Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020

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Introduction

PART 1
Introductory

1 Citation, commencement and application

2 Interpretation

3 Linked households

4 Linked Christmas households

5 Linked childcare households

6 Permitted organised gatherings

7 The required precautions

PART 2
Tier restrictions

8 Tier restrictions

PART 3
Enforcement

9 Enforcement of restrictions and requirements

10 Offences and penalties

11 Fixed penalty notices

12 Amount of fixed penalty

13 Prosecutions

PART 4
Final provisions

14 Review

15 Expiry

16 Revocation

17 Consequential amendments and transitional and saving provisions

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Tier 1 restrictions

SCHEDULE 2 Tier 2 restrictions

SCHEDULE 3 Tier 3 restrictions

SCHEDULE 4 Tier 2 area and Tier 3 area

SCHEDULE 5 Consequential amendments and transitional and saving provisions

Signature

Explanatory note

PART 1Introductory

The required precautions7.

(1)

The gathering organiser or (as the case may be) the manager in relation to a gathering takes the required precautions for the purposes of these Regulations by meeting both of the following requirements.

(2)

The first requirement is that the gathering organiser or manager has carried out a risk assessment that would satisfy the requirements of regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 199930 (whether or not the organiser or manager is subject to those Regulations).

(3)

The second requirement is that the gathering organiser or manager has taken all reasonable measures to limit the risk of transmission of coronavirus, taking into account—

(a)

the risk assessment carried out under paragraph (2), and

(b)

any guidance issued by the government which is relevant to the gathering.