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

Extended householdsE+W

3.—(1) 2 households may agree to be treated as an extended household.

(2) In addition to the 2 households who may agree to be treated as an extended household under sub-paragraph (1), 1 [F1well-being needs] household may also agree to be treated as part of that extended household.

(3) To agree to be treated as an extended household, all [F2members of the households] must agree.

(4) A household may only agree to be treated as being in 1 extended household [F3at any one time].

[F4(5) Where a household has agreed to be treated as an extended household with other households under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (“the previous extended household”), it may make an agreement under this paragraph only with those other households, unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with a member of those households in reliance on being treated as part of the previous extended household.]

(6) Where households have agreed to be treated as an extended household under—

(a)paragraph 3 of Schedule 3, or

(b)paragraph 3 of Schedule 4,

those households are to be treated as having agreed to be treated as an extended household under this paragraph.

(7) A household ceases to be treated as [F5part of] an extended household if any F6... member of the household ceases to agree to be treated as [F5part of] the extended household.

[F7(7A) Sub-paragraph (7B) applies where—

(a)a person who would be, or is, a member of an extended household is a child, and

(b)a person who has parental responsibility for the child (“P”) is a member of the child’s household.

(7B) Where this sub-paragraph applies—

(a)the agreement required by sub-paragraph (3) is to be given by P (and not the child), and

(b)a household ceases to be treated as part of an extended household in accordance with sub-paragraph (7) if P ceases to agree to be treated as part of the extended household (whether or not the child also ceases to agree).]

(8) If a household ceases to be treated as [F8part of] an extended household, the household may not agree to be treated as [F8part of] an extended household with any other household [F9unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with any member of another household in reliance on being treated as part of an extended household with that household].

(9) In this Schedule, references to an extended household are references to an extended household formed under or by virtue of this paragraph.

[F10(10) In this paragraph, “well-being needs household” means—

(a)a single adult household;

(b)a household comprising of 1 or more children and no adults.]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(2) substituted (13.3.2021 immediately before the start of the day) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/307), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a)(i)

F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(3) substituted (13.3.2021 immediately before the start of the day) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/307), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a)(ii)

F6Word in Sch. 2 para. 3(7) omitted (13.3.2021 immediately before the start of the day) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/307), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a)(iii)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 20.12.2020, see reg. 1(3)