>>The Government has published a list of what constitutes a Reasonable" excuses for travel. If your excuse is not on the then you get a ticket.
That is not what the law says. The law permits a reasonable excuse.
Even the list on gov.uk does not purport to be exhaustive.
Further reasonable excuses
There are further reasonable excuses. For example, you may leave home to fulfil legal obligations, or to carry out activities related to buying, selling, letting or renting a residential property, for the purpose of picketing, or where it is reasonably necessary for voting in an election or referendum. See guidance on campaigning during the national lockdown. This applies to anyone campaigning for electoral events.
The above says "for example" not "i.e." There is a good reason that the list is not exhaustive and exclusive which is that it is impossible to list all conceivable circumstances in which leaving home might be justified. Looking at the list, the inclusion of things such as picketing, religious nuttery and house hunting would lead me to think that taking a doctor to a hospital to work would be reasonable.
They were lazy jobsworths doing a bit of 'work' with as little effort as possible before going for donuts (is my theory).
Last edited by: Manatee on Sun 7 Feb 21 at 14:50
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