Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 4) (Wales) Regulations 2020

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Introduction

PART 1
Introduction, review and expiry

1 Title, application and coming into force

2 Review

3 Expiry

PART 2
Restrictions on gatherings and events

4 Restriction on gatherings in private dwellings

5 Extended households

6 Restriction on gatherings in public places

7 Prohibition on organising events

8 Prohibition on organising certain unlicensed music events

PART 3
Restrictions on travel

9 Restriction on travel to and from Wales

PART 4
Requirement to isolate etc.

CHAPTER 1 Requirement to isolate etc. where person tests positive for coronavirus or has close contact with such person

10 Interpretation of Part

11 Requirement to isolate: adult with coronavirus

12 Requirement to isolate: child with coronavirus

13 Requirement to isolate after close contact: adult

14 Requirement to isolate after close contact: child

15 Isolation requirements: exceptions

16 Requirement on persons with responsibility for children

17 Withdrawing a notice which requires isolation

CHAPTER 2 Information

18 Power to use and disclose information

PART 5
Restrictions on certain businesses and services

19 Closure of premises used by certain businesses and services

20 Restrictions on licensed premises

PART 6
Minimising risk of exposure to coronavirus

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

22 Requirement to wear face covering on public transport

23 Requirement to wear face covering in certain indoor public places

24 Guidance on minimising exposure

PART 7
Enforcement

25 Enforcement officers

26 Enforcement of requirement to take preventative measures

27 Compliance notices

28 Powers of removal and dispersal

29 Powers relating to prohibited events

30 Enforcement of face covering requirements

31 Enforcement: children

32 Power of entry

33 Power of police to conduct road checks

34 Enforcement: supplemental provision

PART 8
Offences and penalties

35 Offences and penalties

36 Offences committed by bodies corporate etc.

37 Fixed penalty notices

38 Amount of fixed penalty: general

39 Amount of fixed penalty: participating in a large gathering at a private dwelling

40 Amount of fixed penalty: organising an event

41 Amount of fixed penalty: organising an unlicensed music event

42 Amount of fixed penalty: business-related offences

43 Fixed penalties: form and procedure

44 Fixed penalty notices: prohibition of double jeopardy

45 Self-incrimination

46 Prosecutions

PART 9
General

47 Interpretation

48 Consequential amendment

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Businesses or services whose premises must be closed

SCHEDULE 2 Regulated premises

SCHEDULE 3 Enforcement of requirement to take preventative measures on regulated premises

SCHEDULE 4 Form of sign to accompany premises improvement notice or premises closure notice

Signature

Explanatory note

PART 4Requirement to isolate etc.

CHAPTER 1Requirement to isolate etc. where person tests positive for coronavirus or has close contact with such person

Isolation requirements: exceptions15.

(1)

Paragraph (2) applies where a person is required to not leave or be outside of the place where the person is living by virtue of regulation 11(2), 12(2), 13(2) or 14(2).

(2)

The person may leave and be outside the place where the person is living for as long as is necessary—

(a)

to seek medical assistance, where this is required urgently or on the advice of a registered medical practitioner;

(b)

to access veterinary services where—

(i)

they are urgently required, or

(ii)

it is not possible for another person at the place that the person is living to access those services;

(c)

to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings, where it is not possible or practicable to so without leaving the place where the person is living;

(d)

to avoid illness, injury or other risk of harm;

(e)

for compassionate reasons, including to attend the funeral of—

(i)

a family member;

(ii)

a close friend;

(f)

to obtain basic necessities (including for other persons at the place where the person is living or any pets at that place) where it is not possible or practicable—

(i)

for another person at the place where the person is living to obtain them, or

(ii)

to obtain them by delivery to that place from a third party;

(g)

to access public services (including social services or victims’ services) where—

(i)

access to the service is critical to the person’s well-being, and

(ii)

the service cannot be provided if the person remains at the place where the person is living;

(h)

to move to a different place to live where it becomes impracticable to remain at the place where the person is living.

(3)

Regulations 11(2), 12(2), 13(2) and 14(2) do not apply to a person who is homeless.

(4)

Regulation 11(2) does not apply to a person who—

(a)

has tested positive for coronavirus in the course of a research study (the “prior test”), and

(b)

tests positive for coronavirus in the course of the same study within the period of 90 days beginning with the date of the prior test.