The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

    2. 2.Review of the need for restrictions or requirements

  3. PART 2 RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO PREMISES ETC.

    1. 3.Requirement to close premises

    2. 4. Restrictions on theatres, concert halls , conference and exhibition venues and other indoor venues

    3. 5.Restrictions on licenced and unlicenced premises

    4. 6.Restrictions on tourist accommodation

    5. 7.Restrictions on take-away food businesses

    6. 8.Restrictions on Libraries

  4. PART 3 RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO GATHERINGS AND EVENTS

    1. 9.Restrictions on gatherings

    2. 10.Restrictions on raves and large house parties

    3. 11.Restrictions on sporting events

    4. 12.Restriction on gatherings: private dwellings

  5. PART 4 RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT ETC.

    1. 13.Overnight stays

    2. 14.Restrictions on movement

  6. PART 5 REQUIREMENTS ETC.

    1. 15.Visitor and Attendee Information

    2. 15A.(1) This regulation applies to a person responsible for organising...

    3. 16.Restrictions on close contact services

  7. PART 5A REQUIREMENTS: ENTRY AND PRESENCE ON PREMISES ETC

    1. 16A.Interpretation of this Part

    2. 16B.Qualifying individual

    3. 16C.Supporting evidence

    4. 16D.Event subject to this Part

    5. 16E.Premises subject to this Part

    6. 16F.Requirements: entry to premises and attendance at events

    7. 16G.Requirements: written statement

    8. 17.Requirement in relation to social distancing

    9. 18.Enforcement Officers and Premises Improvement Notices

    10. 19.Linked Households

  8. PART 6 ENFORCEMENT

    1. 20.Enforcement of requirement

    2. 21.Appeals against notices

    3. 22.Offences and Penalties

    4. 23.Fixed Penalty Notices

  9. PART 7 REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES ETC.

    1. 24.Effect of fixed penalty notice

    2. 25.Registration certificates

    3. 26.Registration of penalty

    4. 27.Challenge to notice

    5. 28.Setting aside of sum enforceable under regulation 26

  10. PART 8 REVOCATIONS, SAVINGS AND EXPIRY

    1. 29.Revocations

    2. 30.Savings

    3. 31.Expiry

  11. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. ... Businesses, service providers and premises subject to closure

        1. 1.(1) Nightclubs. (2) Conference halls and conference facilities, including those...

      2. PART 2 Essential retail business

        1. 2.(1) Food retailers. (2) Supermarkets, convenience stores and corner shops....

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Close contact services

      1. 1.“Close contact service” means— (a) hairdressing or barbering;

      2. 2.In this schedule “ social distancing ” means a distance...

    3. SCHEDULE 2A

      1. 1.Exempt Events

      2. 2.A drive-in event

      3. 3.A lawful picket.

      4. 4.An event on an illuminated trail or pathway.

      5. 5.Communal religious worship at a place of worship or communal...

      6. 6.An event held at an outdoor public place with no...

    4. SCHEDULE 3

      Sign to be displayed with premises improvement notice

  13. Explanatory Note