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Covid-19 (Safe Distancing) (Jersey) Regulations 2020: Medical Officer of Health Report 1 and response of the Minister for Health and Social Services

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A decision made on 26 June 2020

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2020-0048

Decision Summary Title :

Covid-19 (Safe Distancing) (Jersey) (Regulations) 2020 -

Report 1 and Statement by the Minister in response to the Medical Officer of Health’s (MOH) Report 1

Date of Decision Summary:

30th June 2020

Decision Summary Author:

 

Head of Policy, Criminal Justice

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

 

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

n/a

Written Report

Title :

Covid-19 (Safe Distancing) (Jersey) (Regulations) 2020 -

Report 1 and Statement by the Minister in response to the Medical Officer of Health’s (MOH) Report 1.

Date of Written Report:

25th June 2020

Written Report Author:

Medical Officer of Health

Written Report:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Subject: Covid-19 (Safe Distancing) (Jersey) (Regulations) 2020, Medical Officer of Health’s (MOH’s) Report 2 and statement by the Minister in response.

 

Decision(s): The Minister for Health and Social Services directed officers to present the Covid-19 (Safe Distancing) (Jersey) (Regulations) 2020 Report 2 and his statement in response to the Assembly.

 

Reason(s) for Decision: To set out recommendations to the Minister in relation to the continuance of the Covid-19 (Safe Distancing) (Jersey) (Regulations) 2020 and his response as required by Regulation 5(3).

Resource Implications: None arise from the presentation of this Report.

 

Action required: The Minister’s Private Secretary to inform the Greffier of the States of this decision and request that the MoH’s report and the Minister’s statement are together presented to the Assembly as a Report.

Signature:

 

Position: 

Minister for Health and Social Services

 

Date Signed:

 

 

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

 

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