Prohibition on organising eventsE+W
4.—[[(1) No person may, without a reasonable excuse, be involved in organising an event [held to any extent indoors.]]
(1A) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person working, or providing voluntary services, in relation to the holding of an event is not to be treated as attending the event.]
[(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person involved in organising—
(a)an event held at a private dwelling at which people do not participate in a gathering in contravention of [regulation 37(2)];
(b)an event authorised by the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 5;
(c)a solemnisation of a marriage, formation of a civil partnership or an alternative wedding ceremony;
(d)a funeral;
(e)[a gathering at regulated premises], to—
(i)celebrate a solemnisation of a marriage, formation of a civil partnership or alternative wedding ceremony that took place on or after [1 December 2021];
(ii)celebrate the life of a deceased person whose funeral is held on or after [1 December 2021];
(f)a regulated gathering that takes place to any extent indoors and at which—
(i)no more than 30 people are in attendance, ... and
(ii)no alcohol is consumed;
(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(h)a regulated gathering ... for the development or well-being of children (including sports, music and other recreational activities such as those provided for children outside of school hours and during school holidays).
[(i)an event that is held at regulated premises, other than at holiday or travel accommodation, and at which—
(i)no more than 6 people are in attendance, or
(ii)all of the people in attendance are members of the same household;
(j)an event that is any of the following, where it is held in premises ordinarily used for that purpose—
(i)the showing of a film,
(ii)an entertainment performance where no more than 200 people are in attendance ...,
(iii)a market, or
(iv)a religious service;
(k)an elite sporting event at which the only people present are elite athletes and persons working or providing voluntary services for the event;
(l). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(m). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]]
[(2A) In determining, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the number of persons in attendance at an event, no account is to be taken of—
(a)any children under the age of 11,
(b)the carer of any person in attendance, or
(c)any person working, or providing voluntary services, at the event.]
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)a person is not involved in organising an event if the person's only involvement is attending it;
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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