[PART 4SRestrictions on movement
Restrictions on leaving Level 4 areaS
[14.—(1) A person who lives in a Level 4 area must not leave or remain away from that area.
(2) But a person who lives in a Level 4 area may leave the area in order to travel to another part of the same area.]
Restrictions on entering Level 4 areaS
15.—(1) A person who does not live in a Level 4 area must not enter or remain in that area.
(2) But a person who does not live in a Level 4 area may travel through it in order to reach a place outwith the area.
Examples of reasonable excuseS
16.—[(1) For the purposes of this Part, examples of what constitutes a reasonable excuse (see regulation 5(4)) include leaving or remaining away from the area in which the person lives, or (as the case may be) entering or remaining in a Level 4 area that the person does not live in, for the purposes set out in sub-paragraph (2).]
(2) The purposes are to—
(a)obtain or provide—
(i)food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including animals in the household) or for vulnerable persons,
(ii)supplies for the essential upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household, or the household of a vulnerable person,
(b)work or provide voluntary or charitable services, where it is not possible for the person to do so from home,
(c)access, provide or receive childcare, education or training, including a support service for parents or expectant parents,
(d)lead an act of worship [or attend the person’s usual place of worship],
(e)provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person,
(f)visit a person detained in a prison, young offenders institution, remand centre, secure accommodation or other place of detention,
(g)provide or receive emergency assistance,
(h)provide or obtain medical assistance, including accessing any of the following—
(i)audiology services,
(ii)chiropody services,
(iii)chiropractic services,
(iv)dental services,
(v)ophthalmic services,
(vi)osteopathic services,
(vii)services relating to mental health,
(i)accompany a person obtaining medical assistance, or visit a person receiving treatment in a hospital or who is residing in a hospice or care home,
(j)avoid injury, illness or other risk of harm, or support someone who is doing so,
(k)move home or undertake activities in connection with the maintenance, purchase, sale, letting, or rental of residential property that the person owns or is otherwise responsible for,
(l)participate in or facilitate shared parenting arrangements,
(m)fulfil a legal obligation or participate in legal proceedings,
(n)donate blood,
(o)vote, or register to vote, in an election (including to vote as proxy),
(p)access public services, including any of the following—
(i)social services,
(ii)services provided by the Department for Work and Pensions,
(iii)services provided to victims (such as victims of crime),
(iv)asylum and immigration services and interviews,
(q)access services provided by voluntary or charitable services, including food banks,
(r)access waste disposal or recycling facilities,
(s)obtain money from or deposit money with a business mentioned in paragraph 2(3)(j) or (k),
[(sa)participate in or facilitate organised activity, sport or exercise which is for persons under 18 years of age,]
[(t)undertake exercise or recreation—
(i)outdoors,
(ii)that starts and ends at the same place, which place must be—
(aa)in the local government area in which the person lives, or
(bb)within 5 miles of such local government area, and
(iii)is either undertaken—
(aa)alone,
(bb)with members of the person’s household,
(cc)in a gathering within the meaning of paragraph 12(1)(a), (b) or (c),
(dd)in a gathering within the meaning of paragraph 12(1)(d)(xii) or (xiii),
(ee)in a gathering within the meaning of paragraph 13(1)(a), or
(ff)in a gathering within the meaning of paragraph 13(1)(b),]
(u)where the person is a professional sportsperson, or the coach of a professional sportsperson, coach, train or compete,
[(v)attend a marriage ceremony or registration of a civil partnership, where the person is, in relation to that marriage ceremony or civil partnership registration—
(i)a party,
(ii)a witness,
(iii)the approved celebrant or authorised registrar within the meaning of section 8(2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977,
(iv)the approved celebrant within the meaning of section 94A(4)(a) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004,
(v)the authorised registrar within the meaning of section 87 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, or
(vi)a required interpreter,]
[(w)attend a funeral or commemorative event for a person who has died (other than a wake or a funeral tea), or to travel for compassionate reasons which relate to the end of a person’s life,]
(x)feed or care for an animal, including obtaining veterinary services,
(y)where the person is a member of an extended household, visit a member of the household which forms the other part of the extended household and who lives outwith the area in which the person lives or, as the case may be, in a Level 4 area,
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[(za)access or undertake driving lessons or take a driving test where the lesson or test is permitted under this schedule.]
[(zb)attend an organised picket.]
(3) For the purpose of [sub-paragraph (2)(sa), activity, sport or exercise] is “organised” if—
(a)it is organised by—
(i)a person who is responsible for carrying on a business or providing a service,
(ii)a person who is responsible for a place of worship,
(iii)a charity or other not for profit organisation,
(iv)a club or political organisation,
(v)the governing body of a sport or other activity, and
(b)the organiser has taken such measures described in paragraph 8(1)(a) and (b) as are relevant to the particular [activity, sport or exercise], taking into account any relevant guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers.
[(4) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (2)(zb), a picket is “organised” if—
(a)it is carried out in accordance with the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, and
(b)the organiser of the picket has taken such measures described in paragraph 8(1)(a) and (b) as are relevant taking into account any relevant guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers.]]
Requirement to stay at home in Level 4 areasS
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Examples of reasonable excuseS
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