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Amendment to the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2021

3.—(1) In regulation 2(2) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2021(1), the regulation 16A that is to be inserted after regulation 16 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020 is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(c), a person participating in a religious service in premises ordinarily used as a place of worship is to be treated as being normally seated.”

(3) In paragraph (6)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (b), in the English language text, after “in relation to” insert “a”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (c)—

(i)for “or” substitute “, the”;

(ii)after “vaccination card” insert “, or a vaccine certificate relating to the person”.

(4) In paragraph (8), for “person is deemed to have received a course of doses of a vaccine” substitute “doses are deemed to be administered”.

(5) In paragraph (9)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (b)—

(i)at the beginning insert “in relation to a course of doses administered in the United Kingdom or a relevant country,”;

(ii)for “a”, where it appears after “completed”, substitute “the”;

(iii)in the opening words, the words from “the person” to the end become paragraph (i) of that sub-paragraph;

(iv)current paragraph (i) becomes sub-paragraph (aa);

(v)current paragraph (ii) becomes sub-paragraph (bb);

(vi)at the end of sub-paragraph (bb) as renumbered insert “, or”;

(vii)after sub-paragraph (bb) as renumbered insert—

“(ii)the person has received a dose of one authorised vaccine and a dose of a different authorised vaccine;”;

(b)after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)in relation to a course of doses administered under the United Kingdom vaccine roll-out overseas, a person has completed the course of doses if—

(i)the person has received the complete course of doses of the vaccine as specified in the manufacturer’s guidance for that vaccine, or

(ii)the person has received a dose of one vaccine and a dose of a different vaccine.”

(6) In paragraph (10)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a)—

(i)in paragraph (i), after “United Kingdom” insert “or in a relevant country listed in paragraph (12)”;

(ii)in paragraph (ii), after “relevant country” insert “listed in the first column of the table in paragraph (11)”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (c)(ii), after “relevant country” insert “listed in the first column of the table in paragraph (11)”;

(c)in sub-paragraph (d), after “paragraph (11)” insert “or a country or territory listed in paragraph (12)”;

(d)after sub-paragraph (f) insert—

“(g)“vaccine certificate” means a certificate in English, French or Spanish issued by the competent health authority of Australia, Canada or a relevant country listed in paragraph (12) which contains—

(i)the person’s full name;

(ii)the person’s date of birth;

(iii)the name and manufacturer of the vaccine that the person has received;

(iv)the date that the person received each does of the vaccine;

(v)details of either the identity of the issuer of the certificate or the country of vaccination, or both.”

(7) In paragraph (11), in the table, at the appropriate places insert—

(a)in the first column (relevant country) insert “Australia”, and in the second column (relevant regulator) of the same row insert “The Therapeutic Goods Administration”;

(b)in the first column insert “Canada”, and in the second column of the same row insert “Health Canada”.

(8) After paragraph (11) insert—

“(12) The countries and territories referred to in the definition of “relevant country” are—