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What does BEIS mean? In legal practice, BEIS refers to the former UK government department—the Department for Business, Energy and industrial strategy—which issued policy, guidance and decisions affecting business regulation, company law, subsidy control and UK energy policy. It was created in 2016 (merging BIS and decc) and replaced DECC. Following machinery-of-government changes in 2023, BEIS was abolished and its functions transferred principally to: - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ): energy, net zero, and related licensing/consents. - Department for Business and Trade (DBT): business regulation, company law policy and trade. - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT): science and innovation. BEIS is...

BEIS Working Safely During COVID-19 guidance (England): employment version history and tracked changes, May 2020–18 July 2021 [Archived]

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Practice notes

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This Practice Note outlines the different iterations of coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance issued by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and includes versions with tracked changes, illustrating amendments between editions so practitioners can readily determine which version of the relevant guidance applied on any particular date. It is no longer maintained and is provided purely for background reference. In every instance, the guidance versions are listed in reverse chronological order, with the newest shown first. For a guidance tracker dealing with:

the different editions of the current BEIS guidance from 14 July 2021, see Practice Note: Coronavirus (COVID-19)—guidance tracker for employment (BEIS working safely guidance to 1 April 2022) [Archived]
the multiple versions of current guidance and advice issued by Acas, the Cabinet Office, HMRC, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) (formerly Public Health England (PHE)), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and HMRC, see Practice Note: Coronavirus (COVID-19)—guidance tracker for employment (non-BEIS guidance) [Archived]
the successive versions of current guidance and advice issued by the UK Border Agency, the Department of Transport and the

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