Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings
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.