>> Are the special restrictions mandatory?
They're not mandatory and seem to have been promulgated without announcement and over several days:
www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/24/ministers-urged-to-clarify-covid-advice-against-travel-in-and-out-of-bolton
Like you I'd be inclined to leave arrangements in place. If, for example, they added Northampton to the list before I leave for a fortnight in Scotland on Friday then I'd be inclined to disregard the 'advice'. We're asked to take lateral flow tests before travelling from the mainland to the Hebrides anyway.
Also, if the advice were extended to the new unitary council of West Northants I'd be curious as to whether, under the pre April local government structure, it would have applied only to the urban area of the former Borough of Northampton rather than the rural bit where I live.
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