Coronavirus Act 2020

Procedure

31 (1) Before issuing a direction under this Part of this Schedule, the Welsh Ministers must have regard to any relevant advice given to the Welsh Ministers by—

(a) the Chief Medical Officer or one of the Deputy Chief Medical Officers for Wales, or

(b) a director of, or senior clinician working within, Public Health Wales.

(2) Where a direction imposes prohibitions, requirements or restrictions on a person specified by name, the direction—

(a) must be given in writing to that person, and

(b) may be published in such manner as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate to bring it to the attention of other persons who may be affected by it.

(3) In any other case, the direction must be published in such manner as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate to bring it to the attention of persons who may be affected by it.

(4) Where the Welsh Ministers vary or revoke a direction which imposes prohibitions, requirements or restrictions on a person specified by name, notice of the variation or revocation—

(a) must be given in writing to that person, and

(b) may be published in such manner as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate to bring it to the attention of other persons who may be affected by it.

(5) Where the Welsh Ministers vary or revoke any other direction, notice of the variation or revocation must be published in such manner as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate to bring it to the attention of persons who may be affected by the variation or revocation.

(6) In this paragraph “Public Health Wales” means the Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust as established by the Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust (Establishment Order) 2009 (S.I. 2009/2058 (W.177)).