The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Restrictions on food and drink businesses: exceptions

9.—(1) Paragraph 8(1) does not apply to—

(a) premises located in—

(i) a sea port;

(ii) an airport;

(iii) an educational establishment;

(iv) a hospital or care home;

(b) workplace canteens, where there is no practical alternative for people at that workplace to obtain food or drink between 6.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m.;

(c) premises used for the provision of food or drink to homeless people.

(2) Paragraph 8(1) does not prevent premises being used to sell or supply food or drink for consumption off the premises.

(3) If—

(a) the celebration of a marriage, formation of a civil partnership or alternative wedding is being held on premises to which paragraph 8 applies, and

(b) the celebration was booked more than a week before this paragraph most recently began to apply to the area in which the premises are located,

the premises may, despite paragraph 8(1)(b), remain open until 10.00 p.m. for the purposes of holding the celebration.

(4) Sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) apply where premises of a food and drink business (“the restricted premises”) form part of the premises of holiday or travel accommodation.

(5) Paragraph 8(1) does not—

(a) require the restricted premises to be closed to the residents of the holiday or travel accommodation;

(b) prevent the sale of food or drink to residents—

(i) as part of room service, or

(ii) between 6.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. in any part of the premises of the holiday or travel accommodation.

(6) Neither paragraph 8(1) nor (2)—

(a) prevents residents from consuming food or drink (including alcohol) at any time in their private room;

(b) prevents the sale of alcohol to residents as part of room service (but see paragraph 10).