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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020

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Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings

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5.—(1) These are the exceptions relating only to indoor gatherings.

Exception 1: visiting a dying person

(2) Exception 1 is that the person concerned (“P”) is visiting a person whom P reasonably believes is dying (“D”), and P is—

(a)a member of D’s household,

(b)a close family member of D, or

(c)a friend of D.

Exception 2: visiting persons receiving treatment etc.

(3) Exception 2 is that the person concerned (“P”) is visiting a person (“V”) receiving treatment in a hospital or staying in a hospice or care home, or is accompanying V to a medical appointment and P is—

(a)a member of V’s household,

(b)a close family member of V, or

(c)a friend of V.

Exception 3: indoor sports

(4) Exception 3 is that the person concerned is taking part in a permitted indoor sports gathering, and for these purposes, a person taking part in a permitted indoor sports gathering does not include a spectator or the parent of a child taking part in the gathering.

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