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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

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Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

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19.  For Regulation 6C substitute—

Restrictions on movement

6C.(1) No person may leave or remain away from the place where they normally live without reasonable excuse.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a reasonable excuse includes, subject to the requirements of Regulations 4 to 6A—

(a)to obtain goods or services from any business listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1,

(b)to take exercise individually or as permitted by Regulation 5B,

(c)to obtain or provide medical assistance, including to access dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody, chiropractors, osteopaths, sports massage therapy and other medical or health services, including services relating to mental health,

(d)to access veterinary surgeons and pet shops,

(e)to obtain or provide care or assistance, including relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 2 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007(1), to a vulnerable person, or to provide emergency assistance,

(f)to donate blood,

(g)to attend work or to provide voluntary or charitable services, where it is not reasonably possible for that person to work, or to provide those services, from the place where they normally live or where their linked household normally lives,

(h)to attend a funeral,

(i)to visit a burial ground to pay respects to a member of the person’s household, family member or friend,

(j)to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings,

(k)to provide or access critical public services, including—

(i)youth services or educational facilities (where these are available to a child or young person in relation to whom that person is the parent of, or has parental responsibility for or care of, the child),

(ii)childcare provided by a person registered in accordance with the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 or any childcare provided free of charge,

(iii)social care services,

(iv)services provided by the Department for Communities,

(v)services provided to victims (such as victims of crime),

(vi)services provided by a district council or other public body, including household waste or recycling centres,

(l)in relation to children who do not live in the same household as their parents, or one of their parents, to continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children, and for the purposes of this paragraph, “parent” includes a person who is not a parent of the child, but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, the child,

(m)in the case of a minister of religion or belief leader, to go to their place of worship or place where they practice their beliefs,

(n)to move house and to undertake associated activities for that purpose, including visiting estate agents, viewing properties and making arrangements for removals,

(o)to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm,

(p)to attend a place of worship or place where a person practices their beliefs,

(q)to take part in an outdoor gathering or activity,

(r)to attend to the care or welfare of animals, including to access animal care or welfare services, including boarding, stabling, grooming, exercising, sitting or training animals,

(s)to attend or participate in a marriage or civil partnership ceremony,

(t)in the case of an elite athlete or the parent of an elite athlete who is under the age of 18, for the purpose of a sporting event as permitted by Regulation 5B,

(u)to visit another person’s private dwelling, either alone or accompanied by others,

(v)for the purpose of staying overnight as permitted by Regulation 6A,

(w)to take part in, or assist with, a sporting event in an indoor or outdoor sports facility as permitted by Regulation 5B,

(x)to obtain basic necessities, including food and medical supplies for those in the same household, or

(y)to access library services as permitted by Regulation 4DE.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the place where a person normally lives includes those premises along with any garden, yard, passage, stair, garage, outhouse or other appurtenance of such premises.

(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any person who is homeless..

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