4) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1200) is an English statutory instrument made on 3 November 2020 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Between July and September 2020, more extensive and increasingly rigorous ad hoc local regulations were introduced, which in many areas proved unsuccessful in controlling spread of the virus.

The regulations themselves state the legal basis for using such powers, namely "the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in England".

[10] The Secretary of State again used section 45R of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to enact the regulations on government authority, subject to retrospective approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within twenty-eight days.

[11] In the regulations themselves he stated that "by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make this instrument" without having first placed a draft before parliament for prior approval.

[15] As a general rule, no-one was allowed to leave or be outside their own home (which included any associated garden or yard) without "reasonable excuse".

[53] Alcohol sales were allowed only in response to pre-booked orders; the customer collecting could not enter the premises.

[55] Outdoor: markets, sports centres or amenities, water sports, stables, shooting and archery venues, golf courses, driving ranges, outdoor gyms, swimming pools, water parks and aquaparks Not restricted to indoor or outdoor: cinemas, theatres, nightclubs, discos and the like, bingo halls, concert halls, museums and galleries, casinos, betting shops, adult gaming centres, spas, nail and beauty salons, hair salons, barbers, tanning salons, massage parlours, sexual entertainment venues, hostess bars, tattoo and piercing parlours, skating rinks, car showrooms, car washes, auction houses, model villages, visitor attractions at film studios, animal-related attractions, conference centres and exhibition halls, circuses, funfairs, fairgrounds, theme parks The outdoor parts of visitor attractions such as botanical or other gardens, heritage sites and landmarks were not required by the regulations to close[57] From 21 November 2020: businesses selling natural Christmas trees[66] Breaches of the regulations were offences and could be prosecuted or dealt with by fixed penalty notices with penalties ranging up to £10,000 for repeated violations.