Title and coming into force

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 30 January 2021.

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

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

(2) In regulation 16(4)(a), omit “and by Part II of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997”.

(3) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (4), after “1 extended household” insert “at any one time”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (6), in the English language text, for “being in” substitute “part of” in both places it occurs;

(c) in sub-paragraph (7)—

(i) in the English language text, for “being in” substitute “part of” in both places it occurs;

(ii) after “any other household” insert “unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with any member of another household in reliance on being treated as part of an extended household with that household”.

(4) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (4), after “1 extended household” insert “at any one time”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5)  Where a household has agreed to be treated as an extended household with other households under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (“the previous extended household”), it may make an agreement under this paragraph only with those other households, unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with a member of those households in reliance on being treated as part of the previous extended household. ”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (7), in the English language text, for “being in” substitute “part of” in both places it occurs;

(d) in sub-paragraph (8)—

(i) in the English language text, for “being in” substitute “part of” in both places it occurs;

(ii) after “any other household” insert “unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with any member of another household in reliance on being treated as part of an extended household with that household”.

(5) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3—

(a) in sub-paragraph (4), after “1 extended household” insert “at any one time”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5)  Where a household has agreed to be treated as an extended household with other households under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (“the previous extended household”), it may make an agreement under this paragraph only with those other households, unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with a member of those households in reliance on being treated as part of the previous extended household. ”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (7), in the English language text, for “being in” substitute “part of” in both places it occurs;

(d) in sub-paragraph (8)—

(i) in the English language text, for “being in” substitute “part of” in both places it occurs;

(ii) after “any other household” insert “unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with any member of another household in reliance on being treated as part of an extended household with that household”.

(6) In Schedule 4—

(a) in paragraph 1(4)(f)—

(i) in paragraph (ii), omit “or” in the second place it occurs;

(ii) in paragraph (iii), for “;” substitute “, or”;

(iii) after paragraph (iii) insert—

“(iv) with 1 other person who is not a member of the person’s household or extended household or the person’s carer, and any children under the age of 11 who are members of either person’s household; ”;

(b) in paragraph 2(4), at the end insert—

“(i) exercising outdoors, except in a private dwelling, with—

(i) members of the person’s extended household, or

(ii) 1 other person and any children under the age of 11 who are members of either person’s household,

together with any carer of a person participating who is present. ”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) in sub-paragraph (3), after “1 extended household” insert “at any one time”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (4), in the words after paragraph (b)(ii)—

(aa) before “an agreement” insert “(“the previous extended household”), ”;

(bb) after “other households” insert “unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the single adult household last participated in a gathering with a member of those households in reliance on being treated as part of the previous extended household”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (5), in the English language text, for “being in” substitute “part of” in both places it occurs;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (6)—

(aa) in the English language text, for “being in” substitute “part of” in both places it occurs;

(bb) after “any other household” insert “unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with any member of another household in reliance on being treated as part of an extended household with that household”;

(d) after paragraph 62 insert—

“62A.   Automatic car washes. ”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Part 2A of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 enables the Welsh Ministers, by regulations, to make provision for the purpose of preventing, protecting against, controlling or providing a public health response to the incidence or spread of infection or contamination in Wales.

These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wales.

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. 2020/1609 (W. 335)) (“the Restrictions Regulations”) to—

(a) permit a person living in an Alert Level 4 area (which currently includes the whole of Wales) to leave the place where they are living to exercise with 1 other person (this is in addition to the existing provision which permits a person to leave their home to exercise with a member of the person’s household or extended household or the person’s carer);

(b) provide that automatic car washes may continue to be open in an Alert Level 4 area;

(c) in all Alert Levels, permit a household that has ceased to be treated as part of an extended household to form a new extended household, provided that at least 10 days have passed since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with a member of any other household in the previous extended household;

(d) make consequential and other minor changes to ensure consistency with the new provisions.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared as to the likely cost and benefit of complying with these Regulations.