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The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (expired)
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24.—(1) Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (“P”) is contravening regulation 3(1) [F1or 9A(3)], the officer may—
(a)direct P to return to the place where P is living;
(b)remove P to that place.
(2) Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that people are gathered together in contravention of regulation 4(1), the officer may—
(a)direct the gathering to disperse;
(b)direct any person in the gathering to return to the place where they are living;
(c)remove any person in the gathering to the place where they are living.
(3) Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (“P”) is contravening regulation 5(1), the officer may direct P to leave Wales.
(4) When exercising the power in paragraph (1), (2) or (3), an enforcement officer may direct a person to follow such instructions as the officer considers necessary.
(5) Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (“P”) is contravening, or is about to contravene, regulation 9(1), the officer may—
(a)direct P to follow such instructions as the officer considers necessary in order to stop or prevent the contravention;
(b)remove P from the location or proposed location of the event which the officer suspects is being, or is about to be, organised in contravention of regulation 9(1).
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F1Words in reg. 24(1) inserted (7.11.2020 at 4.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Restrictions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1237), regs. 1(2), 3(3)
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I1Reg. 24 in force at 23.10.2020 at 6.00 p.m., see reg. 1(3)
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