The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021 (revoked)

PART 1Introductory

1Citation, commencement and application

2Interpretation

3Linked households

4Linked childcare household

5Permitted organised gatherings

6The required precautions

PART 2Step restrictions

7Step restrictions

PART 3Restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom

8Restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom

PART 4Disapplication of restrictions and requirements

9Disapplication by the Secretary of State

PART 5Enforcement

10Enforcement of restrictions and requirements

11Offences and penalties

12Fixed penalty notices

13Amount of fixed penalty: travel offences

14Amount of fixed penalty: large gathering offences

15Amount of fixed penalty: organised gathering offences

16Amount of fixed penalty: business restriction offences

17Amount of fixed penalty: general offences

19Self-incrimination

PART 6Final provisions

23Consequential and other amendments and transitional and saving provisions

SCHEDULE 1Step 1

PART 1Restrictions on gatherings

1Participation in gatherings indoors

2Participation in gatherings outdoors

3Organisation or facilitation of gatherings

4General exceptions in relation to gatherings

5Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings

6Exceptions in relation to outdoor gatherings

7Qualifying groups

PART 2Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses

8Requirement to close premises and businesses

9Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises

10Exceptions to paragraphs 8 and 9

11Exceptions to paragraph 9

12Closure of holiday accommodation

13Restricted business and services for purposes of this Part

14Further restrictions on businesses

15Businesses allowed to remain open in Step 1 area

SCHEDULE 2Step 2

PART 1Restrictions on gatherings

1Participation in gatherings indoors

2Participation in gatherings outdoors

3Organisation or facilitation of gatherings

4General exceptions relating to gatherings

5Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings

6Exceptions in relation to outdoor gatherings

7Qualifying groups

PART 2Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses

8Requirement to close premises and businesses

9Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises

10Exceptions to paragraph 8 and 9

11Exceptions to paragraph 9

12Closure of holiday accommodation

13Restricted business and services for purposes of this Part

SCHEDULE 3Step 3

PART 1Restrictions on gatherings

1Participation in gatherings

2Organisation or facilitation of gatherings

3General exceptions relating to gatherings

4Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings

5Qualifying groups

PART 2Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses

6Requirement to close premises and businesses

7Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises

8Exceptions from paragraph 6(1)

9Restricted businesses and services for purposes of paragraph 6 and 7

SCHEDULE 4Step 1 area, Step 2 area and Step 3 area

PART 1Step 1 area

. . . . . . . . . ....

PART 2Step 2 area

. . . . . . . . . ....

PART 3Step 3 area

. . . . . . . . . ....

SCHEDULE 5Reasonable excuses to travel outside the United Kingdom

1Where P is travelling to a destination in the common...

2Where it is reasonably necessary for a person (“P”) to...

3Where it is reasonably necessary for P to leave the...

4Where P is enrolled on a course of study—

5Where P is an elite sportsperson, a coach of an...

6Where it is reasonably necessary for P to leave the...

7Where it is reasonably necessary for P to leave the...

8Where it is reasonably necessary for P to leave the...

9Where it is reasonably necessary for P to leave the...

10Where it is reasonably necessary for P to leave the...

11Where it is reasonably necessary for P to leave the...

12Where it is reasonably necessary for P to travel outside...

13Where P is only in the United Kingdom on a...

14Where P is the child or dependent of a person...

SCHEDULE 6Persons exempt from the restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom, and the requirement to have a travel declaration form

1(1) A person (“P”) who is— (a) a member of...

2(1) A Crown servant or government contractor where they are...

3(1) A person who is a Crown servant, a government...

4An official of a foreign Government, who came to the...

5(1) A transit passenger. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph...

6(1) A road haulage worker or a road passenger transport...

7(1) Seamen and masters, as defined in section 313(1) of...

8A pilot, as defined in paragraph 22(1) of Schedule 3A...

9An inspector, or a surveyor of ships, appointed under section...

10(1) A member of aircraft crew where they are travelling...

11Civil aviation inspectors, as defined in Annex 9 to the...

12(1) Any of the following who are travelling from the...

13A person designated by the relevant Minister under section 5(3)...

14A person being removed from the United Kingdom pursuant to...

15A person responsible for escorting a person sought for extradition...

16A representative of any territory who travelled to the United...

17A person who is being extradited or deported from the...

18(1) A specialist aerospace engineer, or a specialist aerospace worker,...

SCHEDULE 7Consequential amendments

1(1) Regulation 14 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England)...

2In regulation 3(10) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health...

3In the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020,...

4In the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc...

5(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Undertakings) (England)...

6In regulation 3 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of...

7In regulation 17 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation)...

8(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Local Authority Enforcement Powers...

SCHEDULE 8Other amendments to subordinate legislation relating to coronavirus

PART 1Introductory

1General interpretation

PART 2Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 and related provisions

2Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020

3Transitional provision in connection with paragraph 2(2)

PART 3Amendment of the Contact Details Regulations and related provisions

4Amendment of the Contact Details Regulations

5Savings in connection with paragraph 2

6Consequential amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Local Authority Enforcement Powers and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020

7Savings in connection with paragraph 6

PART 4Amendment of the Self-Isolation Regulations and related provisions

9Amendment of regulation 1 (citation, commencement and application)

10New regulations 2 to 2D

11Amendment of regulation 3 (period of self-isolation)

12Amendment of regulation 5 (interpretation of Part 1)

13Amendment of regulation 6 (interpretation of Part 2)

14Amendment of regulation 7 (requirement on employers of workers required to self-isolate)

15Amendment of regulation 8 (notification by workers of requirement to self-isolate)

16Amendment of regulation 9 (notification in respect of agency workers)

17Amendment of regulation 10 (enforcement)

18Amendment of regulation 11 (offences)

19Amendment of regulation 12 (fixed penalty notices)

20Amendment of regulation 14 (power to use and disclose information)

21Amendment of regulation 15 (self-incrimination)

22Related savings and transitional provisions

23Consequential amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Local Authority Enforcement Powers and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020

2021 No. 364

Public Health, England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021 (revoked)F1

Madeat 9.00 a.m. on 22nd March 2021

Laid before Parliamentat 1.30 p.m. on 22nd March 2021

Coming into force29th March 2021

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Regulations revoked (18.7.2021 at 11.55 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps etc.) (England) (Revocation and Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/848), regs. 1(2), 2(a) (with reg. 5)