Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Functions of Local Authorities etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2020

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Introduction


PART 1
Introduction

1 Title, application and coming into force

2 Interpretation

3 Expiry

PART 2
Local authority directions in relation to premises, events and public places

CHAPTER 1 Giving and withdrawing directions

4 Public health conditions for giving directions

5 Premises directions

6 Event directions

7 Public place directions

8 Review and withdrawal

9 Requirement to have regard to advice or guidance and to consult

CHAPTER 2 Form and procedure

10 Form and content of directions

11 Giving a direction

12 Appeals and representations

CHAPTER 3 Welsh Ministers’ power to require withdrawal

13 Power of Welsh Ministers to require a local authority to withdraw a direction

PART 3
Duty to close certain public paths and access land

14 Closure of public paths and access land

PART 4
Enforcement

15 Enforcement officers

16 Enforcement actions

17 Power of entry

18 Offences and penalties

19 Fixed penalty notices

20 Prosecutions

PART 5
Revocation and consequential amendment

21 Revocation

22 Consequential amendment

Signature

Explanatory note

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PART 4Enforcement

Power of entry17.

(1)

An enforcement officer may enter premises to take, or facilitate the taking of, enforcement action under regulation 16.

(2)

An enforcement officer entering premises in accordance with paragraph (1) may—

(a)

use reasonable force to enter the premises;

(b)

take such other persons, equipment and materials onto the premises as appears to the officer to be appropriate.

(3)

An enforcement officer entering premises in accordance with paragraph (1)—

(a)

if asked by a person on the premises, must show evidence of the officer’s identity and outline the purpose for which the power is exercised;

(b)

if the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, must leave the premises as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as when the officer found them.

F1(4)

An enforcement officer may enter premises used wholly or mainly as a private dwelling only if the enforcement officer is a constable.