AQW 4140/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health, after the NI Executive actions steps of Coronavirus Executive Approach to Decision-Making, whether the public can be challenged by the Police Service of Northern Ireland under the ‘Restrictions on Movement’ within The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 15 May 2020
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 15 May 2020
- Answer due by
- 2 June 2020
- Answered
- 7 January 2021237 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, as amended, detail the restrictions that have been imposed in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health posed by the incidence and spread of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Northern Ireland. Any person who contravenes a restriction regulation commits an offence and can be challenged by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Regulation 7, Enforcement of requirement, details the powers a relevant person has available to them in order to enforce any requirement imposed by regulations.
”relevant person” means—
(a) a constable, or
(b) a person designated by the Department of Health for the purposes of these regulations other than regulation 9;