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4.—(1) No person may, without a reasonable excuse, participate in a gathering in a private dwelling with any other person apart from members of their household or extended household.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person has a reasonable excuse if—
(a)the person is participating in the gathering for a purpose that is reasonably necessary and there is no reasonably practicable alternative, or
(b)one of the circumstances in paragraph (4) applies.
(3) Examples of purposes for which it may be reasonably necessary for a person to participate in a gathering include—
(a)obtaining or providing medical assistance, or accessing veterinary services;
(b)working or providing voluntary or charitable services;
(c)meeting a legal obligation;
(d)providing, receiving or accessing care or assistance, including childcare or relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006(1), where the person receiving the care is a vulnerable person;
(e)in relation to children who do not live in the same household as their parents, or one of their parents, continuing existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, “parent” includes a person who is not a parent of the child, but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, the child;
(f)moving home;
(g)undertaking activities in connection with the purchase, sale, letting, or rental of residential property;
(h)accessing or receiving educational services.
(4) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (2)(b) are that the person is—
(a)providing or receiving emergency assistance;
(b)avoiding illness, injury or other risk of harm;
(c)participating in a gathering of no more than 4 people where all the persons in the gathering—
(i)live in the same premises, and
(ii)share toilet, washing, dining or cooking facilities with each other.
(5) This regulation does not apply to a person who is homeless.
2006 c. 47. Paragraph 7(3B) was inserted by section 66(2) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9).
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