Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2020
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PART 5Enforcement
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(1)
Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (“P”) is contravening regulation 3(1) F1or 9A(3), the officer may—
(a)
direct P to return to the place where P is living;
(b)
remove P to that place.
(2)
Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that people are gathered together in contravention of regulation 4(1), the officer may—
(a)
direct the gathering to disperse;
(b)
direct any person in the gathering to return to the place where they are living;
(c)
remove any person in the gathering to the place where they are living.
(3)
Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (“P”) is contravening regulation 5(1), the officer may direct P to leave Wales.
(4)
When exercising the power in paragraph (1), (2) or (3), an enforcement officer may direct a person to follow such instructions as the officer considers necessary.
(5)
Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (“P”) is contravening, or is about to contravene, regulation 9(1), the officer may—
(a)
direct P to follow such instructions as the officer considers necessary in order to stop or prevent the contravention;
(b)
remove P from the location or proposed location of the event which the officer suspects is being, or is about to be, organised in contravention of regulation 9(1).