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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1984 Act” (“Deddf 1984”) means the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984;
“child” (“plentyn”) means a person under the age of 18 years;
“Coronafeirws”) means Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which causes the disease known as “COVID-19”;
” (““infected area” (“ardal heintiedig”) means any area (including a country) which the Secretary of State has declared, by notice published on www.gov.uk, as an area where there is known or thought to be sustained human-to-human transmission of Coronavirus, or from which there is a high risk of importation of infection or contamination (by Coronavirus) via travel from that area to the UK;
“isolation” (“ynysu”) in relation to a person means the separation of that person from any other person in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination (with Coronavirus)—
at a facility designated, by notice published on www.gov.wales, for the purposes of these Regulations by the Welsh Ministers;
in that person's home;
in a hospital;
at another suitable place;
“medical officer” (“swyddog meddygol”) means a registered medical practitioner designated for the purposes of these Regulations by the Welsh Ministers;
“public health officer” (“swyddog iechyd cyhoeddus”) means a registered public health consultant or a person working within Public Health Wales under the oversight of a registered public health consultant;
“Public Health Wales” (“Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru”) means the Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust M1;
“registered public health consultant” (“ymgynghorydd iechyd cyhoeddus cofrestredig”) means a professionally registered public health consultant working within Public Health Wales;
“responsible adult” (“oedolyn cyfrifol”) means, in relation to a child, a person with parental responsibility for the child (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989 M2) or a person who has custody or charge of the child for the time being;
“screening requirements” (“gofynion ynglŷn â sgrinio”) means the requirements set out in regulation 6(1).
(2) In these Regulations, a reference to infection or contamination M3, however expressed, is a reference to infection or contamination by Coronavirus, and related expressions are to be construed accordingly.
(3) Other expressions used in these Regulations and in the 1984 Act have the same meaning as in that Act.
(4) The notice referred to in the definition of “isolation” in paragraph (1) must be followed, as soon as reasonably practicable, by publication of the notice in the London Gazette and in at least one newspaper circulating in Wales.
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M1Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust was established by S.I. 2009/2058 (W. 177).
M3See section 45A of the 1984 Act for the interpretation of “infection” and “contamination”. Section 45A was inserted by section 129 of the 2008 Act.
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