The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

Made: at 2.45 p.m. on 3rd November 2020

Laid before Parliament: at 4.10 p.m. on 3rd November 2020

Coming into force: 5th November 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1), (3)(c), (4)(b), (4)(d), 45F(2) and 45P of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 .

These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in England.

The Secretary of State considers that the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.

In accordance with section 45R of that Act, the Secretary of State is of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make this instrument without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

PART 1 — Introductory

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Elite sportsperson

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Meaning of vulnerable person and disability

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PART 2 — Restrictions on movement

Restrictions on leaving home

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Exceptions: leaving home

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PART 3 — Restrictions on gatherings

Part 3: general interpretation

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Participation in indoor gatherings

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Participation in outdoor gatherings

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Organisation or facilitation of gatherings

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Exceptions in relation to gatherings

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Linked household

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Linked childcare household

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The required precautions

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PART 4 — Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses

Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises

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Requirement to close premises and businesses

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Exceptions

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Further restrictions and closures

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PART 5 — Enforcement

Enforcement of restrictions and requirements

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Offences and penalties

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Fixed penalty notices

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Prosecutions

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PART 6 — Final provisions

Expiry

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Consequential amendments

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• (1) In regulation 9(9) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020 , after sub-paragraph (m), insert—

(n) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020.

• (2) In regulation 18(7A) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020, after sub-paragraph (f), insert—

(g) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020.

• (3) Regulation 14 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 3) (England) Regulations 2020 is amended as follows—

• (a) in paragraph (7C), after sub-paragraph (f), insert—

(g) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020.

• (b) in paragraph (8), after sub-paragraph (m), insert—

(n) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020.

• (c) in paragraph (8A), after sub-paragraph (e), insert—

(f) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 21(12) of those Regulations or an offence of contravening a restriction or requirement imposed by Part 4 of those Regulations.

• (4) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Undertakings) (England) Regulations 2020 are amended as follows—

• (a) in regulation 1—

• (i) after paragraph (2), insert—

(2A) Regulations 1A and 2 do not have effect during in the period in which the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 are in force.

• (ii) In paragraph (3)(c), for the words from “paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations” substitute “ the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 ”;

• (b) in regulation 4(8A), after sub-paragraph (f), insert—

(g) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020, where the fixed penalty notice relates to a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 21(12) of those Regulations.

Revocations

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The following Regulations are revoked—

• (a) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020, other than Schedule 3 to those Regulations;

• (b) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020, other than Schedule 3 to those Regulations;

• (c) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020, other than Schedule 3 to those Regulations.

Transitional provisions

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• (1) A designation made, or treated as made, in exercise of the powers conferred by the following provisions is to be treated as if it had been made in exercise of the powers conferred by regulations 19(11)(b), 21(3)(b), 21(16)(a) or 22 (as appropriate) of these Regulations—

• (a) regulation 4(9)(b), 6(3)(b), 6(16) or 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) Regulations 2020;

• (b) regulation 4(9)(b), 6(3)(b), 6(16) or 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) Regulations 2020;

• (c) regulation 4(9)(b), 6(3)(b), 6(16) or 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) Regulations 2020.

• (2) Despite the revocation by regulation 25 of—

• (a) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020;

• (b) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020;

• (c) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020,

those Regulations continue in force as they had effect immediately before 5th November 2020 in relation to any offence committed under those Regulations before that date.

SCHEDULE — Businesses subject to restrictions or closure, or permitted to remain open

PART 1 — Hospitality businesses

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PART 2 — Other businesses

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PART 3 — Businesses permitted to remain open

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Signed

Matt Hancock — Secretary of State

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

[^f00002]: 2003 c. 17. Section 191 was amended by the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), section 135, and by S.I. 2006/2407.

[^f00003]: 2000 c. 14. Section 3 was amended by the Health and Social Care Act 208 (c. 14), paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 5. There are other amendments to section 3 which are not relevant to this instrument.

[^f00004]: 2006 c. 21. Section 18 was amended by the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), Schedule 1, paragraph 19, and Schedule 4; the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), Schedule 9, paragraph 21; and S.I. 2010/813.

[^f00005]: 1952 c. 52.

[^f00006]: 2007 c. 21.

[^f00007]: 1976 c. 63. Section 2 was amended by the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6), Schedule 9, paragraph 50(3)(a). There are other amendments to section 2 which are not relevant to this instrument.

[^f00008]: 1989 c. 41.

[^f00009]: 2000 c. 41.

[^f00010]: S.I. 2009/649, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00011]: S.I. 2010/2128.

[^f00012]: 2006 c. 47. Paragraph 7(3B) was substituted, with sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) and (3A) to (3E), for sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) by section 66 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9).

[^f00013]: 1989 c. 41.

[^f00014]: Section 23A was inserted by the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c. 35).

[^f00015]: S.I. 2005/389.

[^f00016]: 2006 c. 21.

[^f00017]: 2006 c. 28. Section 2 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (2017 anaw 2).

[^f00018]: S.I. 2006/3368, to which there are amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00019]: 1949 c. 97.

[^f00020]: 1968 c. 41. Section 16 was amended by section 111 of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Schedule 27 to the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) and S.I. 2012/1659. There are other amendments to section 16 which are not relevant to this instrument.

[^f00021]: 2000 c. 37.

[^f00022]: The definition of “access land” has been amended by section 303(2) of, and Part 7 of Schedule 22 to, the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).

[^f00023]: 2000 c. 14. Section 1 has been amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14). There are other amendments to that section which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00024]: 1994 c. 33. Section 63(1) was amended by section 58(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38).

[^f00025]: 2006 c. 47.

[^f00026]: 1970 c. 34.

[^f00027]: 1949 c. 76.

[^f00028]: 2004 c. 33.