Amendment to the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020

2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 16(3), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

(ba)allowing or requiring persons who ordinarily work at the premises to work from home;.

(3) After Part 4A insert—

PART 4BRequirement to work from home where practicable

Requirement to work from home where practicable

18B.(1) In the circumstances referred to in paragraph (2), no person may leave the place where they are living, or remain away from that place, for the purposes of work or to provide voluntary or charitable services.

(2) The circumstances are that it is reasonably practicable for the person to work or to provide voluntary or charitable services from the place where they are living.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, the place where a person is living includes the premises where they live together with any garden, yard, passage, stair, garage, outhouse or other appurtenance of such premises.

(4) After regulation 42 insert—

Offence of failing to work from home where reasonably practicable to do so

42A.  A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes the requirement in regulation 18B commits an offence.