The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 824

Public Health, England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Made

2nd August 2020

Laid

at 11.00 a.m. on 3rd August 2020

Coming into force

3rd August 2020

M1 The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1), (3)(c), (4)(d), 45F(2) and 45P of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 .

These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in England.

The Secretary of State considers that the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat.

In accordance with section 45R of that Act the Secretary of State is of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make this instrument without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Regulations modified (22.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Protected Areas and Linked Childcare Households) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1019), regs. 1(2), 4

Marginal Citations

M1 1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation E+W

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 3rd August 2020.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

(4) In these Regulations—

“child” means a person under the age of 18;

“childcare” has the same meaning as in section 18 of the Childcare Act 2006 M2 ;

“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

“Crown interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, or belonging to a Government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department, and includes any estate or interest held in right of the Prince and Steward of Scotland;

“Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;

“Duchy interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall;

“elite sportsperson” means an individual who—

(a)

derives a living from competing in a sport,

(b)

is a senior representative nominated by a relevant sporting body,

(c)

is a member of the senior training squad for a relevant sporting body, or

(d)

is aged 16 or above and on an elite development pathway;

[F1 “informal childcare” means any form of care for a child aged 13 or under provided by someone other than a person doing so in their role as a person registered to provide childcare under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 and includes education for a child aged 13 or under and any other supervised activity for a child aged 13 or under;]

[F1 “linked childcare household” has the meaning given in regulation 6A;]

“parent” of a child includes any person who is not a parent of the child but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, the child;

“parental responsibility” has the meaning given in section 3 of the Children Act 1989 M3 ;

“person responsible for carrying on a business” includes the owner, proprietor, and manager of that business;

[F2 “protected area” means—

(a)

the area of Leicester City Council;

(b)

the area of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council;]

“public outdoor place” means any outdoor place to which the public have or are permitted access, whether on payment or otherwise, and includes—

(a)

land laid out as a public garden or used for the purpose of recreation by members of the public;

(b)

land which is “open country” as defined in section 59(2) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 M4 , as read with section 16 of the Countryside Act 1968 M5 ;

(c)

land which is “access land” for the purposes of Part 1 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 M6 (see section 1(1) of that Act M7 );

(d)

any highway to which the public has access;

(e)

Crown land to which the public has access;

“vulnerable person” includes—

(a)

any person aged 70 or older,

(b)

any person under 70 who has a medical condition which increases vulnerability to Covid-19, and

(c)

any person who is pregnant.

(5) For the purposes of the definition of “elite sportsperson” in paragraph (4)—

(a) “elite development pathway” means a development pathway established by the national governing body of a sport to prepare sportspersons—

(i) so that they may derive a living from competing in that sport, or

(ii) to compete at that sport at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games, or, if that sport is not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme, in the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham;

(b) “relevant sporting body” means the national governing body of a sport which may nominate sportspersons to represent—

(i) Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games, or

(ii) England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham in those sports which are not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme;

(c) “senior representative” means an individual who is considered by a relevant sporting body to be a candidate to qualify to compete on behalf of—

(i) Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games;

(ii) England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham in those sports which are not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme.

(6) For the purposes of these Regulations, references to a “local authority” include references to a county council.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 1(4) inserted (22.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Protected Areas and Linked Childcare Households) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1019), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 1(4) substituted (22.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Protected Areas and Linked Childcare Households) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1019), regs. 1(2), 2(1)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M2 2006 c. 21. Section 18 has been amended by the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), Schedule 1, paragraph 19, and Schedule 4; the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), Schedule 9, paragraph 21, and S.I. 2010/813.

M3 1989 c. 41.

M4 1949 c. 97.

M5 1968 c. 41. Section 16 has been amended by section 111 of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Schedule 27 to the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) and S.I. 2012/1659. There are other amendments to section 16 which are not relevant to this instrument.

M6 2000 c. 37.

M7 The definition of “access land” has been amended by section 303(2) of and Part 7 of Schedule 22 to, the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).

Revocation, saving and designation E+W

2.—(1) The following regulations are revoked—

(a) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020 M8 (the “first Restrictions Regulations”);

(b) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 M9 ;

(c) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 M10 ;

(d) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 M11 .

(2) Notwithstanding the revocation of the first Restrictions Regulations, they continue in force, as amended, in relation to any offence committed under the first Restrictions Regulations before these Regulations came into force.

(3) A designation made in exercise of powers conferred by regulation 8(14)(a), 10(3)(b), 10(13) or 11 of the first Restrictions Regulations is to be treated as if it had been made in the exercise of powers conferred by regulations 8(9)(b), 10(3)(b), 10(13) or 11, as appropriate, of these Regulations.

(4) A person who is designated for the purposes of regulation 7(10)(b), 9(3)(b), 9(13) or 10 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020 is to be treated as if they were designated for the purposes of regulation 8(9)(b), 10(3)(b), 10(13) or 11, as appropriate, of these Regulations.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M8 S.I. 2020/685, amended by S.I. 2020/750;

2020/754;

2020/787;

2020/800,

2020/822 and

2020/823.

M9 S.I. 2020/754.

M10 S.I. 2020/787.

M11 S.I. 2020/823.

The emergency period and review of need for restrictions E+W

3.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the “emergency period”—

(a) starts when these Regulations come into force, and

(b) ends in relation to a restriction or requirement imposed by these Regulations on the day and at the time specified in a direction published by the Secretary of State terminating the requirement or restriction.

(2) The Secretary of State must review the need for restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations at least once every 14 days, with the first review being carried out by 17th August 2020.

(3) As soon as the Secretary of State considers that any restrictions or requirements set out in these Regulations are no longer necessary to prevent, protect against, control or provide a public health response to the incidence or spread of infection in England with the coronavirus, the Secretary of State must publish a direction terminating that restriction or requirement.

(4) A direction published under this regulation may—

(a) terminate any one or more requirement or restriction;

(b) terminate a requirement or restriction in relation to a specified business or service or a specified description of business or service.

(5) Section 16 of the Interpretation Act 1978 M12 applies in relation to the termination of a restriction or requirement by a direction as it applies in relation to the repeal of an enactment.

(6) In this regulation, “specified” means specified in a direction published under this regulation.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M12 1978 c. 30.

Requirement to close premises and businesses during the emergency E+W

4.—(1) A person responsible for carrying on a business or providing a service which is listed in the Schedule in the protected area must cease to carry on that business or to provide that service in the protected area during the emergency period.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not prevent the use of—

(a) any suitable premises in the protected area used for the businesses or services listed in the Schedule to host blood donation sessions;

F3 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) If a business listed in the Schedule (“business A”) forms part of a larger business (“business B”), the person responsible for carrying on business B complies with the requirement in paragraph (1) if it closes down business A.

(5) Paragraph (1) does not prevent a person responsible for carrying on a business or providing a service listed in the Schedule in the protected area (“the closed business”)—

(a) carrying on a business of offering goods for sale or for hire—

(i) in a shop in the protected area which is separate from the premises used for the closed business, or

(ii) by making deliveries or otherwise providing services in the protected area in response to orders received—

(aa) through a website, or otherwise by on-line communication,

(bb) by telephone, including orders by text message, or

(cc) by post;

(b) operating a café or restaurant in the protected area, if the café or restaurant is separate from the premises used for the closed business.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), a shop, café or restaurant (“SCR”) is separate from premises used for the closed business if—

(a) the SCR is in a self-contained unit, and

(b) it is possible for a member of the public to enter the SCR from a place outside those premises.

(7) For the purposes of this regulation, premises are in the protected area if any part of the premises is in the protected area.

Textual Amendments

F3 Reg. 4(2)(b) omitted (15.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/987), regs. 1(2), 2(a)

F4 Reg. 4(2)(c) omitted (8.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford, Leicester, and North of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/954), regs. 1, 3(a)(ii)

F5 Reg. 4(3) omitted (8.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford, Leicester, and North of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/954), regs. 1, 3(a)(iii)

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 4 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Restrictions on gatherings in private dwellings E+W

5.—(1) During the emergency period, unless paragraph (2) applies—

(a) no person may participate in a gathering in the protected area which consists of two or more persons and takes place in a private dwelling, including a houseboat;

(b) no person living in the protected area may participate in a gathering which consists of two or more persons and takes place in a private dwelling outside the protected area.

(2) This paragraph applies where—

(a) all the persons in the gathering are members of the same household or members of two households which are linked households in relation to each other;

(b) the person concerned is attending a person giving birth (“M”), at M's request;

(c) the person concerned (“P”) is visiting a person P reasonably believes is dying (“D”), and P is—

(i) a member of D's household,

(ii) a close family member of D,

(iii) a friend of D, or

(iv) where no-one falling within paragraphs (i) to (iii) is visiting D, any other person;

(d) the person concerned is fulfilling a legal obligation;

(e) the gathering is reasonably necessary—

(i) for work purposes, or for the provision of voluntary or charitable services,

(ii) for the purposes of education or training,

(iii) for the purposes of childcare provided by a person registered under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 [F6 or informal childcare provided by a member of a household to a member of their linked childcare household],

(iv) to provide emergency assistance,

(v) to enable one or more persons in the gathering to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm,

(vi) to facilitate a house move,

(vii) to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person, including relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 M13 , or

(viii) [F7 for the purposes of] arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children where the children do not live in the same household as their parents, or one of their parents.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) a “private dwelling” includes any garden, yard, passage, stair, outhouse or other appurtenance of the dwelling, and does not include—

(i) accommodation in a hotel, hostel, campsite, caravan park, members club, boarding house or bed and breakfast accommodation,

(ii) care homes, within the meaning of section 3 of the Care Standards Act 2000 M14 ,

(iii) children's homes, within the meaning of section 1 of the Care Standards Act 2000,

(iv) Residential Family Centres, within the meaning of section 4 of the Care Standards Act 2000,

(v) educational accommodation,

(vi) accommodation intended for use by the army, navy or air force, or

(vii) criminal justice accommodation;

(b) “linked household” has the meaning given in regulation 6;

(c) there is a “gathering” when two or more people are present together in the same place in order to engage in any form of social interaction with each other, or to undertake any other activity with each other;

(d) a gathering is in the protected area if any part of the place where it takes place is in the protected area.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)—

(a) “educational accommodation” means—

(i) accommodation provided for students whilst they are boarding at school;

(ii) halls of residence provided for students attending higher education courses, and equivalent accommodation provided for students attending further education courses;

(b) “criminal justice accommodation” means—

(i) a prison, within the meaning of the Prison Act 1952 M15 ;

(ii) a young offender institution, within the meaning of section 43 of the Prison Act 1952 M16 ;

(iii) a secure training centre, within the meaning of section 43 of the Prison Act 1952;

(iv) approved premises, within the meaning of section 13 of the Offender Management Act 2007 M17 ;

(v) a bail hostel, within the meaning of section 2 of the Bail Act 1976 M18 .

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in reg. 5(2)(e)(iii) inserted (22.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Protected Areas and Linked Childcare Households) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1019), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)

F7 Words in reg. 5(2)(e)(viii) substituted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(2) (with reg. 8)

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 5 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M13 2006 c. 47. Sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) and (3A) to (3E) of paragraph 7 were substituted for sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) as enacted by s. 66 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9).

M14 2000 c. 14.

M15 1952 c. 52.

M16 Section 43(1) has been amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), s. 18(3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6), and paragraph 3 of Schedule 26 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) and paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10). There are other amendments to s. 43 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

M17 2007 c. 21.

M18 1976 c. 63. The definition of “bail hostel” has been substituted by paragraph 50 of Schedule 9 to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000.

Linked households E+W

6.—(1) Where a household comprises one adult, or one adult and one or more persons who were under the age of 18 on 12th June 2020 (“the first household”), [F8 on or after 14th September 2020] the adult may choose to be linked with one other household (“the second household”), provided that—

(a) neither the first household nor the second household are linked F9 ... with any other household for the purpose of these Regulations or any other Regulations made under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 [F10 , except where the households are linked for the purpose of being linked childcare households], and

(b) all the adult members of the second household agree.

(2) There is no limit on the number of adults or children which may be in the second household.

(3) The first and second households are “linked households” in relation to each other.

(4) The first and second households cease to be linked households if neither household satisfies the condition in the opening words of paragraph (1).

(5) Once the first and second households have ceased being linked households, neither the first household nor the second household may be linked with any other household.

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(a) (with reg. 8)

F9 Words in reg. 6(1)(a) omitted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(b) (with reg. 8)

F10 Words in reg. 6(1)(a) inserted (22.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Protected Areas and Linked Childcare Households) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1019), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(c)

Commencement Information

I6 Reg. 6 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

[F11 Linked childcare households E+W

6A.— (1) Where a household includes at least one child aged 13 or under (“the first household”), that household may link with one other household (“the second household”) for the purpose of the second household providing informal childcare to the child aged 13 or under in the first household provided that—

(a) neither the first household nor the second household are linked with any other household for the purpose of providing informal childcare for the purpose of these Regulations or any other Regulations made under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984; and

(b) all the adult members of both households agree.

(2) The first household and the second household are “linked childcare households” in relation to each other.

(3) The first household and the second household cease to be linked childcare households when neither household includes a child aged 13 or under.

(4) Once the first household and the second household cease to be linked childcare households, neither household may be a linked childcare household with any other household.]

Textual Amendments

F11 Reg. 6A inserted (22.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Protected Areas and Linked Childcare Households) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1019), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(d)

Restrictions on other gatherings E+W

F12 7.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F12 Reg. 7 omitted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(4) (with reg. 8)

Enforcement of requirement E+W

8.—(1) A relevant person may take such action as is necessary to enforce any requirement imposed by regulation 4 [F13 or 5].

(2) A relevant person may give a prohibition notice to a person if the relevant person reasonably believes that—

(a) the person is contravening a requirement in regulation 4, and

(b) it is necessary and proportionate to give the prohibition notice for the purpose of preventing that person from continuing to contravene the requirement.

(3) Where a relevant person considers that a number of people are gathered together in contravention of regulation 5 F14 ..., the relevant person may—

(a) direct the gathering to disperse,

(b) direct any person in the gathering to return to the place where they are living, or

(c) remove a person from the gathering.

(4) A relevant person exercising the power in paragraph (3)(c) to remove a person from a gathering may use reasonable force, if necessary, in exercise of the power.

(5) Where a person who is in a gathering in contravention of regulation 5 F15 ... is a child accompanied by an individual who has responsibility for the child—

(a) the relevant person may direct that individual to take the child to the place where the child is living, and

(b) that individual must, so far as reasonably practicable, ensure that the child complies with any direction or instruction given by the relevant person to the child.

(6) Where a relevant person has reasonable grounds to believe that a child is repeatedly failing to comply with the restrictions in regulation 5 F16 ..., the relevant person may direct any individual who has responsibility for the child to secure, so far as reasonably practicable, that the child complies with that restriction.

(7) A relevant person may only exercise the power in paragraph (3), (5) or (6) if the relevant person considers that it is a necessary and proportionate means of ensuring compliance with the restriction in regulation 5 F17 ....

(8) A relevant person exercising a power under paragraph (3), (5), or (6) may give the person concerned any reasonable instructions they consider to be necessary.

(9) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) an individual has responsibility for a child if the individual—

(i) has custody or charge of the child for the time being, or

(ii) has parental responsibility for the child;

(b) a “relevant person” means—

(i) a constable,

(ii) a police community support officer,

(iii) subject to paragraph (10), a person designated by a local authority for the purposes of this regulation, or

(iv) a person designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation;

(c) references to a requirement include references to a restriction.

(10) A local authority may only designate a person for the purposes of this regulation in relation to a requirement in regulation 4.

Textual Amendments

F13 Words in reg. 8(1) substituted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(a) (with reg. 8)

F14 Words in reg. 8(3) omitted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(b) (with reg. 8)

F15 Words in reg. 8(5) omitted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(b) (with reg. 8)

F16 Words in reg. 8(6) omitted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(b) (with reg. 8)

F17 Words in reg. 8(7) omitted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(b) (with reg. 8)

Commencement Information

I7 Reg. 8 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Offences and penalties E+W

9.—(1) A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes a requirement in regulation 4, 5 F18 ... or 8 commits an offence.

(2) A person who obstructs, without reasonable excuse, any person carrying out a function under these Regulations, including any person who is a relevant person for the purposes of regulation 8, commits an offence.

(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a direction given under regulation 8, or fails to comply with a reasonable instruction or a prohibition notice given by a relevant person under regulation 8, commits an offence.

(4) An offence under this regulation is punishable on summary conviction by a fine.

(5) If an offence under this regulation committed by a body corporate is proved—

(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body, or

(b) to be attributable to any neglect on the part of such an officer,

the officer (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence and liable to be prosecuted and proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(6) In paragraph (5), “officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate.

(7) Section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 M19 applies in relation to an offence under this regulation as if the reasons in subsection (5) of that section included—

(a) to maintain public health;

(b) to maintain public order.

(8) For the purposes of this regulation, references to a requirement include references to a restriction.

Textual Amendments

F18 Word in reg. 9(1) omitted (14.9.2020 at 12.01 a.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/986), regs. 1(1), 5(6) (with reg. 8)

Commencement Information

I8 Reg. 9 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M19 1984 c. 60. Section 24 was substituted b s. 110(1) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15).

Fixed penalty notices E+W

10.—(1) An authorised person may issue a fixed penalty notice to anyone that the authorised person reasonably believes—

(a) has committed an offence under these Regulations; and

(b) is aged 18 or over.

(2) A fixed penalty notice is a notice offering the person to whom it is issued the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for the offence by payment of a fixed penalty to an authority specified in the notice.

(3) The authority specified in the notice must be—

(a) the local authority (or as the case may be, any of the local authorities) in whose area the offence is alleged to have been committed (“the relevant local authority”), or

(b) an officer designated by the Secretary of State, or by the relevant local authority, for the purposes of this regulation (“the designated officer”).

(4) Where a person is issued with a notice under this regulation in respect of an offence—

(a) no proceedings may be taken for the offence before the end of the period of 28 days following the date of the notice;

(b) the person may not be convicted of the offence if the person pays the fixed penalty before the end of that period.

(5) A fixed penalty notice must—

(a) give reasonably detailed particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence;

(b) state the period during which (because of paragraph (4)(a)) proceedings will not be taken for the offence;

(c) specify the amount of the fixed penalty;

(d) state the name and address of the person to whom the fixed penalty may be paid;

(e) specify permissible methods of payment.

(6) The amount specified under paragraph (5)(c) must, subject to paragraph (7), be £100.

(7) Unless paragraph (8) applies, a fixed penalty notice must specify that if £50 is paid before the end of the period of 14 days following the date of the notice that is the amount of the fixed penalty.

(8) If the person to whom a fixed penalty notice is given has already received a fixed penalty notice under these Regulations or under the Regulations specified in paragraph (9)—

(a) paragraph (7) does not apply, and

(b) the amount specified as the fixed penalty is to be—

(i) in the case of the second fixed penalty notice received, £200;

(ii) in the case of the third fixed penalty notice received, £400;

(iii) in the case of the fourth fixed penalty notice received, £800;

(iv) in the case of the fifth fixed penalty notice received, £1,600;

(v) in the case of the sixth and subsequent fixed penalty notices, £3,200.

(9) In calculating how many fixed penalty notices a person has received, fixed penalty notices issued to that person under the following Regulations are also to be taken into account—

(a) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 M20 ;

(b) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020 M21 ;

(c) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 M22 ;

(d) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020 M23 ;

(e) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Luton) Regulations 2020 M24 ;

(f) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford) Regulations 2020 M25 ;

[F19 (g) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions F20 ...) (North of England) Regulations 2020.]

[F21 (h) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Bolton) Regulations 2020.]

[F22 (i) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020.]

[F23 (i) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) Regulations 2020.]

[F24 (9A) But no account is to be taken under paragraph (9) of any fixed penalty notice issued to that person under regulation 9 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020 in respect of the offence described in regulation 8(1) of those Regulations of contravening, without reasonable excuse, regulation 5A or 5B of those Regulations.]

(10) Whatever other method may be specified under paragraph (5)(e), payment of a fixed penalty may be made by pre-paying and posting to the person whose name is stated under paragraph (5)(d), at the stated address, a letter containing the amount of the penalty (in cash or otherwise).

(11) Where a letter is sent as mentioned in paragraph (10), payment is regarded as having been made at the time at which that letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

(12) In any proceedings, a certificate—

(a) that purports to be signed by or on behalf of—

(i) the chief finance officer of the relevant local authority, where the authority to which payment is made is a local authority, or

(ii) the designated officer, where that officer is the authority to which payment is made; and

(b) states that the payment of a fixed penalty was, or was not, received by the date specified in the certificate,

is evidence of the facts stated.

(13) In this regulation—

(a) “authorised person” means—

(i) a constable;

(ii) a police community support officer;

(iii) a person designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation;

(iv) subject to paragraph (14), a person designated by the relevant local authority for the purposes of this regulation;

(b) “chief finance officer”, in relation to a local authority, means the person with responsibility for the authority's financial affairs.

(14) The relevant local authority may only designate a person for the purposes of this regulation to issue fixed penalty notices where the alleged offence relates to the contravention of a requirement or restriction in regulation 4 or the obstruction under regulation 9(2) of a person carrying out a function under regulation 8.

Textual Amendments

F19 Reg. 10(9)(g) inserted (5.8.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/828), regs. 1(2), 18 (with reg. 19)

F20 Words in reg. 10(9)(g) omitted (15.8.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/865), regs. 1, 6

F21 Reg. 10(9)(h) inserted (10.9.2020 at 6.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Bolton) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/974), regs. 1(1), 14(5) (with reg. 12)

F22 Reg. 10(9)(i) inserted (15.9.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/988), regs. 1(2), 15 (with reg. 18)

F23 Reg. 10(9)(i) inserted (18.9.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1010), regs. 1(1), 14(5) (with reg. 12)

F24 Reg. 10(9A) inserted (28.8.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions on Holding of Gatherings and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/907), regs. 1(2), 5

Commencement Information

I9 Reg. 10 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M20 S.I. 2020/350; amended by S.I. 2020/447;

2020/500;

2020/558;

2020/588, and revoked by S.I. 2020/684.

M21 S.I. 2020/684, amended by S.I. 2020/719, 2020/788, 2020/800 and 2020/822.

M22 S.I. 2020/750, amended by S.I. 2020/800 and 2020/822.

M23 S.I. 2020/685, amended by S.I. 2020/750, 2020/754, 2020/787, 2020/800, 2020/822 and 2020/823.

M24 S.I. 2020/800. This has been revoked by S.I. 2020/822.

M25 S.I. 2020/822.

Prosecutions E+W

11.  Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations may be brought by the Crown Prosecution Service and any person designated by the Secretary of State.

Commencement Information

I10 Reg. 11 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020 E+W

12.  In the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020 M26 —

(a) in regulation 1(4)(a), after “(Leicester)” insert “ (No. 2) ”;

(b) in regulation 9(9)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (d), at the end, omit “and”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (e), insert—

“(f) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.”.

Commencement Information

I11 Reg. 12 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M26 S.I. 2020/684, amended by S.I. 2020/719; 2020/788 and 2020/800.

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 E+W

13.  In regulation 14(8) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 M27 —

(a) in sub-paragraph (e), at the end, omit “and”;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (f), insert—

“(g) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.”.

Commencement Information

I12 Reg. 13 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M27 S.I. 2020/750, as amended by S.I. 2020/800 and 2020/822.

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford) Regulations 2020 E+W

14.  In regulation 7(9) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford) Regulations 2020 M28 —

(a) in sub-paragraph (e), at the end, omit “and”;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (f), insert—

“(g) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.”

Commencement Information

I13 Reg. 14 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M28 S.I. 2020/822.

Expiry E+W

15.—(1) These Regulations expire at the end of the period of six months beginning with the day on which they come into force.

(2) This regulation does not affect the validity of anything done pursuant to these Regulations before they expire.

Commencement Information

I14 Reg. 15 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Matt Hancock

Secretary of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE E+W Businesses subject to closure

1.  Nightclubs. E+W

Commencement Information

I15 Sch. para. 1 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

2.—(1) Dance halls, discotheques, and any other venue which— E+W

(a) opens at night,

(b) has a dance floor or other space for dancing by members of the public (and for these purposes members of the venue in question are to be considered members of the public);

(c) provides music, whether live or recorded, for dancing.

(2) A business does not fall within paragraph (1) if it ceases to provide music and dancing.

Commencement Information

I16 Sch. para. 2 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

3.—(1) Sexual entertainment venues and hostess bars. E+W

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) “sexual entertainment venue” has the meaning given in paragraph 2A of Schedule 3 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 M29 ;

(b) “hostess bar” has the meaning given in paragraph 3B of that Schedule M30 .

Commencement Information

I17 Sch. para. 3 in force at 3.8.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M29 1982 c. 30. Paragraph 2A was inserted by section 27 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26).

M30 Paragraph 3B was inserted by section 33 of the London Local Authorities Act 2007 (c. ii).

F25 4.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F25 Sch. para. 4 omitted (15.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/987), regs. 1(2), 2(b)

F26 5.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F26 Sch. para. 5 omitted (19.8.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/875), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F27 6.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F27 Sch. para. 6 omitted (19.8.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/875), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F28 7.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F28 Sch. para. 7 omitted (19.8.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/875), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F29 8.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F29 Sch. para. 8 omitted (19.8.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/875), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F30 9.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F30 Sch. para. 9 omitted (19.8.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/875), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F31 10.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F31 Sch. para. 10 omitted (19.8.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/875), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F32 11.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F32 Sch. para. 11 omitted (15.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/987), regs. 1(2), 2(b)

F33 12.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F33 Sch. para. 12 omitted (8.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford, Leicester, and North of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/954), regs. 1, 3(b)

F34 13.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F34 Sch. para. 13 omitted (15.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/987), regs. 1(2), 2(b)

F35 14.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F35 Sch. para. 14 omitted (8.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford, Leicester, and North of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/954), regs. 1, 3(b)

F36 15.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F36 Sch. para. 15 omitted (8.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford, Leicester, and North of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/954), regs. 1, 3(b)

F37 16.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F37 Sch. para. 16 omitted (15.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/987), regs. 1(2), 2(b)

F38 17.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F38 Sch. para. 17 omitted (15.9.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/987), regs. 1(2), 2(b)

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations require the closure of businesses listed in the Schedule in Leicester, to protect against the risks to public health arising from coronavirus, except for limited permitted uses. They impose restrictions on gatherings of two or more persons in private dwellings. They also impose restrictions on other gatherings of more than 30 people. The closures and restrictions last until they are terminated by a direction given by the Secretary of State.

The need for the restrictions in these Regulations must be reviewed by the Secretary of State every 14 days, with the first review taking place by 17th August 2020.

These Regulations expire at the end of the period of 6 months following the date on which they come into force.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.