2020 No. 1022 (W. 227)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport etc.) Regulations 2020
Approved by Senedd Cymru
Made
Laid before Senedd Cymru
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1) and (3)(c), 45F(2) and 45P of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 F1.
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.
The Welsh Ministers consider that the amendments made by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.
In accordance with section 45R of that Act the Welsh Ministers are of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make this instrument without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.
Title and coming into forceI11
The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport etc.) Regulations 2020 and they come into force at 6.00 p.m. on 22 September 2020.
Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2020I22
1
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2020 F2 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 14, after paragraph (2) insert—
2A
It is also a reasonable excuse for no more than 6 people to gather in (any) premises indoors where all the persons in the gathering—
a
live in the same premises, and
b
share toilet, washing, dining or cooking facilities with each other.
3
In regulation 14C, in the Welsh language text, in both places it occurs (including in the heading), for “leol” substitute
“
lleol
”
.
4
In Schedule 4A—
a
in paragraph 1, after paragraph (b) insert—
c
Blaenau Gwent County Borough;
d
Bridgend County Borough;
e
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough;
f
the City and County Borough of Newport.
b
immediately before paragraph 7, omit the heading (“PART 3”) and the sub-heading below it (“Restrictions applying only in respect of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough”);
c
in paragraph 7—
i
insert the following as a heading— “
Restrictions on licensed premises
”
ii
in sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a), for “Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough” substitute “
a local health protection area
”
;
iii
for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—
2
Sub-paragraph (1)—
a
does not allow the licensed premises to be open in contravention of an authorisation granted or given in respect of the premises;
b
does not prevent the sale or supply of alcohol by a hotel or other accommodation as part of room service.
iv
in sub-paragraph (3)(a) for “are premises” substitute “means a public house, bar (including a bar in a members' club, hotel or other accommodation), café or restaurant (including a restaurant or dining room in a members' club, hotel or other accommodation)”.
1984 c. 22. Sections 45C, 45F and 45P were inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14). The functions under these sections are conferred on “the appropriate Minister”. Under section 45T(6) of the 1984 Act the appropriate Minister, as respects Wales, is the Welsh Ministers.