2020 No. 1477 (W. 316)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Restrictions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Wales) 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 45B, 45C(1) and (3)(c), 45F(2) and 45P(2) 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 restrictions and requirements imposed 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, coming into force and interpretationI11
1
The title of these Regulations is the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Restrictions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2020.
2
These Regulations come into force on 10 December 2020.
Amendment of the International Travel RegulationsI22
In the International Travel Regulations—
a
in the following places, for “14” substitute “
10
”
i
regulation 3(1)(b)(ii);
ii
regulation 7(1)(b)(ii);
iii
regulation 8(1)(b);
iv
Schedule 1, paragraph 2(ia);
v
Schedule 2, paragraphs 2(1)(a), 3(1)(b), 4(a), and 38(2)(c);
b
in regulation 10(4), after paragraph (e) insert—
ea
where P is a child who does not live in the same household as P's parents, or one of P's parents, to continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, P and P's parents, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, “parent” includes a person who is not a parent of P, but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, P;
c
in regulation 12, for “14 days beginning with” substitute “
10 days beginning with the day after
”
.
Transitional provision in connection with regulation 2I33
1
Paragraph (2) applies where, immediately before 10 December 2020—
a
a person (“P”) was subject to an isolation requirement, and
b
P's last day of isolation would, but for paragraph (2), be 10 December 2020 or later.
2
Regulation 12 of the International Travel Regulations applies to P as if for “14 days beginning with” there were substituted
“
10 days beginning with the day after
”
.
3
In paragraph (1)—
a
“isolation requirement” has the meaning given by regulation 10(2) of the International Travel Regulations, and
b
the reference to P's last day of isolation is to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 12 of those Regulations.
Amendment of the No. 4 RegulationsF44
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Transitional provision in connection with regulation 4F55
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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.