The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Requirement to close premises and businesses during the emergency period

4.—(1) A person responsible for carrying on a business which is listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 must, during the emergency period—

(a) close any premises, or part of the premises, in which food or drink are sold for consumption on those premises;

(b) cease selling food or drink for consumption on its premises (but if the business sells food and drink for consumption off the premises it may continue to do so subject to regulation 6(1)).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), food or drink sold by a hotel or other accommodation as part of room service is not to be treated as being sold for consumption on its premises.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), an area adjacent to the premises of the business where seating is made available for customers of the business (whether or not by the business) is to be treated as part of the premises of that business.

(4) A person responsible for carrying on a business or providing a service which is listed in Part 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 must, during the emergency period, cease to carry on that business or to provide that service.

(5) But paragraph (4) does not prevent the use of—

(a) premises used for the businesses or services listed in paragraphs 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 or 18 of Part 2 to broadcast (without an audience) a performance (whether over the internet or as part of a radio or television broadcast);

(b) any suitable premises used for the businesses or services listed in Part 2 or 3 of that Schedule to provide, upon the request of the Welsh Ministers or a local authority, urgent public services (including the provision of food or other support for the homeless or vulnerable persons, blood donation sessions or support in an emergency);

(c) premises used as a museum, gallery or library, or for providing archive services, for the provision of information or other services—

(i) through a website, or otherwise by on-line communication,

(ii) by telephone, including orders by text message, or

(iii) by post.

(6) If a business listed in Schedule 1 (“business A”) forms part of a larger business (“business B”), the person responsible for carrying on business B complies with the requirement in paragraph (1) or (4) if it closes down business A.