place (reg.33B), subject to any prohibition created by CoMin (reg.33C, but note the restriction on the power to create such prohibitions under reg.33b(2)).
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