13. After Regulation 5A insert-
5B.—(1) A person must not attend a sporting event as a spectator.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), 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
(c)the participants consist of an individual and their carer or carers.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), 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;
(c)all of the participants are members of one household or one linked household; or
(d)the participants consist of an individual and their carer or carers.
(4) A person must not organise, operate or participate in a sporting event in the period ending at 12.01a.m on 2 January 2021, with the exception of
(a)training by elite athletes between the hours of 6.00a.m and 8.00p.m,
(b)exercise taken by an individual and their carer or carers, or
(c)exercise taken together by members of one household or one linked household.
(5) 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.
5C.—(1) A household (“the first household”) may choose to be linked with one other household (“the second household”), provided that—
(a)neither the first household nor the second household are linked with any other household for the purpose of these regulations, and
(b)all the adult members of each household agree.
(2) The first and second households are a “linked household” in relation to each other.
(3) Once the first and second households have ceased being linked households, neither the first household nor the second household may be linked with any other household unless it is reasonable to do so for caring or welfare purposes and provided that at least ten days has expired since the household ceased to be a part of a previous linked household.
(4) In the period commencing at 12.01a.m on 23 December 2020 and ending at 11.59p.m on 27 December 2020 three households not including a linked household, or two households and one linked household, may choose to be linked with one another to form a “Christmas linked household” provided that—
(a)none of the households concerned is already part of a Christmas linked household, and
(b)all the adult members of each household agree.”