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The Good Law Project and the Runnymede Trust brought a legal case that alleged Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in securing the two contracts, and had chosen the recipients because of their connections to the Conservative Party; [32] As of June 2021, the case was still ongoing, although previous action over Kate Bingham's non ...
To increase the maximum capital of the United Kingdom's contingency fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] Coronavirus Act 2020: 2020 c.7 25 March 2020 To grant a range of emergency powers in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020: 2020 asp 7 6 April 2020
The COVID-19 restrictions that impacted basic liberties in the UK were outlined in section 52 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, where the government had the ‘power to restrict or prohibit gatherings or events.’ [187] This act posed significant challenges to ‘the right to protest’ protected by ‘the right to free assembly and association ...
23 January – The UK COVID-19 Inquiry hears WhatsApp messages between Professor Jason Leitch, Scotland's National Clinical Director, and Humza Yousaf, who was then Scotland's Health Secretary, discussing exemptions from wearing face coverings at a dinner. Leitch advised Yousaf to have a drink in his hand at all times as a way of remaining ...
Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 – March 2020; Families First Coronavirus Response Act – March 2020; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) – Includes $1200 stimulus checks, March 2020; Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act – April 2020
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/750) is a statutory instrument (SI) enacted on 18 July 2020 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaccines underpin all of these principles, which from February 2022 "form the basis of the Government's strategy for living with COVID-19". [165] The legal requirement for people to self-isolate following a positive test was removed, although people who test positive continue to be advised to stay at home and avoid contact with other people. [165]
The offences of piracy which existed in 1837 have since been abolished. The "crime of piracy" mentioned in section 2 is now defined by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (in section 26 and Schedule 5), [2] which simply sets out articles 101 to 103 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982):