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The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (expired)

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Requirement not to gather with other peopleE+W

4.—(1) Where a person is not at the place where they are living (by virtue of having a reasonable excuse under regulation 3), that person may not, without a reasonable excuse, gather with any other person apart from—

(a)members of their household,

(b)their carer, or

(c)a person they are providing care to.

(2) A reasonable excuse includes the need to do the following—

(a)work or provide voluntary or charitable services, where it is not reasonably practicable to do so without gathering with others;

(b)meet a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings;

(c)access or receive public services;

(d)access or receive educational services, subject to regulations 6 and 7;

(e)provide, receive or access 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;

(f)where the person is an elite athlete, train and prepare for, and compete in, a specified sporting event;

(g)provide coaching and other support to an elite athlete in connection with a specified sporting event;

(h)officiate at or otherwise be involved in running a specified sporting event;

(i)provide or receive emergency assistance;

(j)attend a solemnization of a marriage or formation of a civil partnership—

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

(ii)if invited to attend, or

(iii)as the carer of a person attending;

(k)attend 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.

(3) A person also has a reasonable excuse to gather with another person to attend an event to commemorate Remembrance Sunday that—

(a)is held on 7 or 8 November 2020;

(b)is held outdoors;

(c)has no more than 30 people attending.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 4 in force at 23.10.2020 at 6.00 p.m., see reg. 1(3)

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