Further restrictions and closures during the emergency periodN.I.

4.—[F1(1) A person responsible for providing library services must, during the emergency period—

(a)cease to do so, except by providing services in response to orders or enquiries received—

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

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

(iii)by post;

(b)close any premises which are not required to provide its services as permitted by sub-paragraph (a);

(c)cease to admit any person to its premises who is not required to provide its services as permitted by sub-paragraph (a).

(2) During the emergency period, a person responsible for carrying on a business listed in Part 3 of Schedule 2 may offer goods for sale or for hire in a shop, but may not provide a service listed in [F2paragraph 13] of Part 2 of Schedule 2.]

F3(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) A person who is responsible for a place of worship must ensure that, during the emergency period, the place of worship is closed, except for uses permitted in paragraph (6).

(6) A place of worship may be used—

(a)for funerals,

(b)to broadcast an act of worship, whether over the internet or as part of a radio or television broadcast, or

(c)to provide essential voluntary services or urgent public support services [F4upon the request of the Department of Health] (including the provision of food banks or other support for the homeless or vulnerable people, blood donation sessions or support in an emergency).

[F5(d)to solemnise a marriage or conduct a baptism]

[F6(e)for acts of private worship;

(f)to broadcast (by way of loudspeaker or radio) an act of worship to worshippers who are present in a vehicle parked on the premises, subject to the person responsible for the place of worship taking all reasonable measures to ensure that—

(i)all those who attend for this purpose remain inside the vehicle in which they arrived at the premises for the duration of the service; and

(ii)the occupants of each vehicle are members of the same household.]

F7(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8(h)to provide childcare by a person who is registered in accordance with Part XI of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.]

[F9(i)to hold religious services or meetings]

[F10(7) A person who is responsible for a community centre must ensure that, during the emergency period, the community centre is closed except where it is used to provide—

(a)essential voluntary activities or urgent public support services upon the request of the Department of Health (including the provision of food banks or other support for the homeless or vulnerable people, blood donation sessions or support in an emergency); or

(b)childcare provided by a person who is registered in accordance with Part XI of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.]

(8) A person who is responsible for a crematorium F11... must ensure that, during the emergency period, the crematorium F11... is closed to members of the public, except for funerals F11....

(9) If a business referred to in paragraph (1) or (3) (“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 (3) to cease to carry on its business if it ceases to carry on business A.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 4 in operation at 28.3.2020, see reg. 1(1)