Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2020

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Introduction

PART 1
Introduction

1 Title, application and coming into force

2 Expiry

PART 2
Restrictions on movement and gathering with others

3 Requirement to stay at home

4 Requirement not to gather with other people

5 Restriction on travelling into Wales

6 Restriction on attending school

7 Restriction on attending further education

8 Interpretation of regulations 6 and 7

9 Prohibition on organising certain unlicensed music events

PART 3
Restrictions on businesses and services whose premises are ordinarily open to the public

CHAPTER 1 Overview

10 References to “premises” and overview

CHAPTER 2 Businesses and services whose premises must be closed

11 Closure of premises used by certain businesses and services

CHAPTER 3 Business and services whose premises must be closed but to which limited access may be allowed

12 Closure of bars and restaurants etc.

13 Closure of holiday accommodation

14 Closure of places of worship, community centres and crematoriums

CHAPTER 4 Business and services whose premises may be open

15 Open premises

CHAPTER 5 Mixed businesses

16 Mixed businesses

PART 4
Minimising risk of exposure to coronavirus

17 Requirement to take preventative measures on regulated premises to minimise risk

18 Requirement to wear face covering on public transport

19 Requirement to wear face covering in certain indoor public places

20 Guidance on minimising exposure

PART 5
Enforcement

21 Enforcement officers

22 Enforcement of requirement to take preventative measures

23 Compliance notices

24 Powers of removal and dispersal

25 Enforcement of face covering requirements

26 Enforcement: children

27 Power of entry

28 Enforcement: supplemental provision

PART 6
Offences and penalties

29 Offences and penalties

30 Offences committed by bodies corporate etc.

31 Fixed penalty notices

32 Prosecutions

PART 7
General

33 Interpretation

34 Revocation

35 Consequential amendment

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Businesses and services whose premises are subject to restrictions or closure

SCHEDULE 2 Enforcement of requirement to take preventative measures on regulated premises

SCHEDULE 3 Form of sign to accompany premises improvement notice or premises closure notice

Signature

Explanatory note

PART 3Restrictions on businesses and services whose premises are ordinarily open to the public

CHAPTER 3Business and services whose premises must be closed but to which limited access may be allowed

Closure of bars and restaurants etc.12.

(1)

A person responsible for carrying on a business which is listed in paragraphs 22 to 25 of Schedule 1 must—

(a)

close to members of the public any premises operated as part of the business, and

(b)

not carry on business at such premises otherwise than in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not prevent—

(a)

the use of premises for—

(i)

the sale of food and drink for consumption off the premises, or

(ii)

services providing food or drink to the homeless;

(b)

the provision of room service at a hotel or other accommodation (where the hotel or other accommodation continues to operate in accordance with the limited exceptions allowed by regulation 13);

(c)

a workplace canteen from being open where there is no practical alternative for staff at that workplace to obtain food;

(d)

the carrying out of maintenance and repairs or other work to ensure premises are suitable for use when paragraph (1) no longer applies to the premises.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), an indoor area adjacent to the premises of the business where seating is made available for customers of the business (whether or not by the business) is to be treated as part of the premises of that business.

Closure of holiday accommodation13.

(1)

A person responsible for carrying on a business which is listed in paragraphs 26 to 29 of Schedule 1 must—

(a)

close to members of the public any premises operated as part of the business, and

(b)

not carry on business at such premises otherwise than in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not prevent—

(a)

the use of premises for any purpose as may be requested or authorised by the Welsh Ministers or a local authority;

(b)

the provision of accommodation for any persons staying in that accommodation when these Regulations come into force and who—

(i)

are unable to return to their main residence, or

(ii)

are using the accommodation as their main residence;

(c)

the use of premises to carry on the business by providing information or other services—

(i)

through a website, or otherwise by on-line communication,

(ii)

by telephone, including enquiries by text message, or

(iii)

by post;

(d)

the carrying out of maintenance and repairs or other work to ensure premises are suitable for use when paragraph (1) no longer applies to the premises.

Closure of places of worship, community centres and crematoriums14.

(1)

A person responsible for premises of a kind listed in paragraphs 30 to 32 of Schedule 1 must ensure that the premises are closed to members of the public, except for the uses permitted by paragraphs (2), (3) and (4).

(2)

A place of worship may be open—

(a)

for funerals;

(b)

for the solemnization of a marriage or formation of a civil partnership;

(c)

to broadcast (without a congregation) an act of worship, funeral or the solemnization of a marriage or formation of a civil partnership (whether over the internet or as part of a radio or television broadcast);

(d)

to provide essential voluntary services;

(e)

to provide public services upon the request of the Welsh Ministers or a local authority.

(3)

A community centre may be open—

(a)

to provide essential voluntary services, or

(b)

to provide public services upon the request of the Welsh Ministers or a local authority.

(4)

A crematorium may open to members of the public for funerals or burials (and to broadcast a funeral or burial whether over the internet or otherwise).

(5)

But paragraph (1) does not apply to the grounds surrounding a crematorium, including any burial ground or garden of remembrance.

(6)

In this regulation, “public services” includes the provision of food banks or other support for homeless or vulnerable people, childcare, blood donation sessions or support in an emergency.