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5B.—(1) A person must not attend a sporting event as a spectator.
(2) Subject to [F2paragraph (4)], a person must not organise, operate or participate in an indoor sporting event unless-
(a)all of the participating athletes are elite athletes; or
(b)the sporting event is for the purpose of physical education in or for a school or schools; or
F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) Subject to [F4paragraph (4)], a person must not organise, operate or participate in an outdoor sporting event unless-
(a)all of the participating athletes are elite athletes;
(b)the sporting event is for the purpose of physical education in or for a school or schools;
[F5(c)the number of participants does not exceed two and the purpose is exercise but not training; or
(d)all of the participants are members of one household and any linked household.]
[F6(4)] A person must not organise, operate or participate in a professional league or professional competition that has not commenced prior to 18 December 2020; for the purposes of these Regulations a professional league or professional competition has commenced if fixtures have taken place.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 5B, 5C inserted (25.12.2020 at midnight) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 24) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/356), regs. 1(2), 13
F2Words in reg. 5B(2) substituted (7.1.2021 at midnight) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/3), regs. 1(2), 13
F3Reg. 5B(2)(c) omitted (29.12.2020 at 7.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 25) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/358), regs. 1(2), 2(7)
F4Words in reg. 5B(3) substituted (7.1.2021 at midnight) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/3), regs. 1(2), 13
F5Reg. 5B(3)(c)(d) inserted (7.1.2021 at midnight) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/3), regs. 1(2), 14
F6Reg. 5B(4) omitted and existing reg. 5B(5) renumbered as reg. 5B(4) (7.1.2021 at midnight) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/3), regs. 1(2), 15
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