Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

10.  After regulation 9(3), insert—

(3A) (a) Paragraph (3) does not apply to a gathering for the purpose of practice or rehearsal by a band provided that—

(i)the band does not engage in a procession;

(ii)no person in the gathering engages in singing;

(iii)the gathering consists only of the band; and

(iv)the gathering fulfils the conditions in paragraph (5).

(b)In this regulation “band” means a group of two or more persons each of whom engages in the playing or sounding of a musical instrument or carries a musical instrument for the purpose of playing or sounding it, along with any conductor or instructor.