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 [F3or provide] 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;

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(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;

[F5(hza)participate in a gathering of no more than 30 people at open premises to—

(i)celebrate a solemnization of a marriage or formation of a civil partnership that takes place on or after 22 August 2020,

(ii)celebrate the life of a deceased person whose funeral is held on or after 22 August 2020;]

[F6(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 F7... public services F7...;

[F8(ja)access childcare or participate in supervised activities for children;]

[F9(jb)access educational services;]

(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;

[F10(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.

[F11(p)exercise with others, in a gathering of no more than 30 people, at a fitness studio, gym, swimming pool, other indoor leisure centre or facility or any other open premises.]

[F12(q)visit a person who is resident in a care home, hospice, or in secure accommodation.]

[F13(2A) It is also a reasonable excuse for no more than 6 people to gather in (any) premises indoors where all the persons in the gathering—

(a)live in the same premises, and

(b)share toilet, washing, dining or cooking facilities with each other.]

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

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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).

[F15Restriction 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.

[F16(f)access educational services.]

[F17(3) But the restriction in paragraph (1) does not apply to an organised outdoor event—

(a)authorised in writing by the Welsh Ministers,

(b)at which no more than 100 people are in attendance (not including persons working, or providing voluntary services, at the event), and

(c)which is held in accordance with any conditions specified in writing by the Welsh Ministers.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), an event is an “organised outdoor event” if—

(a)it takes place outdoors,

(b)it is organised by—

(i)a business,

(ii)a public body or a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution,

(iii)a club or political organisation, or

(iv)the national governing body of a sport or other activity, and

(c)the person organising it has—

(i)carried out a risk assessment which would satisfy the requirements of regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, whether or not the person is subject to those Regulations, and

(ii)complied with the requirements of regulations 12(2) and 13(1).

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(c)—

(a)regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 applies as if the event were an undertaking conducted by the person organising it;

(b)regulation 12(2) of these Regulations applies as if the place where the event takes place were open premises for which the person organising the event is responsible.]]

Textual Amendments

[F18Restriction on organising certain unlicensed music eventsE+W

14B.—(1) No person may, without a reasonable excuse, be involved in organising a relevant unlicensed music event.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation “relevant unlicensed music event” means an event—

(a)which consists of more than 30 people,

(b)at which people are gathered in contravention of regulation 14(1) or 14A(1),

(c)at which music is played or performed for the purpose, or for purposes which include the purpose, of entertainment, and

(d)where the playing or performance of the music is—

(i)a licensable activity (within the meaning of the Licensing Act 2003), and

(ii)not carried on under and in accordance with an authorisation (within the meaning given by section 136(5) of that Act).

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, a person is not involved in organising a relevant unlicensed music event if the person’s only involvement is, or would be, attending it.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a reasonable excuse includes where the person has taken all reasonable measures to ensure that people were not gathered at the event in contravention of regulation 14(1) or 14A(1).]

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