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 single adult household may also agree to be treated as part of that extended household.
(3) To agree to be treated as an extended household, all of the adult members of the 2 households must agree.
(4) A household may only agree to be treated as being in 1 extended household [F1at any one time].
[F2(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 [F3part of] an extended household if any adult member of the household ceases to agree to be treated as [F3part of] the extended household.
(8) If a household ceases to be treated as [F4part of] an extended household, the household may not agree to be treated as [F4part of] an extended household with any other household [F5unless 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.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(4) inserted (30.1.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/103), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)
F2Sch. 2 para. 3(5) substituted (30.1.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/103), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)
F3Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(7) substituted (30.1.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/103), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(c)
F4Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(8) substituted (30.1.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/103), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(d)(i)
F5Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(8) inserted (30.1.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/103), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(d)(ii)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 20.12.2020, see reg. 1(3)