PART 4Gathering with other people
F1Restriction on outdoor gatherings14A
1
No person may, without a reasonable excuse, participate in a gathering outdoors that consists of more than 30 people.
2
A reasonable excuse includes the need to do the following—
a
work or provide voluntary or charitable services;
b
where the person is an elite athlete, train or compete;
c
meet a legal obligation;
d
access or receive public services;
e
access childcare or participate in supervised activities for children.
F3f
access educational services.
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But the restriction in paragraph (1) does not apply to an organised outdoor event—
a
authorised in writing by the Welsh Ministers,
b
at which no more than 100 people are in attendance (not including persons working, or providing voluntary services, at the event), and
c
which is held in accordance with any conditions specified in writing by the Welsh Ministers.
4
For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), an event is an “organised outdoor event” if—
a
it takes place outdoors,
b
it is organised by—
i
a business,
ii
a public body or a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution,
iii
a club or political organisation, or
iv
the national governing body of a sport or other activity, and
c
the person organising it has—
i
carried out a risk assessment which would satisfy the requirements of regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, whether or not the person is subject to those Regulations, and
ii
complied with the requirements of regulations 12(2) and 13(1).
5
For the purposes of paragraph (4)(c)—
a
regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 applies as if the event were an undertaking conducted by the person organising it;
b
regulation 12(2) of these Regulations applies as if the place where the event takes place were open premises for which the person organising the event is responsible.