Further restrictions and closures
18.—(1) A person responsible for carrying on a business, not listed in Part 3 of the Schedule, of offering goods for sale or for hire in a shop, or providing library services must—
(a)cease to carry on that business or provide that service except—
(i)by making deliveries or otherwise providing services in response to orders received—
(aa)through a website, or otherwise by on-line communication,
(bb)by telephone, including orders by text message, or
(cc)by post;
(ii)to a purchaser who collects goods that have been pre-ordered by a means mentioned in paragraph (i), provided the purchaser does not enter inside the premises to do so,
(b)subject to paragraph (2), (3) and (4)—
(i)close any premises which are not required to carry out its business or provide its services as permitted by sub-paragraph (a);
(ii)cease to admit any person to its premises who is not required to carry on its business or provide its service as permitted by sub-paragraph (a).
(2) A person responsible for providing library services may open the library premises for the purposes of—
(a)support groups;
(b)childcare provided by a person who is registered under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006;
(c)education or training;
(d)to provide essential voluntary services or public support services, including digital access to public services.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not prevent any business from continuing to provide—
(a)hot or cold food for consumption off the premises, or
(b)goods or services to the homeless.
(4) A person responsible for carrying on a business or providing a service referred to in paragraph (1), may open any premises for the purposes of making a film, television programme, audio programme or audio-visual advertisement.
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), a person responsible for carrying on a business consisting of the provision of holiday accommodation, whether in a hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast accommodation, holiday apartment, home, cottage or bungalow, campsite, caravan park or boarding house, canal boat or any other vessel must cease to carry on that business.
(6) A person referred to in paragraph (5) may continue to carry on their business and keep any premises used in that business open—
(a)to provide accommodation for any person, who—
(i)is unable to return to their main residence;
(ii)uses that accommodation as their main residence;
(iii)needs accommodation while moving house;
(iv)needs accommodation to attend a funeral;
(v)is isolating themselves from others as required by law;
(vi)is an elite athlete, the coach of an elite athlete, or (in the case of an elite athlete who is a child), the parent of an elite athlete, and needs accommodation for the purposes of training or competition,
(b)to provide accommodation for any person who needs accommodation for the purposes of their work,
(c)to provide accommodation for any child who requires accommodation for the purposes of education,
(d)to provide accommodation for the purposes of a women’s refuge or a vulnerable person’s refuge,
(e)to provide accommodation or support services for the homeless,
(f)to provide accommodation for any person who was staying in that accommodation immediately before these Regulations came into force,
(g)to host blood donation sessions, or
(h)for any purpose requested by the Secretary of State, or a local authority.
(7) A person who is responsible for a place of worship must ensure that the place of worship is closed, except for uses permitted in paragraph (8) and regulation 11(18).
(8) A place of worship may be used—
(a)for funerals,
(b)for commemorative events celebrating the life of a person who has died,
(c)to broadcast an act of worship, whether over the internet or as part of a radio or television broadcast,
(d)to provide essential voluntary services or urgent public support services (including the provision of food banks or other support for the homeless or vulnerable people, blood donation sessions or support in an emergency),
(e)for childcare provided by a person registered under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006,
(f)for individual prayer, and for these purposes, “individual prayer” means prayer by individuals which does not form part of communal worship, or
(g)to host any gathering which is permitted under regulation 8 or 9.
(9) A person who is responsible for a community centre or hall must ensure that the community centre or hall is closed except where it is used—
(a)to provide essential voluntary activities or urgent public support services (including the provision of food banks or other support for the homeless or vulnerable people, blood donation sessions or support in an emergency),
(b)for the purposes of education or training,
(c)for the purposes of support groups, or
(d)for the purposes of—
(i)childcare provided by a person registered under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, or
(ii)supervised activities for children.
(10) A person who is responsible for a crematorium or burial ground must ensure that the crematorium or burial ground is closed to members of the public, except—
(a)for funerals or burials,
(b)commemorative events celebrating the life of a person who has died, or
(c)to allow a person to pay respects to a member of their household, a family member or friend.
(11) If a business referred to in paragraph (1) or (5) (“business A”) forms, or is provided as, part of a larger business (“business B”) and business B is not restricted under these Regulations, the person responsible for carrying on business B complies with the requirement in paragraph (1) or (3) to cease to carry on its business if it ceases to carry on business A.