[F1Restrictions on sporting eventsN.I.
5B.—(1) A person must not attend a sporting event as a spectator.
(2) [F2A person] must not organise, operate or participate in an indoor sporting event unless-
(a)all of the participating athletes are elite athletes; or
(b)the sporting event is for the purpose of physical education in or for a school or schools; or
F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) [F4A person] must not organise, operate or participate in an outdoor sporting event unless-
(a)all of the participating athletes are elite athletes;
(b)the sporting event is for the purpose of physical education in or for a school or schools;
[F5(c)the number of participants does not exceed two and the purpose is exercise but not training; or
(d)all of the participants are members of one household and any linked household.]
F6(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 5B, 5C inserted (25.12.2020 at midnight) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 24) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/356), regs. 1(2), 13
F2Words in reg. 5B(2) substituted (25.3.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/71), regs. 1(2), 3(2)
F3Reg. 5B(2)(c) omitted (29.12.2020 at 7.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 25) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/358), regs. 1(2), 2(7)
F4Words in reg. 5B(3) substituted (25.3.2021) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/71), regs. 1(2), 3(3)
F5Reg. 5B(3)(c)(d) inserted (7.1.2021 at midnight) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/3), regs. 1(2), 14
F6Reg. 5B(4) omitted (25.3.2021) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/71), regs. 1(2), 3(4)