Physical distancing requirement in relation to certain premises

3.—(1) Regulations 4, 5, 6 and 6A of the principal Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 4(5) insert—

(5A) Paragraph (5B) applies—

(a)to premises used to carry on a business or provide a service mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, or

(b)where premises used to carry on a business or provide a service listed in Part 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 are used for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (5).

(5B) Where this paragraph applies, the person responsible for carrying on the business or providing the service must, during the emergency period, take all reasonable measures to ensure —

(a)that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between any persons on the premises (except between two members of the same household, or a carer and the person assisted by the carer),

(b)that persons are only admitted to the premises in sufficiently small numbers to make it possible to maintain that distance, and

(c)that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between persons waiting to enter the premises (except between two members of the same household, or a carer and the person assisted by the carer).

(3) After regulation 5(3A) insert—

(3B) Paragraph (3C) applies where premises used for a business listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 are used—

(a)to provide accommodation in accordance with paragraph (3), or

(b)to carry on the business in accordance with paragraph (3A).

(3C) Where this paragraph applies, the person responsible for carrying on the business must, during the emergency period, take all reasonable measures to ensure—

(a)that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between any persons on the premises (except between two members of the same household, or a carer and the person assisted by the carer),

(b)that persons are only admitted to the premises in sufficiently small numbers to make it possible to maintain that distance, and

(c)that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between persons waiting to enter the premises (except between two members of the same household, or a carer and the person assisted by the carer).

(4) In regulation 6, after paragraph (2) insert—

(2A) Where premises are not closed because they are premises required in order to carry on a business as permitted by paragraph (2)(a), the person responsible for carrying on the business must, during the emergency period, take all reasonable measures to ensure—

(a)that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between any persons on the premises (except between two members of the same household, or a carer and the person assisted by the carer),

(b)that persons are only admitted to the premises in sufficiently small numbers to make it possible to maintain that distance, and

(c)that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between persons waiting to enter the premises (except between two members of the same household, or a carer and the person assisted by the carer).

(5) In regulation 6A, for paragraph (2) substitute—

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to premises—

(a)used in the carrying on of a business, or provision of a service, listed in Schedule 1, or

(b)to which regulation 6(2A) applies.