The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022

Title and coming into force

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations come into force at 6.00 a.m. on 28 January 2022.

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—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) under the “Step 2” heading, omit “and Step 4”;

(ii) omit—

“Take all reasonable measures to ensure—

(a) that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between any persons indoors on the premises, except between members of a permitted group;

(b) where persons are required to wait indoors to enter the premises, that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between them, except between members of a permitted group.

Step 4”;

(b) omit paragraph (1A);

(c) omit paragraph (3)(ba);

(d) omit paragraph (4A).

(3) Omit regulations 16ZA and 16ZB.

(4) In regulation 16A(1), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) that, for medical reasons, the person—

(i) cannot complete a course of doses of an authorised vaccine, and

(ii) cannot undertake a qualifying test.”

(5) Omit Part 4B.

(6) In regulation 20—

(a) in paragraph (1), after “permitted access” insert “, other than premises where food or drink is sold, or otherwise provided, for consumption on the premises”;

(b) omit paragraph (3)(h).

(7) In regulation 26, omit “, 16ZA(1), 16ZB”.

(8) In regulation 37, omit paragraph (2).

(9) Omit regulation 42A.

(10) In Schedule 5, in column 3 of the table in paragraph 1, for “Alert Level 2” substitute “No alert level”.

Mark Drakeford

First Minister, one of the Welsh Ministers

At 2.57 p.m. on 27 January 2022