The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2020

2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2020(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1—

(a) in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) “elite athlete” means an individual designated as such for the purposes of these Regulations by the Sports Council for Wales;”

(b) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) For the purposes of the definition of “elite athlete” in paragraph (3)—

(a) an individual is designated by the Sports Council for Wales only if the individual has been nominated for designation by a relevant sporting body and the Council has accepted the nomination, and

(b) “relevant sporting body” means the national governing body of a sport which may nominate athletes to represent—

(i) Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic or Paralympic Games, or

(ii) Wales at the Commonwealth Games.

(5) For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a) there is a gathering when two or more people are in the same place in order to do something together, and

(b) premises are indoors if they are enclosed or substantially enclosed within the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) Regulations 2007(2).”

(3) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “6(1)” substitute “6(2)”;

(b) in paragraph (5), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) premises for training for elite athletes, including skating rinks, swimming pools, indoor fitness studios, gyms, indoor leisure centres and other sports facilities (whether indoors or outdoors);”.

(4) For regulation 6 substitute—

“General restriction on shops and certain other businesses and services

6.— (1) Paragraph (2) applies—

(a) to a person (“P”) responsible for carrying on a business, or providing a service, listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1, and

(b) in respect of any premises where the business is carried on or the service is provided.

(2) P must take all reasonable measures to ensure—

(a) that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between any persons on the premises (except between two members of the same household, or a carer and the person assisted by the carer),

(b) that persons are only admitted to the premises in sufficiently small numbers to make it possible to maintain that distance, and

(c) that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between persons waiting to enter the premises (except between two members of the same household, or a carer and the person assisted by the carer).”

(5) In regulation 6A(2), omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “or” before it.

(6) In regulation 7—

(a) in paragraph (2)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (aa) substitute—

“(za) for the solemnization of a marriage or formation of a civil partnership,”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) for prayer by—

(i) an individual,

(ii) members of the same household, or

(iii) an individual and the individual’s carer,

which does not form part of communal worship,”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) omit “allowed by sub-paragraph (aa)”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “urgent” and the words after “public services” to the end;

(b) in paragraph (5)(a) omit “urgent” and the words after “public services” to the end.

(7) In regulation 7A(1), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) regulation 6(2),”.

(8) In regulation 8—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “be indoors” substitute “gather in indoor premises”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) obtain goods or services from any business or service listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1;”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (g) insert—

“(ga) where the person is an elite athlete, train or compete;”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (i) omit the words “, where a party to the marriage or civil partnership is seriously ill and not expected to recover”;

(iv) after sub-paragraph (l) insert—

“(la) vote in an election (including in an election being held outside Wales), where it is not reasonably practicable to vote by post, by proxy or by other similar means;”;

(v) for sub-paragraph (q) substitute—

“(q) move home;

(qa) prepare a residential property for persons to move in;

(qb) undertake the following activities in connection with the purchase, sale, letting or rental of unoccupied residential property—

(i) visiting estate or letting agents, developer sales offices or show homes;

(ii) viewing such a property;”

(c) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), it is not a reasonable excuse for a person to leave, or remain away from, the area local to the place where the person is living—

(a) to obtain goods or services from a business or service listed in paragraphs 50 to 54 of Schedule 1;

(b) to do anything else if it would be reasonably practicable for the person to do that thing within the area.”;

(d) after paragraph (5), insert—

“(6) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(qb), a property is treated as unoccupied if no person occupies the property as a residence.”.

(9) In regulation 8B—

(a) in sub-paragraph (c) after “funeral” insert “, marriage or formation of a civil partnership”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (d)(i) insert—

“(ia) for elite athletes to train or compete;”.

(10) In Schedule 1—

(a) omit paragraph 12;

(b) in paragraph 21, omit “, sports courts”;

(c) omit paragraphs 22 and 23;

(d) after paragraph 48 insert—

“49.   Estate or letting agents, developer sales offices and show homes.

50.   Car dealerships.

51.   Outdoor markets.

52.   Betting shops.

53.   Indoor shopping centres and indoor shopping arcades.

54.   Any other business or premises offering goods or services for sale or hire in a shop.”

(1)

S.I. 2020/353 (W. 80) as amended by the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/399 (W. 88)), the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/452 (W. 102)), the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/497 (W. 118)), the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/529 (W. 124)) and the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/557 (W. 129)).

(2)

S.I. 2007/787 (W. 68)