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

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Version Superseded: 12/04/2021

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020, PART 3. Help about Changes to Legislation

PART 3E+WRestrictions on travelling

Restriction on travel to and from Alert Level 3 areaE+W

6.—(1) No person living in—

(a)a restricted UK area, or

(b)another area of Wales,

may enter or remain in an Alert Level 3 area without a reasonable excuse.

(2) No person living in an Alert Level 3 area may, without a reasonable excuse, leave the area for the purposes of entering or remaining in—

(a)a restricted UK area, or

(b)another area of Wales.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), a person has a reasonable excuse if—

(a)the person enters or leaves the area for a purpose that is reasonably necessary and there is no reasonably practicable alternative;

(b)one of the circumstances in sub-paragraph (5) applies.

(4) Examples of purposes for which it may be reasonably necessary for a person to enter or leave the area include—

(a)obtaining or providing medical assistance, or accessing veterinary services;

(b)working or providing voluntary or charitable services;

(c)meeting a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or participating in legal proceedings;

(d)providing, receiving or accessing care or assistance, including childcare or relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, where the person receiving the care is a vulnerable person;

(e)in relation to children who do not live in the same household as their parents, or one of their parents, continuing existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children, and for the purposes of this paragraph, “parent” includes a person who is not a parent of the child, but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, the child;

(f)moving home;

(g)undertaking activities in connection with the purchase, sale, letting, or rental of residential property;

(h)accessing or receiving public services;

(i)accessing or receiving educational services;

(j)obtaining—

(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;

(k)obtaining money from or depositing money with any business or service listed in paragraph 39(g) of Schedule 7;

(l)participating in or facilitating an organised activity for the development or well-being of children (including sports, music and other recreational activities such as those provided for children outside of school hours and during school holidays).

(5) The circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(b) are that the person is—

(a)providing or receiving emergency assistance;

(b)avoiding illness, injury or other risk of harm;

(c)attending a solemnization of a marriage, formation of a civil partnership or alternative wedding ceremony —

(i)as a party to the marriage, civil partnership or wedding,

(ii)if invited to attend, or

(iii)as the carer of a person attending;

(d)attending a funeral—

(i)as a person responsible for arranging the funeral,

(ii)if invited by a person responsible for arranging the funeral, or

(iii)as the carer of a person attending;

(e)an elite athlete F1... and is travelling for the purposes of training or competition;

(f)providing coaching or other support to an elite athlete, or providing support at–

(i)an elite sporting event, or

(ii)a sporting event taking place outside Wales;

(g)travelling to vote in an election;

(h)travelling on a journey which—

(i)in relation to the restriction in sub-paragraph (1), begins and ends outside the area, or

(ii)in relation to the restriction in sub-paragraph (2), ends in an area which the person is not prohibited from entering or remaining in under that sub-paragraph,

provided that the person takes all reasonably practicable measures to minimise any stops during the journey;

(i)travelling to participate in a gathering with the person's extended household in accordance with any restrictions on gatherings applicable where the gathering takes place.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 20.12.2020, see reg. 1(3)

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