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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (revoked)
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7.—(1) A relevant person may take such action as is necessary to enforce any requirement imposed by regulation [F14 to 6] [F2, paragraph 2 of schedule 2 or schedule 3].
(2) A relevant person may give a prohibition notice to a person if the relevant person reasonably believes that—
(a)the person is contravening a requirement in regulation [F34 to 6] [F4, paragraph 2 of schedule 2 or schedule 3], and
(b)it is necessary and proportionate to give the prohibition notice for the purpose of preventing that person from continuing to contravene the requirement.
(3) Where a relevant person considers that there is a gathering in contravention of regulation 5 or 6 [F5, paragraph 2 of schedule 2 or schedule 3], the relevant person may—
(a)direct the gathering to disperse;
(b)direct any person in the gathering to return to the place where they are living; or
(c)remove any person from the gathering.
(4) A relevant person exercising the power in paragraph (3) to remove a person from a gathering may use reasonable force, if necessary, in exercise of the power.
(5) Where a person who is in a gathering in contravention of regulation 5 or 6 [F6, paragraph 2 of schedule 2 or schedule 3] is a child accompanied by an individual who has responsibility for the child—
(a)the relevant person may direct that individual to take the child to the place where the child is living, and
(b)that individual must, so far as reasonably practicable, ensure that the child complies with any direction or instruction given by the relevant person to the child.
(6) Where a relevant person has reasonable grounds to believe that a child is repeatedly failing to comply with the restriction in regulation 5 or 6, the relevant person may direct any individual who has responsibility for the child to secure, so far as reasonably practicable, that the child complies with that restriction.
(7) A relevant person may only exercise the power in paragraph (3), (4), (5) or (6) if the relevant person considers that it is a necessary and proportionate means of ensuring compliance with the restriction in regulation 5 or 6.
(8) A relevant person exercising a power under paragraph (3), (5) or (6) may give the person concerned any reasonable instructions they consider to be necessary.
(9) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a)“child” means a person under the age of 18;
(b)an individual has responsibility for a child if the individual—
(i)has custody or charge of the child for the time being, or
(ii)has parental responsibility for the child (within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 M1).
F7(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)references to a requirement include references to a restriction.
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F1Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (23.9.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/202), regs. 1(2), 3(6)
F2Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (5.10.2020 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/213), regs. 1(2), 3(4)
F3Words in reg. 7(2) substituted (23.9.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/202), regs. 1(2), 3(6)
F4Words in reg. 7(2)(a) substituted (5.10.2020 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/213), regs. 1(2), 3(4)
F5Words in reg. 7(3) substituted (5.10.2020 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/213), regs. 1(2), 3(4)
F6Words in reg. 7(5) substituted (5.10.2020 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/213), regs. 1(2), 3(4)
F7Reg. 7(9)(c) omitted (23.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/202), regs. 1(2), 3(7)
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