Permitted organised gatherings and qualifying groups
5.—(1) A gathering is a permitted organised gathering for the purposes of paragraph 3(3) if sub-paragraph (2) or (3) applies.
(2) This sub-paragraph applies to a gathering if it takes place on or at premises, other than a private dwelling, which are—
(a)operated by a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution or a public body, or
(b)part of premises used for the operation of a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution or a public body.
(3) This sub-paragraph applies to a gathering if it takes place in a public outdoor place not falling within sub-paragraph (2) and—
(a)the gathering has been organised by a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution, a public body or a political body, and
(b)the gathering organiser takes the required precautions in relation to the gathering (see paragraph 6).
(4) A person participates in a gathering as a member of a qualifying group for the purpose of paragraph 3(3) only if the person is a part of a qualifying group and, whilst participating in the gathering, the person does not—
(a)become a member of any other group of persons participating in the gathering (whether or not that group is a qualifying group), or
(b)otherwise mingle with any person who is participating in the gathering but is not a member of the same qualifying group as them.
(5) In sub-paragraph (4) “qualifying group”, in relation to a gathering, means a group of people who are participating in that gathering and which—
(a)consists of no more than 6 persons, or
(b)consists only of persons who are members of the same household, or who are members of two households which are linked households in relation to each other.