The Department of Health has made a Statutory Rule entitled "The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020", (S.R. 2020 No. 82) which came into operation at 11.00 pm on 15th May 2020.

The Rule amends the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, to clarify the reference to a person designated, to apply section 28(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 to the termination of a restriction or requirement by a direction, to include the opening of a place of worship for the purpose of solemnising a marriage ceremony where a party is terminally ill, to include the need to access services provided by a district council or other public body, including household waste or recycling centres, clarify the application of enforcement provisions, insofar as children are concerned, to allow for the procedure to be used in cases where a district council issued a fixed penalty notice and to allow the opening of garden centres and ornamental plant nurseries.

The rule may be purchased from the Stationery office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070, or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr