[F14B.—(1) A person responsible for the organisation or operation of [F2a venue] at which intoxicating liquor may be consumed must ensure that—

(a)any person visiting the premises to consume food or drink on the premises is provided with a seat at a table immediately on entering the premises;

(b)orders for food or drink are taken from visitors only at the table at which they are seated in accordance with subparagraph (a);

(c)[F3persons visiting the premises to consume food or drink] move within the premises only to enter the premises, reach the table at which they are to be seated in accordance with paragraph (a), access toilet facilities [F4, access a smoking area] or leave the premises;

(d)food and drink are consumed by visitors only at the table at which they are seated in accordance with subparagraph (a); and

(e)no more than six persons (not including children aged 12 or under) are seated at any one table (unless those seated at a table comprise a single household), and persons from no more than two households are seated at any one table.

(2) Subparagraph (1)(e) is modified in relation to an event to celebrate a marriage or civil partnership as follows—

  • a person responsible for the organisation or operation of [F5a venue] at which intoxicating liquor may be consumed must ensure that no more than ten persons (not including children aged 12 or under) are seated at any one table, not including the table at which the parties to the wedding or civil partnership are seated at which no limit is placed on persons who may be seated.

(3) A person responsible for the organisation or operation of [F6a venue] at which intoxicating liquor may be consumed F7... must provide facilities for visitors to sanitise their hands on or before entering the premises.

(4) Where [F8a venue] at which intoxicating liquor may be consumed provides food on a buffet basis, subparagraphs 1(b) and 1(c) shall not apply and in such a case a person responsible for that venue must ensure that—

(a)[F9persons visiting the premises to consume food or drink] move within the premises only to enter the premises, reach the table at which they are to be seated in accordance with subparagraph (a), select food from the buffet, access toilet facilities [F10, access a smoking area] or leave the premises; and

(b)visitors maintain a distance of two metres between households when selecting food from the buffet.

(5) A person responsible for the organisation or operation of [F11a venue] at which intoxicating liquor may be consumed must ensure that all seats provided for the use of visitors to those premises are situated at least two metres from any bar used wholly or partly as a bar for the service of food or drink, unless there is a partition on the bar between visitors and staff of the relevant hospitality premises.

[F12(6) Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit

(a)anything done for the purpose of enabling any person to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm, or to provide emergency or medical assistance to any person, or

(b)a resident of a hotel or guesthouse from moving within a venue to access any services of the hotel or guesthouse.]]

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