A further Regulation signed, and taking effect, yesterday did not appear online until after I had written the earlier explainer: so 23 April Supplemental!
The Prohibitions on Movement (Amendment no.3) Regulations amend the principal Regulations restricting individual freedom of movement. It will be recalled that a general prohibition on movement under the Prohibitions on Movement Regulations noted here, have a list of exceptions allowing people without symptoms to leave their home, detailed under reg.5. The Amendment revises these on a number of specific, but significant points: (1) leaving the house for shopping does not need to be for purchase of “basic necessities” (amending reg.5(1)(b)), and a visit to take waste to a civic amenity site is now also permitted (adding new reg.5(1)(ba)); (2) leaving the house for exercise no longer needs to be for “one form of exercise per day”, but instead is permitted in order to undertake “exercise or leisure activity” (amending reg.5(1)(c)), leisure activity excluding sporting activities with people outside the household, and activity in an unmoored vessel (amending reg.3), and requiring that the activity is undertaken, as far as reasonably practicable, with a 2m separation from people who are not a member of that household (amending reg.3(3)); (3) the existing ground of caring for an adult who would otherwise suffer avoidable harm is now supplemented by providing assistance for an immediate family member not in the household, providing that there is no entry to their property (adding new reg.5(1)(fa)); (4) the existing ground of attending a funeral is now supplemented by visiting a grave (amending reg.5(1)(g)). The Regulation is not exclusively about easing the restrictions however, with a new, clarifying, rule that members of different houses may not share private transport or a taxi (new reg.3(7) ).
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