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PART 2N.I.RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO PREMISES ETC.

Requirement to close premisesN.I.

3.—(1) For the purposes of this regulation, “listed premises” and “listed businesses” means the premises and businesses listed in [F1part 1] of Schedule 1.

[F2(2) A person responsible for listed premises or a listed business must close those premises or that business.]

(3) Where listed premises or a listed business form part of larger premises or business, the person responsible for those larger premises or business complies with paragraph (1) by closing the listed premises or listed business.

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[F3[F4Restrictions on theatres, concert halls [F5, conference and exhibition venues] and other indoor venues] N.I.

[F64.—(1) This regulation applies to the following premises—

(a)theatres;

(b)concert halls; F7...

(c)indoor venues, other than private dwellings and those set out in subparagraphs (a) and (b), when used for the purpose of a performance, recording or rehearsal [F8; and]

[F9(d)venues used for the purposes of a conference or exhibition.]]

(2) A person responsible for organising or operating an indoor gathering in any venue to which this regulation applies must take reasonable steps to—

F10(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)provide F11... seating for visitors to the venue [F12unless attending an exhibition] and ensure that visitors remain in their F11... seating except as permitted by this regulation;

(c)prevent persons attending an event from moving within the premises other than to enter or exit the premises, access a seat [F13, access an exhibition stand or exhibit,] make a payment, [F14place or collect an order for food or drink (including intoxicating liquor), access a buffet or carvery, play a gaming machine, play a game such as pool, snooker or darts or dance at an event to celebrate a wedding or civil ceremony,] or access and use toilet, baby changing or breast feeding facilities or a smoking area;

(d)ensure there is no dancing by visitors to the venue [F15except at an event to celebrate a marriage or civil partnership];

(e)carry out a risk assessment which complies with the requirements of regulation 9(5)(a) and which determines the maximum number of persons who may be seated in each part of the venue;

(f)retain the risk assessment referred to in subparagraph (e) on the premises and make it available immediately for inspection by visitors to the premises or to a relevant person on request;

(g)display prominently, at each part of the venue, the maximum number of persons who may be seated in that part of the venue;

(h)limit the risk of transmission of the coronavirus in accordance with regulation 9(5)(b);

(i)comply with the duty in regulation 15 (Visitor and Attendee Information);

(j)comply with the duty in regulation 17 (Requirement in relation to social distancing) [F16except in relation to persons seated at a performance, recording or rehearsal]; F17...

F18(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F19(l). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) [F20If food or drink (whether or not including intoxicating liquor) may be consumed at premises to which this regulation applies], a person responsible for organising or operating an indoor gathering in the premises must take reasonable steps to—

F21(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F22(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)prevent the consumption of food or drink (including intoxicating liquor) [F23indoors] by visitors to the premises on the premises other than by a person seated.

(4) Sub-paragraph F24... (3)(c) does not permit the consumption of food or drink (including intoxicating liquor) by a person seated at a counter or other structure which serves the purpose of a table and which is used wholly or partly as a bar for the service of food or drink.

[F25(5) In this regulation “visitors” does not include staff of the venue, performers at the venue or organisers, speakers or presenters at a conference or exhibition at the venue.]

F26(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

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Restrictions on licenced and unlicenced premisesN.I.

5.—[F27(1) A person responsible for carrying on a business or a members’ club which sells or provides food or drink (whether or not including intoxicating liquor) for consumption on the premises [F28(other than premises to which paragraph (3) [F29or regulation 4] applies)]—

F30(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F30(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F30(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F31(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F31(da). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)must comply with the duty in regulation 15 (Visitor and Attendee Information) and the duty in regulation 17 (Requirement in relation to social distancing);

(f)must not permit on the premises—

(i)dancing [F32except at an event to celebrate a wedding or civil partnership]; or

(ii)the provision of music, whether live or recorded, for dancing [F33except at an event to celebrate a wedding or civil partnership]; or

F34(iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F35(fa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F36(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h)must carry out a risk assessment which complies with the requirements of regulation 9(5)(a) and which determines—

(i)the maximum number of persons who may be seated [F37indoors] in each part of the premises; F38...

F38(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(i)must retain the risk assessment referred to in subparagraph (h) on the premises and make it available immediately for inspection by visitors to the premises or to a relevant person on request;

(j)must take all reasonable measures to limit the risk of transmission of the coronavirus in accordance with regulation 9(5)(b);

(k)must display prominently, at each part of the premises, the maximum number of persons who may be seated [F39indoors] in that part of the premises;

F40(l). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(m)must not permit the consumption of food or drink (including intoxicating liquor) [F41indoors] [F42by visitors to the premises] on the premises other than by a person seated at a table; and

[F43(n)must not permit a customer to move within the [F44indoors part of] premises other than to

[F45(i)enter or exit the premises, access a table, make a payment, place an order for food or drink (including intoxicating liquor), access a buffet or carvery, access and use toilet, baby changing or breast feeding facilities or a smoking area, play a gaming machine, play a game such as pool, snooker or darts, dance at an event to celebrate a wedding or civil partnership; or]

(ii)visit a place where a marriage ceremony or civil partnership ceremony may lawfully take place, for the purposes of viewing the facilities, provided that the gathering includes no more than four visitors and one member of staff of the place and that there is no more than one such visit at any one time.]]

F46(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F47(3) (a) This paragraph applies to premises which are specified in an occasional licence granted under article 30 of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and which are wholly or mainly outdoors.

(b)A person responsible for carrying on a business or a members’ club at premises to which this paragraph applies must –

(i)carry out a risk assessment which complies with the requirements of regulation 9(5)(a);

(ii)retain the risk assessment referred to in head (i) on the premises and make it available immediately for inspection by visitors to the premises or to a relevant person on request; F48...

(iii)take all reasonable measures to limit the risk of transmission of the coronavirus in accordance with regulation 9(5)(b) [F49;]

[F50(iv)require audience members to obtain a ticket in advance of attending an event; and

(v)comply with the duty in regulation 15 (Visitor and Attendee Information).]]

Textual Amendments

[F51Restrictions on tourist accommodationN.I.

6.  A person responsible for carrying on the business of, providing the service of, or operating any tourist accommodation must take reasonable steps to—

(a)comply with the duty in regulation 15 (Visitor and Attendee Information); and

(b)ensure that guests in each separate accommodation unit comply with the duty in regulation 12(1) (Restriction on gatherings: private dwellings).]

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Restrictions on take-away food businessesN.I.

F527.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Restrictions on LibrariesN.I.

F538.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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