The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Specific measures applicable to licensed premisesE+W

17.—[F1(1) Where regulation 16(1) applies to a person responsible for premises authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises, the measures to be taken by the responsible person include (but are not limited to)—

(a)having a person controlling entry to the premises [F2, apart from in cinemas, sports grounds and theatres] F3...;

(b)requiring customers to be seated in the premises in any place other than at a bar—

(i)when ordering food or drink,

(ii)when being served with food or drink, and

(iii)when consuming food or drink.]

(3) But where food is provided at the premises on a buffet basis, customers may select food from the buffet and return to where they are seated.

(4) Paragraph [F4(1)] does not apply to—

(a)workplace canteens, or

(b)premises in an educational establishment.

[F5(4A) Sub-paragraphs (b)(i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) do not apply in relation to—

(a)customers at—

(i)cinemas,

(ii)sports grounds, or

(iii)theatres,

where those customers are normally seated at the premises (other than when ordering food or drink or being served with food or drink) for the showing of a film, a live sporting event or a live theatrical performance, or

(b)persons attending a regulated gathering or event that is held outdoors.

(4B) For the purpose of paragraph (4A), a “live” sporting event or theatrical performance is one the customer is witnessing other than by means of a broadcast.]

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a)food or drink sold in holiday or travel accommodation as part of room service is not to be treated as being sold for consumption on the premises;

(b)food or drink sold for consumption in an area adjacent to the premises where seating is made available for customers is to be treated as being sold for consumption on the premises.

(6) Where regulated premises not authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises allow customers to consume their own alcohol on the premises, paragraphs (1) to (4) apply to those premises as they apply to premises that are authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises.

Textual Amendments

F3Words in reg. 17(1)(a) omitted (26.4.2021 immediately before the start of the day) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/502), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 17 in force at 20.12.2020, see reg. 1(3)