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

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PART 2Restrictions on movement and gathering with others

Requirement not to gather with other people4.

(1)

Where a person is not at the place where they are living (by virtue of having a reasonable excuse under regulation 3), that person may not, without a reasonable excuse, gather with any other person apart from—

(a)

members of their household,

(b)

their carer, or

(c)

a person they are providing care to.

(2)

A reasonable excuse includes the need to do the following—

(a)

work or provide voluntary or charitable services, where it is not reasonably practicable to do so without gathering with others;

(b)

meet a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings;

(c)

access or receive public services;

(d)

access or receive educational services, subject to regulations 6 and 7;

(e)

provide, receive or access care or assistance, including childcare or relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, where the person receiving the care is a vulnerable person;

(f)

where the person is an elite athlete, train and prepare for, and compete in, a specified sporting event;

(g)

provide coaching and other support to an elite athlete in connection with a specified sporting event;

(h)

officiate at or otherwise be involved in running a specified sporting event;

(i)

provide or receive emergency assistance;

(j)

attend a solemnization of a marriage or formation of a civil partnership—

(i)

as a party to the marriage or civil partnership,

(ii)

if invited to attend, or

(iii)

as the carer of a person attending;

(k)

attend a funeral—

(i)

as a person responsible for arranging the funeral,

(ii)

if invited by a person responsible for arranging the funeral, or

(iii)

as the carer of a person attending.

(3)

A person also has a reasonable excuse to gather with another person to attend an event to commemorate Remembrance Sunday that—

(a)

is held on 7 or 8 November 2020;

(b)

is held outdoors;

(c)

has no more than 30 people attending.