In March 2010 a set of new health protection regulations were made under the amended Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to continue the process of modernising health protection legislation in England. The regulations cover requirements for notification of disease caused by infection or contamination by substances including chemicals or radiation and allow for prompt investigation and response; they contain evidential requirements and safeguards for people who might be subject to a JP order under the amended Act and they provide updated local authority powers to protect public health.
They can be found on the OPSI website as follows:
Guidance on the regulations has been published by the Department of Health as follows:
To assist EHPs in applying the regulations the CIEH has developed an interactive toolkit. The purpose of the toolkit is not to duplicate the Government guidance, but to provide a ‘grab and go’ suite of documents that can be used by authorised officers to deal with practical situations when they arise.