Closure of places of worship, community centres and crematoriumsE+W
14.—(1) A person responsible for premises of a kind listed in paragraphs 30 to 32 of Schedule 1 must ensure that the premises are closed to members of the public, except for the uses permitted by paragraphs (2), (3) and (4).
(2) A place of worship may be open—
(a)for funerals;
(b)for the solemnization of a marriage or formation of a civil partnership;
(c)to broadcast (without a congregation) an act of worship, funeral or the solemnization of a marriage or formation of a civil partnership (whether over the internet or as part of a radio or television broadcast);
(d)to provide essential voluntary services;
(e)to provide public services upon the request of the Welsh Ministers or a local authority.
(3) A community centre may be open—
(a)to provide essential voluntary services, or
(b)to provide public services upon the request of the Welsh Ministers or a local authority.
(4) A crematorium may open to members of the public for funerals or burials (and to broadcast a funeral or burial whether over the internet or otherwise).
(5) But paragraph (1) does not apply to the grounds surrounding a crematorium, including any burial ground or garden of remembrance.
(6) In this regulation, “public services” includes the provision of food banks or other support for homeless or vulnerable people, childcare, blood donation sessions or support in an emergency.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 14 in force at 23.10.2020 at 6.00 p.m., see reg. 1(3)