“the permitted period of detention” means the initial period of detention and the authorised extended period. 

(11) A constable or registered public health consultant may, at any time before the expiry of the initial period, authorise the detention of a person for a further period not exceeding 24 hours (beginning immediately at the end of the initial period). 

(12) An authorisation under paragraph (11) may be given only if the person giving the authorisation considers that the extension is necessary because it is not reasonably practicable for the imposition of any restrictions or requirements under regulation 5 to be completed before the end of the initial period. 

## Offences 

15. —(1) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P— 

(a) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a restriction or requirement imposed under regulation 4(1), 5(1), 7(1) or 9(4) or (5); 

(b) absconds, or attempts to abscond, from detention or isolation under regulation 4, 5 or 8. 

(2) A person who provides false or misleading information intentionally or recklessly to any person carrying out a function under these Regulations commits an offence. 

(3) A person who obstructs, without reasonable excuse, any person carrying out a function under these Regulations commits an offence. 

(4) A responsible adult who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with regulation 5(4), 6(3) or 7(7) commits an offence. 

(5) An offence specified in paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (4) is punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. 

## Expiry 

16. —(1) These Regulations cease to have effect at the end of the period of two years beginning on the day on which they come into force. 

(2) This regulation does not affect the validity of anything done pursuant to these Regulations before they cease to have effect. 

At 6.50 a.m. on 10th February 2020 

## EXPLANATORY NOTE 

(This note is not part of the Regulations) 

Matt Hancock Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care 

These Regulations supplement the health protection regime found in Part 2A of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (“the 1984 Act”) in the event that there exists a serious and imminent threat to public health from the virus known as “Wuhan novel coronavirus (2019- nCoV)”. 

Regulation 2 defines the terms used in the Regulations. 

Regulation 3 provides that the Regulations apply where the Secretary of State makes a declaration on www.gov.uk that the incidence or transmission of Coronavirus constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health and that the incidence of Coronavirus is at such a point that the measures outlined in these Regulations may reasonably be considered as an effective means of preventing the further transmission of Coronavirus. 

