The Department of Health makes the following Direction in exercise of the powers conferred by Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.

1. This Direction may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) Protected Area Direction No. 1 2020 and shall come into operation at 5pm on Friday 18th September 2020.

2. The Department considers at the time of making this Direction that the decision to impose the restriction or requirement herein is proportionate to what is sought to be achieved by imposing it, which is a public health response to a serious and imminent threat to public health posed by the incidence and spread of coronavirus.

3. The list of postcodes, wards or councils comprising the protected area for the purposes of Schedule 2 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 is amended as follows:

Postcode BT60 is added to the list.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health at 12.30pm on Friday 18th September 2020.

Nigel McMahon

A senior officer of the Department of Health