Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020
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PART 7Enforcement
Powers of removal and dispersal: gatherings and being away from homeX128.
(1)
Paragraph (2) applies where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is participating in a gathering in a private dwelling in contravention of—
(a)
paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1,
(b)
paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2,
(c)
paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3, or
(d)
paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4.
(2)
The enforcement officer may—
(a)
direct the gathering to disperse;
(b)
if the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person does not live at the dwelling—
(i)
direct the person to leave the dwelling;
(ii)
remove the person from the dwelling.
(3)
Paragraph (4) applies where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is participating in a gathering in a place other than a private dwelling in contravention of—
(a)
paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1,
(b)
paragraph 2(1) or (3) of Schedule 2,
(c)
paragraph 2(1) or F13(1) of Schedule 3, or
(d)
paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4.
(4)
The enforcement officer may—
(a)
direct the gathering to disperse;
(b)
direct the person to leave the place where the gathering is taking place;
(c)
remove the person from that place.
(5)
Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is away from the place where the person is living in contravention of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4, the officer may—
(a)
direct the person to return to the place where the person is living;
(b)
remove the person to that place.