Mutating Corona Virus

[Ethel Street]

 

2 hours ago, tobyjugg2 said:

but the latest regs say "If you do leave home for a permitted reason, you should always stay local - unless it is necessary to go further, for example to go to work. Stay local means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live."

 

That's the guidance not the law, not the Regulations.   https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home  It also says "exercise with your household (or support bubble) or one other person, this should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area."

 

The Regulations just say "Exception 1 is that it is reasonably necessary for the person concerned (“P”) to leave or be outside the place where P is living (“P’s home”) ...  (c) to take exercise outside ....[alone or with defined other people]".  No mention of local area or once a day.

 

I'd guess that police forces trying to apply that Regulation to prevent people travelling to exercise are interpreting it as meaning "is it reasonably necessary for you to have travelled to here to exercise?"

Edited January 8, 2021 by Ethel Street