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

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introductory

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and application

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Linked households

    4. 4.Linked childcare household

    5. 5.Permitted organised gatherings

    6. 6.The required precautions

  3. PART 2 Step restrictions

    1. 7.Step restrictions

  4. PART 3 Restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom

    1. 8.Restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom

  5. PART 4 Disapplication of restrictions and requirements

    1. 9.Disapplication by the Secretary of State

  6. PART 5 Enforcement

    1. 10.Enforcement of restrictions and requirements

    2. 11.Offences and penalties

    3. 12.Fixed penalty notices

    4. 13.Amount of fixed penalty: travel offences

    5. 14.Amount of fixed penalty: large gathering offences

    6. 15.Amount of fixed penalty: organised gathering offences

    7. 16.Amount of fixed penalty: business restriction offences

    8. 17.Amount of fixed penalty: general offences

    9. 18.Prosecutions

    10. 19.Self-incrimination

  7. PART 6 Final provisions

    1. 20.Review

    2. 21.Expiry

    3. 22.Revocation

    4. 23.Consequential and other amendments and transitional and saving provisions

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Step 1

      1. PART 1 Restrictions on gatherings

        1. 1.Participation in gatherings indoors

        2. 2.Participation in gatherings outdoors

        3. 3.Organisation or facilitation of gatherings

        4. 4.General exceptions in relation to gatherings

        5. 5.Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings

        6. 6.Exceptions in relation to outdoor gatherings

        7. 7.Qualifying groups

      2. PART 2 Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses

        1. 8.Requirement to close premises and businesses

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

        3. 10.Exceptions to paragraphs 8 and 9

        4. 11.Exceptions to paragraph 9

        5. 12.Closure of holiday accommodation

        6. 13.Restricted business and services for purposes of this Part

        7. 14.Further restrictions on businesses

        8. 15.Businesses allowed to remain open in Step 1 area

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Step 2

      1. PART 1 Restrictions on gatherings

        1. 1.Participation in gatherings indoors

        2. 2.Participation in gatherings outdoors

        3. 3.Organisation or facilitation of gatherings

        4. 4.General exceptions relating to gatherings

        5. 5.Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings

        6. 6.Exceptions in relation to outdoor gatherings

        7. 7.Qualifying groups

      2. PART 2 Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses

        1. 8.Requirement to close premises and businesses

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

        3. 10.Exceptions to paragraph 8 and 9

        4. 11.Exceptions to paragraph 9

        5. 12.Closure of holiday accommodation

        6. 13.Restricted business and services for purposes of this Part

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Step 3

      1. PART 1 Restrictions on gatherings

        1. 1.Participation in gatherings

        2. 2.Organisation or facilitation of gatherings

        3. 3.General exceptions relating to gatherings

        4. 4.Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings

        5. 5.Qualifying groups

      2. PART 2 Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses

        1. 6.Requirement to close premises and businesses

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

        3. 8.Exceptions from paragraph 6(1)

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

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Step 1 area, Step 2 area and Step 3 area

      1. PART 1 Step 1 area

      2. PART 2 Step 2 area

      3. PART 3 Step 3 area

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Reasonable excuses to travel outside the United Kingdom

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

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

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

      4. 4.Where P is enrolled on a course of study—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    6. SCHEDULE 6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Consequential amendments

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Other amendments to subordinate legislation relating to coronavirus

      1. PART 1 Introductory

        1. 1.General interpretation

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

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

        2. 3.Transitional provision in connection with paragraph 2(2)

      3. PART 3 Amendment of the Contact Details Regulations and related provisions

        1. 4.Amendment of the Contact Details Regulations

        2. 5.Savings in connection with paragraph 2

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

        4. 7.Savings in connection with paragraph 6

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

        1. 8.Introductory

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

        3. 10.New regulations 2 to 2D

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

        5. 12.Amendment of regulation 5 (interpretation of Part 1)

        6. 13.Amendment of regulation 6 (interpretation of Part 2)

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

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

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

        10. 17.Amendment of regulation 10 (enforcement)

        11. 18.Amendment of regulation 11 (offences)

        12. 19.Amendment of regulation 12 (fixed penalty notices)

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

        14. 21.Amendment of regulation 15 (self-incrimination)

        15. 22.Related savings and transitional provisions

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

  9. Explanatory Note

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