Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Wales) Regulations 2020
Detention of persons by the Welsh Ministers or a registered public health consultant4.
(1)
Where Condition A or B is met in relation to a person (“P”), the Welsh Ministers or a registered public health consultant may, for the purposes of screening, assessment and the imposition of any restrictions or requirements under regulation 5, impose on P a requirement to be detained until the later of—
(a)
the end of the period of 48 hours beginning with the time from which P’s detention under this regulation begins;
(b)
such time as any screening requirements imposed on or in relation to P under regulation 5(1) have been complied with and the assessment referred to in that regulation carried out in relation to P.
(2)
Condition A is that—
(a)
the Welsh Ministers or registered public health consultant has reasonable grounds to believe that P is, or may be, infected or contaminated with Coronavirus, and
(b)
the Welsh Ministers or registered public health consultant considers that there is a risk that P might infect or contaminate others.
(3)
Condition B is that P—
(a)
has arrived in Wales on an aircraft, ship or train from outside the United Kingdom, whether directly or via Northern Ireland, Scotland or England, and
(b)
has left, or the Welsh Ministers or registered public health consultant has reasonable grounds to believe P has left, an infected area within the 14 day period immediately preceding the date of P’s arrival in Wales.
(4)
Where a special restriction or requirement is imposed under this regulation, the person imposing the restriction or requirement must express it to be contingent on the incidence or transmission of Coronavirus constituting a serious and imminent threat to public health as referred to in regulation 3.