Amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020

2.—(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1), omit the definition of “permitted outdoor sports gathering”.

(3) In regulation 2(2)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a)(ii)—

(i)after “Games”, in the first place it occurs, insert “, or at the Paris Olympic or Paralympic Games”;

(ii)after “programme” insert “or the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games programme”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (b)(i), after “Games” insert “, or at the Paris Olympic or Paralympic Games”;

(c)in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), after “programme” insert “or the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games programme”;

(d)in sub-paragraph (c)(i), after “Games” insert “or at the Paris Olympic or Paralympic Games”;

(e)in sub-paragraph (c)(ii), after “programme” insert “or the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games programme”.

(4) In regulation 3(2)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (d), for “a child who is under the age of one or was” substitute “one or more children who are under the age of one or were”;

(b)for sub-paragraph (e) substitute—

“(e)one or more adults and one or more children who have a disability and require continuous care who are under the age of five or were under that age on 2nd December 2020, or”.

(5) In Schedule 3, in paragraph 12(2)(a), after sub-paragraph (vi) insert—

“(via)needs accommodation for the purposes of access to, and contact between, parents and a child where the child does not live in the same household as their parents or one of their parents;”.

(6) In Schedule 3A—

(a)in paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a person lives in the Tier 4 area if any part of the place where that person lives is in the Tier 4 area.”;

(b)in paragraph 2(2)(a)—

(i)in the opening words, for “Part 3 of this Schedule” substitute “paragraph 17”;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (ii), after “persons” insert “or persons who have a disability”;

(iii)in sub-paragraph (iii), after “person” insert “or a person who has a disability”;

(c)in paragraph 2(2)(d)(ii)(bb), for “exercise” substitute “open air recreation”;

(d)in paragraph 2(2), after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da)to visit outdoor attractions at an aquarium, zoo or safari park or outdoor animal attractions at a farm, wildlife centre or any other place where animals are exhibited to the public as an attraction;”;

(e)in paragraph 2(5)(c), after “person” insert “or to a person who has a disability”;

(f)in paragraph 2(12), for “6(13)(a)(i) or (ii)” substitute “6(12)(a)(i) or (13)(a)(i) to (iv)”;

(g)in paragraph 2(13)(e)(ii), after “children” insert “or other persons who were under the age of 18 on 31st August 2020”;

(h)in paragraph 2(13), omit paragraph (h);

(i)in paragraph 2, for sub-paragraph (14) substitute—

“(14) Sub-paragraph (13)(e)(ii) only applies where the supervised activities are reasonably necessary to enable a parent, or a person who has parental responsibility for, or care of, the child or other person in question—

(a)to work or search for work,

(b)to undertake training or education, or

(c)to attend a medical appointment or address a medical need.”;

(j)in paragraph 2(17), for “and” substitute “or”;

(k)in paragraph 2(19), in the opening words, after “related activity and” insert “the gathering”;

(l)in paragraph 2(23), for “22” substitute “(22)”;

(m)in paragraph 2, at the end insert—

“Exception 17: picketing

(24) Exception 17 is that it is reasonably necessary for P to leave or be outside P’s home for the purposes of attending a gathering permitted under paragraph 6(25).”;

(n)in paragraph 5, omit sub-paragraph (8);

(o)in paragraph 6(3), after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)educational activities of a school;”;

(p)in paragraph 6(13)(c), for “(13)” substitute “(12)”;

(q)in paragraph 6(14), for “(13)(a)(i) or 14(a)(i) to (iv)” substitute “(12)(a)(i) or (13)(a)(i) to (iv)”;

(r)in paragraph 6(18), omit paragraph (g);

(s)in paragraph 6, for sub-paragraph (19) substitute—

“(19) Sub-paragraph (18)(e)(ii) only applies where the supervised activities are reasonably necessary to enable a parent, or a person who has parental responsibility for, or care of, the child or other person in question—

(a)to work or search for work,

(b)to undertake training or education, or

(c)to attend a medical appointment or address a medical need.”;

(t)in paragraph 6(24)(b), for “7” substitute “9”;

(u)in paragraph 6, at the end insert—

“Exception 17: picketing

(25) Exception 17 is that—

(a)the gathering is for the purposes of picketing which is carried out in accordance with the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, and

(b)the gathering organiser takes the required precautions in relation to the gathering.”;

(v)in paragraph 12(1)(e)—

(i)after “studios,” insert “skating rinks,”;

(ii)for “supervised activities for children” substitute “childcare provided by a person registered under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 or for supervised activities for children or other persons who were under the age of 18 on 31st August 2020”;

(w)in paragraph 12(1)(f), after “studios,” insert “skating rinks,”;

(x)in paragraph 12(1), at the end insert—

“(i)indoor arenas at riding centres, for the purposes of any of the activities referred to in paragraph 2(15);

(j)tanning, nail, beauty or hair salons, barbers, spas, massage parlours, tattoo and piercing parlours, so far as used for the purposes of providing any of the services listed in paragraph 17(o).”;

(y)in paragraph 14(2)(a), after sub-paragraph (vi) insert—

“(via)needs accommodation for the purposes of access to, and contact between, parents and a child where the child does not live in the same household as their parents or one of their parents;”;

(z)in paragraph 15(7)(e), after “indoor” insert “arenas at”;

(aa)in paragraph 15(7), omit paragraphs (o) and (p);

(bb)in paragraph 15(7)(t), after sub-paragraph (iv) insert—

“(v)aquariums and zoos, including safari parks,

(vi)animal attractions at farms, wildlife centres and any other place where animals are exhibited to the public as an attraction;”;

(cc)in paragraph 15(7)(gg), omit “outdoor”;

(dd)in paragraph 15(10), after “(7)(ff)” insert “and (gg)”;

(ee)in paragraph 16(2)(b), after “children” insert “or other persons who were under the age of 18 on 31st August 2020”;

(ff)in paragraph 16(2), after paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)parent and child groups;”;

(gg)in paragraph 16(5)(d), after “children” insert “or other persons who were under the age of 18 on 31st August 2020”;

(hh)in paragraph 16(5), after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da)parent and child groups,”;

(ii)in paragraph 17(o), after “including” insert “services which incorporate personal care services and treatments required by those with disabilities and”.

(7) In Part 1 of Schedule 4—

(a)under the heading “North West:” omit the following entries—

(b)under the heading “East Midlands:” omit the entry for Northamptonshire County Council;

(c)under the heading “West Midlands:” before the entry for Shropshire Council insert—

(d)under the heading “East of England:” omit the following entries—

(e)under the heading “South East:” omit following entries—

(f)under the heading “South West:” omit the following entries—

(g)under the heading “South West:”, after the entry for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council insert—

(8) In Part 2 of Schedule 4—

(a)under the heading “North West:”—

(i)after the entry for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council insert—

(ii)after the entry for Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council insert—

(b)under the heading “East Midlands:”, after the entry for Lincolnshire County Council insert—

(c)under the heading “South East:” insert—

(d)under the heading “South West:”, before the entry for South Gloucestershire Council insert—

(e)under the heading “South West:”, after the entry for South Gloucestershire Council insert—

(9) In Part 3 of Schedule 4—

(a)under the heading “South East”—

(i)omit the following entries—

(ii)after the entry for Slough Borough Council insert—

(iii)before the entry for Gosport Borough Council insert—

(iv)after the entry for Gosport Borough Council insert—

(v)after the entry for Portsmouth City Council insert—

(b)under the heading “East of England”—

(i)omit the following entries—

(ii)after the entry for Peterborough City Council insert—

(iii)after the entry for Thurrock Council insert—