Moving in tier 4

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Here is the link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/formal-tiering-review-update-30-december-2020 The following areas are moving into Tier 4 from the beginning of Thursday 31 December 2020:

• Leicester City
• Leicestershire (Oadby and Wigston, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Charnwood, North West Leicestershire, Melton)
• Lincolnshire (City of Lincoln, Boston, South Kesteven, West Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland, East Lindsey)
• Northamptonshire (Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire, Wellingborough)
• Derby and Derbyshire (Derby, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, Bolsover, North East Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Erewash, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak)
• Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (Gedling, Ashfield, Mansfield, Rushcliffe, Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, Broxtowe)
• Birmingham and Black Country (Dudley, Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton)
• Coventry
• Solihull
• Warwickshire (Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwick, North Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon)
• Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (East Staffordshire, Stafford, South Staffordshire, Cannock Chase, Lichfield, Staffordshire Moorlands, Newcastle under Lyme, Tamworth, Stoke-on-Trent)
• Lancashire (Burnley, Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen, Ribble Valley, Blackpool, Preston, Hyndburn, Chorley, Fylde, Lancaster, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, Wyre)
• Cheshire and Warrington (Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington)
• Cumbria (Eden, Carlisle, South Lakeland, Barrow-in-Furness, Copeland, Allerdale)
• Greater Manchester (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan)
• Tees Valley (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees )
• North East (County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland)
• Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Cotswolds, Tewkesbury, Stroud, Cheltenham)
• Somerset Council (Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton, South Somerset)
• Swindon
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
• Isle of Wight
• New Forest
  

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Here is a link to the amendment regulations, moving areas between Tiers.  They were made yesterday and take effect today: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1654/made 

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Boris Johnson spoke of tightening restrictions this morning on the Andrew Marr show.  It seems likely to be about putting more areas into Tier 4, rather than locking down more tightly than Tier 4 in terms of house moves (though we will see what happens with schools).

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We are now expecting an announcement at 8.00 tonight on further restrictions, with Parliament set to be recalled on Wednesday.  We will see whether it brings restrictions on house moves this time.

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So we have a national lock down.  But house moves are not prohibited.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/949536/NationalLockdownGuidance.pdf

“There are further reasonable excuses. For example, you may leave home to fulfil legal obligations or to carry out activities related to buying, selling, letting or renting a residential property, or where it is reasonably necessary for voting in an election or referendum.”

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Here is another passage from today’s guidance:
“Moving home

You can still move home. People outside your household or ​support bubble​ should not help with moving house unless absolutely necessary.

Estate and letting agents and removals firms can continue to work. If you are looking to move, you can go to property viewings.

Follow the ​national guidance on moving home safely​, which includes advice on social distancing, letting fresh air in, and ​wearing a face covering​.”
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home

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Here is a link to a pdf of the amendment regulations made 5 January 2021 which are in effect from today. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/8/pdfs/uksi_20210008_en.pdf   They are to be debated in Parliament today. 

The effect is to slightly strengthen the Tier 4 restrictions and apply them to the whole of England.  I can see no changes to the provisions relating to house moves summarised on the last post of page 1 of this thread.