On 11 May, the UK government published its ‘recovery
strategy’ for a phased relaxation of the Covid-19 lockdown measures.
Step one applies from 13 May in England and advises workers to
continue to work from home wherever possible and for the foreseeable future.
All workers unable to work from home are instructed to travel to their
workplace, if that workplace is open. This covers a number of sectors including
food production, construction, manufacturing, logistics and distribution, and
research laboratories. For Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, different
plans are expected to be published.
In England, those returning to the workplace are asked to ‘continue
to avoid public transport wherever possible’, instead choosing to cycle, walk
or drive, and to maintain social distancing and wear non-clinical
face-coverings where they do use public transport.
Phase one also allows individuals to spend time outdoors, again
subject to social distancing requirements, and to exercise as many times a day
as they wish. This also permits driving to outdoor spaces irrespective of
distance, but subject to respecting the different rules set out by the devolved
administrations.
It is unclear whether new secondary legislation will be
required to ensure that the ‘relaxation’ measures avoid falling foul of the
restrictions on movement in the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions)
(England) Regulations, SI 2020/350, for example.
The government intends to introduce a series of quarantine
measures for those arriving into the UK, including requirements to supply
contact details and accommodation information and a 14-day mandatory period of
self-isolation for ‘all international arrivals not on a short list of
exemptions’.
On 11 May, the UK government published its ‘recovery
strategy’ for a phased relaxation of the Covid-19 lockdown measures.
Step one applies from 13 May in England and advises workers to
continue to work from home wherever possible and for the foreseeable future.
All workers unable to work from home are instructed to travel to their
workplace, if that workplace is open. This covers a number of sectors including
food production, construction, manufacturing, logistics and distribution, and
research laboratories. For Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, different
plans are expected to be published.
In England, those returning to the workplace are asked to ‘continue
to avoid public transport wherever possible’, instead choosing to cycle, walk
or drive, and to maintain social distancing and wear non-clinical
face-coverings where they do use public transport.
Phase one also allows individuals to spend time outdoors, again
subject to social distancing requirements, and to exercise as many times a day
as they wish. This also permits driving to outdoor spaces irrespective of
distance, but subject to respecting the different rules set out by the devolved
administrations.
It is unclear whether new secondary legislation will be
required to ensure that the ‘relaxation’ measures avoid falling foul of the
restrictions on movement in the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions)
(England) Regulations, SI 2020/350, for example.
The government intends to introduce a series of quarantine
measures for those arriving into the UK, including requirements to supply
contact details and accommodation information and a 14-day mandatory period of
self-isolation for ‘all international arrivals not on a short list of
exemptions’.
