The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (revoked)

[F1 3.— (1) No person may, without a reasonable excuse, stay overnight at any place other than the place where they [F2 normally live or where their linked household normally lives]; N.I.

(2) For the purposes of (1), a reasonable excuse includes the need where reasonably necessary—

(a) to access medical or hospital services;

(b) to travel for the purposes of work or to provide voluntary or charitable services, where it is not reasonably possible for that person to work, or to provide those services, from the place where they are living;

(c) to attend a funeral of a member of the person’s household, a close family member or a friend;

(d) to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings;

(e) to access critical public services, including social services, childcare or educational facilities (where these are available to a child in relation to whom that person is the parent, or has parental responsibility for, or care of the child);

(f) to access services provided to victims (such as victims of crime);

(g) in the case of a minister of religion or worship leader, to go to their place of worship;

(h) to move house where reasonably necessary;

(i) to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm.

(j) to stay elsewhere overnight if unable to return to their private dwelling due to an emergency.

(3) Unless [F3 sub-paragraph (4)] applies—

(a) no person may participate in a gathering indoors in a private dwelling which consists of persons from more than one household;

(b) no person may participate in a gathering outdoors at a private dwelling which consists of more than six persons (not including children aged 12 or under) and which consists of persons from more than two households;

(4) This sub-paragraph applies where—

(a) all the persons in the gathering are members of two households which are linked households in relation to each other and the gathering consists of no more than ten persons; or

(b) the gathering is for the purpose of—

(i) childcare provided by a person registered in accordance with the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 or any childcare provided free of charge;

(ii) building or maintenance works or the provision of the services of any trade or profession (but not a close contact service) at the private dwelling;

(iii) the provision of care or assistance, including social services, to a vulnerable person;

(iv) giving or receiving legal advice or assistance or fulfilling a legal obligation;

(v) the provision of emergency or medical assistance to any person;

(vi) a marriage or a civil partnership where a party to the marriage or civil partnership is seriously ill and death in consequence of that illness can reasonably be expected within six months of the date of the ceremony, provided that the gathering consists of no more than ten persons;

(vii) to move house and to undertake associated activities for that purpose, including viewing properties and making arrangements for removals; or

(viii) the removal of the remains of a deceased person to the private dwelling.

(5) For the purposes of this paragraph “private dwelling” shall include a static caravan [F4 , privately owned holiday accommodation, a self-catering establishment and guest accommodation].]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 substituted (16.10.2020 at 10.30 p.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 9) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/224), regs. 1(2), 3(5)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1) substituted (26.11.2020 at 23.59) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 17) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/287), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(3) substituted (18.10.2020 at 9.30 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 10) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/225), regs. 1(2), 2(4)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(5) substituted (29.10.2020 at 3.30 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 11) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/232), regs. 1(2), 2(1)