PART 3Restrictions on gatherings
Organisation or facilitation of gatherings10
1
No person may hold, or be involved in the holding of, a relevant gathering.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1) a person who only participates in a gathering by attending it is not to be taken as being involved in the holding of the gathering.
3
A gathering is a “relevant gathering” for the purposes of this regulation if it falls within paragraph (4) or (5).
4
A gathering falls within this paragraph if it—
a
consists of more than 30 persons,
b
takes place indoors, and
c
would be a gathering of the kind mentioned in section 63(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 199424 (powers to remove persons attending or preparing for a rave) if it took place in the open air.
5
A gathering falls within this paragraph if (not falling within paragraph (4)) it—
a
consists of more than 30 persons,
b
takes place—
i
in a private dwelling,
ii
on a vessel (other than a government vessel, a vessel used for public transport or a houseboat), or
iii
on land which satisfies the condition in paragraph (7),
c
is not a gathering in relation to which any of the exceptions set out in regulation 11, so far as capable of applying to the gathering, or the exception in paragraph (6), applies.
6
This paragraph applies if, in the case of a gathering described in paragraph (5)(b)(ii) or (iii), the person holding the gathering or, if they are not the person responsible for organising that gathering, the gathering organiser—
a
is a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution, a public body or a political body, and
b
has taken the required precautions (see regulation 14).
7
Land satisfies the condition in this paragraph if it is a public outdoor place which is not—
a
operated by a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution, or
b
part of premises used for the operation of a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution, or a public body.