PART 4E+WGathering with other people

[F1Restriction on indoor gatherings]E+W

14.—(1) No person may, without a reasonable excuse—

F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)gather in premises indoors with any other person apart from—

(i)the members of their household,

(ii)their carer, or

(iii)a person they are providing care to.

(2) A reasonable excuse includes the need to do the following—

(a)obtain medical assistance, including accessing any of the services referred to in paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 or accessing veterinary services;

(b)provide or receive care or assistance, including relevant personal care, within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 M1, where the person receiving the care is a vulnerable person;

(c)provide or receive emergency assistance;

(d)donate blood;

(e)work or provide voluntary or charitable services;

(f)where the person is an elite athlete, train or compete;

(g)attend a solemnization of a marriage or formation of a civil partnership—

(i)as a party to the marriage or civil partnership,

(ii)if invited to attend, or

(iii)as the carer of a person attending.

(h)attend a funeral—

(i)as a person responsible for arranging the funeral,

(ii)if invited by a person responsible for arranging the funeral, or

(iii)as the carer of a person attending;

[F3(ha)attend a place of worship;]

(i)meet a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings;

(j)access or receive F4... public services F4...;

[F5(ja)access childcare or participate in supervised activities for children;]

(k)in relation to children who do not live in the same household as their parents, or one of their parents, continue 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;

(l)move home;

[F6(m)undertake activities in connection with the purchase, sale, letting, or rental of residential property;]

(o)avoid injury or illness or escape a risk of harm.

(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is homeless.

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Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 14 in force at 13.7.2020, see reg. 1(4)

Marginal Citations

M12006 c. 47. Paragraph 7(3B) was inserted by section 66(2) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9).

[F8Restriction on outdoor gatheringsE+W

14A.—(1) No person may, without a reasonable excuse, participate in a gathering outdoors that consists of more than 30 people.

(2) A reasonable excuse includes the need to do the following—

(a)work or provide voluntary or charitable services;

(b)where the person is an elite athlete, train or compete;

(c)meet a legal obligation;

(d)access or receive public services;

(e)access childcare or participate in supervised activities for children.]

Textual Amendments

Exception for organised outdoor activitiesE+W

F915.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Requirement to continue to work from home where practicableE+W

F1016.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments