text: **23.**In regulation 8(2) (duty to co-operate in a detained person’s EHC needs assessment), at the 
  
  end of sub-paragraph (d) insert— 
  
  “; or 
  
  (e) of a reason relating to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus”. 
  
  **24.**In regulation 10(4) (decision not to secure an EHC plan)— 
  
  (a) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “or”; and 
  (b) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) insert— 
  
  “; or 
  
  (d) of a reason relating to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus”. 
  
  **25.**In regulation 13(3) (timescales for EHC plans), for “(c)” substitute “(d)”. 
  
  **26.**In regulation 29 (compliance with the orders of the First-tier Tribunal)— 
  
  (a) after paragraph (6) insert— 
  
  “(6A) The home authority need not comply with the time limits specified in paragraph (3) 
  if it is impractical to do so because the circumstances referred to in regulation 10(4)(d) 
  apply.”. 
  
  (b) in paragraph (7)(c) after “10(4)(a)” insert “or (d)”. 