Coronavirus Act 2020

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The Coronavirus Act 2020 is a UK emergency law enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, granting the government wide-ranging temporary powers to manage the public health crisis and its social and economic impacts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
emergency legislation ⓘ
containsProvisionsOn business tenancy protections ⓘ
closure of educational institutions ⓘ
courts and tribunals ⓘ
easements for local authority care duties ⓘ
employment protections ⓘ
extension of time limits for retention of fingerprints and DNA profiles ⓘ
food supply chains ⓘ
healthcare workforce ⓘ
inquests and death certification ⓘ
local authority functions ⓘ
pensions and benefits administration ⓘ
powers relating to events and gatherings ⓘ
powers relating to ports and borders ⓘ
powers relating to potentially infectious persons ⓘ
powers relating to potentially infectious persons in Northern Ireland ⓘ
powers relating to potentially infectious persons in Scotland ⓘ
powers to restrict or prohibit events and gatherings ⓘ
powers to suspend port operations ⓘ
public health measures ⓘ
sick pay ⓘ
social care ⓘ
statutory sick pay rules ⓘ
temporary registration of healthcare professionals ⓘ
temporary registration of social workers ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enactedInResponseTo COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ
grantsPowerTo UK Government ministers ⓘ
devolved administrations ⓘ
hasLongTitle An Act to make provision in connection with coronavirus; and for connected purposes ⓘ
hasShortTitle Coronavirus Act 2020 ⓘ
introducedBy UK Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
legalStatus in force with amendments and repeals over time ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
natureOfPowers temporary ⓘ
primaryPurpose to mitigate the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ
to mitigate the social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ
to provide the government with temporary powers to manage the COVID-19 public health emergency ⓘ
relatedTo Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 ⓘ
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 ⓘ
reviewRequirement periodic parliamentary review ⓘ
royalAssentDate 2020-03-25 ⓘ
subjectMatter economic policy ⓘ
public health emergency response ⓘ
social policy ⓘ
sunsetClause yes ⓘ
territorialExtent England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
yearOfAct 2020 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme → legalBasis → Coronavirus Act 2020 ⓘ
Coronavirus Act 2020 → hasShortTitle → Coronavirus Act 2020 ⓘ
UK Parliament committees on COVID-19 response → oversightOf → Coronavirus Act 2020 implementation ⓘ
linked to: Coronavirus Act 2020
Second Johnson ministry → keyLegislation → Coronavirus Act 2020 ⓘ