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Sorry just catching up on the change to the Corona Act - In many ways its a whole new law AND parliament didn't vote on it.
Previously the restrictions on movement required you to have a reasonable excuse for leaving your residence. This appeared to me sensible wording because it allowed for a wide number of situations such as if you left your house to exercise but it was a hot day so stopped for a refreshment.
Or you left your house to shop for essentials, saw a friend and stop for a socially distanced chat.
Now the restrictions require to you have a reasonable excuse at all times when outside of your residence. Chatting to friends or drinking a takeaway coffee are not reasonable excuses, so publishable with a fine.
An emergency statutory instrument to push it through without a vote (not clear what the new emergency occurred since Parliament voted on the old bill only few days ago)
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/447/made?
I think they have changed, haven't they?
https://mobile.twitter.com/Raphael_Hogarth/status/1252911923919761408
(Probably not wrt this specific point though)