The Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010
At a glance
What's here
6 compliance obligations
Penalty landscape
2 of 6 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 5
Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
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Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
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Causative Agents
Revocations
The Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations 1925 .
The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 .
Duty to notify suspected disease, infection or contamination in patients
- Medical practitioners must notify local authorities of suspected infections Any Person
Duty to notify suspected disease, infection or contamination in dead persons
- Medical practitioners must notify local authorities of suspected disease in deceased persons Any Person
Duty on test providers to notify results of tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 or Influenza virus to the United Kingdom Health Security Agency
Unlimited fine- Fail to report Covid-19 or Flu test results Any Person
Duty on the operators of diagnostic laboratories to notify the United Kingdom Health Security Agency of causative agents found in human samples and of SARS-Cov-2 , respiratory syncytial virus or influenza virus tests processed
Unlimited fine- Failure to report infectious agents or virus test results Any Person
Duty to provide information to the United Kingdom Health Security Agency
- Provide additional diagnostic information to UKHSA upon request Any Person
Duty on the relevant local authority to disclose notification to others
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must share public health notifications with relevant bodies Local authority
Browse 17 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation, commencement and application
Citation, commencement and application
Duty to notify suspected disease, infection or contamination in patients
Duty to notify suspected disease, infection or contamination in dead persons
Duty on the operators of diagnostic laboratories to notify the United Kingdom Health Security Agency of causative agents found in human samples and of SARS-Cov-2 , respiratory syncytial virus or influenza virus tests processed
Duty to notify the United Kingdom Health Security Agency of the results of lateral flow device tests undertaken by eligible travellers
Duty to notify the United Kingdom Health Security Agency of the results of mandatory tests under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021
Duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency of the results of genomic sequencing of mandatory test samples under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021
Duty to provide information to the United Kingdom Health Security Agency
Duty on the relevant local authority to disclose notification to others
Electronic communications
Electronic communications
Revocations
Revocations
Duty on test providers to notify results of tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 or Influenza virus to the United Kingdom Health Security Agency
Duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency of the results of genomic sequencing of mandatory test samples under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021
Duty to notify the United Kingdom Health Security Agency of the results of lateral flow device tests undertaken by eligible travellers
Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- Infection prevention control (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
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