[Restriction on gatherings in holiday or travel accommodationE+W
2.—(1) No person may, without reasonable excuse, participate in a gathering which takes place in holiday or travel accommodation unless all the persons participating in the gathering are members of the same household or extended household.
(2) For the purposes of sub-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 sub-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, 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 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.
(4) The circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b) are that the person is—
(a)providing or receiving emergency assistance;
(b)avoiding illness, injury or other risk of harm.
(5) This paragraph does not apply to a person who is homeless.]