The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020

Closure of holiday accommodation

12.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a person responsible for carrying on a business consisting of the provision of holiday accommodation situated in the Tier 3 area, whether in a hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast accommodation, holiday apartment, home, cottage or bungalow, campsite, caravan park or boarding house, canal boat or any other vessel, must cease to carry on that business.

(2) A person referred to in sub-paragraph (1) may continue to carry on their business and keep any premises used in that business open—

(a) to provide accommodation for any person who—

(i) is unable to return to their main residence;

(ii) uses that accommodation as their main residence;

(iii) needs accommodation for the purposes of a house move;

(iv) needs accommodation to attend a funeral or following a bereavement of a close family member or friend;

(v) needs accommodation to attend a commemorative event to celebrate the life of a person who has died;

(vi) needs accommodation to attend a medical appointment, or to receive treatment;

(vii) is a carer of a vulnerable person or a person who has a disability and needs respite;

(viii) is isolating themselves from others as required by law;

(ix) is an elite athlete or the coach of an elite athlete and needs accommodation for the purposes of training or competition or, where an elite athlete is a child, their parent,

(b) to provide accommodation for any person who needs accommodation for the purposes of their work or to provide voluntary or charitable services,

(c) to provide accommodation for any person who needs accommodation for the purposes of education or training of a kind mentioned in paragraph 4(4) or, where that person is a child, their parent,

(d) to provide accommodation for the purposes of a women’s refuge or a vulnerable person’s refuge,

(e) to provide accommodation or support services for the homeless,

(f) to provide accommodation for any person who was staying in that accommodation immediately before these Regulations came into force or (if later) immediately before the time when the area in which the accommodation is located became part of the Tier 3 area,

(g) to provide accommodation for any person who is staying in that accommodation in order to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person or a person who has a disability who is staying in the same accommodation,

(h) to host blood donation sessions or food banks, or

(i) for any purpose requested by the Secretary of State or a local authority.

(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not prevent the use of any accommodation for the purposes of voting, counting of votes or activities ancillary to voting or the counting of votes in an election or referendum which is held—

(a) in accordance with provision made by or under an Act, or

(b) in accordance with the laws or regulations of another country or territory, but in respect of which arrangements are made by a consular post or diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom for persons eligible to vote in that election or referendum to vote in the United Kingdom.

(4) Sub-paragraph (1) does not prevent the person responsible for carrying on the business of providing accommodation from offering any business or providing any service from those premises which is not a restricted business or restricted service for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule.

(5) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply during the period beginning with 22nd December 2020 and ending with 28th December 2020.