The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Restrictions on licenced and unlicenced premisesN.I.

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5.—[F1(1) A person responsible for carrying on a business or a members’ club which sells or provides food or drink (whether or not including intoxicating liquor) for consumption on the premises [F2(other than premises to which paragraph (3) [F3or regulation 4] applies)]—

F4(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(d)at an event to celebrate a marriage or civil partnership—

(i)must take reasonable steps to ensure that the number of persons (not including children aged 12 or under) seated at any one table is no more than ten; but

(ii)no limit shall apply to the number who may be seated at the table at which the married couple or civil partners are seated;

(da)other than in relation to an event to celebrate a marriage or civil partnership, must take reasonable steps to ensure that the number of persons (not including children aged 12 or under) seated at any one table is no more than—

(i)six if those persons are from more than one household, or

(ii)ten if those persons are from one household or one bubble.]

(e)must comply with the duty in regulation 15 (Visitor and Attendee Information) and the duty in regulation 17 (Requirement in relation to social distancing);

(f)must not permit on the premises—

(i)dancing; or

(ii)the provision of music, whether live or recorded, for dancing; or

F6(iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F7(fa)subparagraphs (f)(i) and (ii) shall not apply to a single dance by the married couple or civil partners at an event to celebrate their marriage or civil partnership, provided that the music F8... is played at a volume which enables others to conduct conversation at normal loudness of speech;]

F9(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h)must carry out a risk assessment which complies with the requirements of regulation 9(5)(a) and which determines—

(i)the maximum number of persons who may be seated in each part of the premises; and

(ii)the volume at which any F10... music will be played so as to enable visitors to conduct conversation at normal loudness of speech;

(i)must retain the risk assessment referred to in subparagraph (h) on the premises and make it available immediately for inspection by visitors to the premises or to a relevant person on request;

(j)must take all reasonable measures to limit the risk of transmission of the coronavirus in accordance with regulation 9(5)(b);

(k)must display prominently, at each part of the premises, the maximum number of persons who may be seated in that part of the premises;

(l)[F11in a venue where intoxicating liquor is sold or provided,] must permit orders for food or drink (including intoxicating liquor) to be placed only by persons seated at a table;

(m)must not permit the consumption of food or drink (including intoxicating liquor) [F12by visitors to the premises] on the premises other than by a person seated at a table; and

[F13(n)must not permit a customer to move within the premises other than to

(i)enter or exit the premises, access a table, make a payment, access a buffet or carvery, or access and use toilet, baby changing or breast feeding facilities or a smoking area, or

(ii)visit a place where a marriage ceremony or civil partnership ceremony may lawfully take place, for the purposes of viewing the facilities, provided that the gathering includes no more than four visitors and one member of staff of the place and that there is no more than one such visit at any one time.]]

[F14(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(l) shall not apply in relation to food ordered by visitors selecting their food from a buffet or carvery.]

[F15(3) (a) This paragraph applies to premises which are specified in an occasional licence granted under article 30 of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and which are wholly or mainly outdoors.

(b)A person responsible for carrying on a business or a members’ club at premises to which this paragraph applies must –

(i)carry out a risk assessment which complies with the requirements of regulation 9(5)(a);

(ii)retain the risk assessment referred to in head (i) on the premises and make it available immediately for inspection by visitors to the premises or to a relevant person on request; F16...

(iii)take all reasonable measures to limit the risk of transmission of the coronavirus in accordance with regulation 9(5)(b) [F17;]

[F18(iv)require audience members to obtain a ticket in advance of attending an event; and

(v)comply with the duty in regulation 15 (Visitor and Attendee Information).]]

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