Policy & Resources Committee, Committee for Health & Social Care and the Committee for Home Affairs - P.2021/144
Proposition
- The States are asked to decide: -
- Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled 'Living responsibly with COVID-19' (dated 20th December, 2021) they are of the opinion: -
- 1. To direct the Committee for Health & Social Care to bring proposals as soon as is practicable to amend the Public Health Ordinance, 1936, to confer powers on the Medical Officer of Health to order the self-isolation of, and impose other restrictions or requirements on, persons already within the Bailiwick who are infected, or suspected of being infected (e.g. contacts of cases), with Coronavirus; and to confer on the Committee for Health & Social Care the power to make regulations to extend the powers to other notifiable diseases, further to its consideration of the clinical judgement of the Medical Officer of Health and the advice of Her Majesty's Procureur.
- The above Proposition has been submitted to Her Majesty's Procureur for advice on any legal or constitutional implications in accordance with Rule 4(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the States of Deliberation and their Committees.
- The original proposition was amended further to the successful amendments listed below and the amended propositions can be read here:
Living Responsibly with COVID-19 (Amended Propositions) [183kb]
Amendments
Amendment Proposer Seconder Status Deputy Parkinson Deputy Matthews Approved Deputy Taylor Deputy Soulsby Approved Deputy St Pier Deputy Burford Approved Deputy St Pier Deputy Haskins Approved Deputy Inder Deputy Moakes Withdrawn
