The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Powers relating to events

31.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (“P”) is—

(a) committing an offence under regulation 39(2);

(b) involved in organising an event in contravention of (or which the officer considers likely to be in contravention of) paragraph 4 of Schedule 1, paragraph 4 of Schedule 2, paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 or paragraph 4 of Schedule 4.

(2) The enforcement officer may—

(a) direct P to follow such instructions as the officer considers necessary in order to stop the event;

(b) remove P from the location of the event;

(c) direct any person to leave the event;

(d) remove any person from the event;

(e) where the event has not started—

(i) direct P to follow such instructions as the officer considers necessary in order to stop the event from taking place;

(ii) remove P from the proposed location of the event.

(3) Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (“P”) is involved in organising an event authorised under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 or paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 which the officer considers is being held in contravention of a requirement, restriction or other condition specified in relation to the authorisation, the officer may—

(a) direct P to follow such instructions as the officer considers necessary in order to secure compliance with the requirement, restriction or other condition;

(b) direct P to follow such instructions as the officer considers necessary in order to stop the event;

(c) remove P from the location of the event;

(d) direct any person to leave the event;

(e) remove any person from the event.