Section 48 and Schedule 18: Powers to act for the protection of public health: Northern Ireland Section 71: Signatures of Treasury Commissioners
This section modifies section 1 of the Treasury Instruments (Signature) Act 1849 so that, during a COVID-19 outbreak, the reference in that section to two or more of the Commissioners has effect – (a) as if it were a reference to one or more of the Commissioners, and (b) as if a Minister of the Crown in the Treasury (who is not also a Commissioner) were a Commissioner. ‘Minister of the Crown’ for these purposes means the holder of an office in Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.
	The territorial extent and application of this section is England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.