The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2021
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2021/862 (W201) |
| Year | 2021 |
2021 No. 862 (W. 201)
Public Health, Wales
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2021
Made 16th July 2021
Laid before Senedd Cymru 16th July 2021
Coming into force 17th July 2021
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1) and (3)(c), 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 19841.
These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wales.
The Welsh Ministers consider that restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.
In accordance with section 45R of that Act the Welsh Ministers are of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make this instrument without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.
Title and coming into force
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 17 July 2021.
Amendment to the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020
2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 20202are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 16(1)—
(a)
(a) under the “Step 2” heading, after “coronavirus” insert “, including information to those working at the premises about the risk of exposure to coronavirus identified under the assessment undertaken under Step 1, and the measures to be taken under Step 3 and Step 4 to minimise the risk”;
(b)
(b) under the “Step 3” heading—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “persons” insert “indoors”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), after “wait” insert “indoors”;
(c)
(c) under the “Step 4” heading—
(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “in close proximity” substitute “on the premises”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), in the words before paragraph (i)—
(aa) for “face-to-face” substitute “physical”;
(bb) after “premises” insert “, in particular face-to-face interaction”.
(3) In regulation 17(4A)—
(a)
(a) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “Sub-paragraphs (b)(i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) do” substitute “Paragraph (1)(b) does”;
(b)
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), omit “that is held outdoors”.
(4) In Schedule 1—
(a)
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—
“1 No person may, without a reasonable excuse, participate in a gathering indoors in a private dwelling which consists of more than 6 people unless—
(a) all the persons participating in the gathering are members of the same household or extended household, or
(b) where all the persons participating in the gathering are not members of the same household or extended household, all the persons participating in the gathering are members of no more than 2 households.”;
(ii) omit sub-paragraph (1A);
(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)—
(aa) in the words before paragraph (a), for “(1A)” substitute “(1)”;
(bb) in paragraph (a), for “30” substitute “6”;
(iv) omit sub-paragraph (5)(d);
(b)
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—
“1 No person may, without a reasonable excuse, participate in a gathering which takes place indoors other than in a private dwelling or in holiday or travel accommodation which consists of more than 6 people unless all the persons participating in the gathering are members of the same household.”;
(ii) for sub-paragraph (1A) substitute—
“1 No person may, without a reasonable excuse, participate in a gathering which takes place indoors in holiday or travel accommodation which consists of more than 6 people unless—
(a) all the persons participating in the gathering are members of the same household or extended household, or
(b) where all the persons participating in the gathering are not members of the same household or extended household, all the persons participating in the gathering are members of no more than 2 households.”;
(iii) omit sub-paragraph (1B);
(iv)...
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