Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020
Requirement to close premises and businesses during the emergency3.
(1)
A person responsible for carrying on a business in the protected area which is listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3 must—
(a)
during the emergency period—
(i)
close any premises, or part of the premises, in the protected area in which food or drink are sold for consumption on those premises, and
(ii)
cease selling food or drink for consumption on its premises in the protected area; or
(b)
if the business sells food or drink for consumption off the premises, cease selling food or drink for consumption on its premises in the protected area during the emergency period.
(2)
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), food or drink sold by a hotel or other accommodation as part of room service is not to be treated as being sold for consumption on its premises.
(3)
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(ii) and (b), an area adjacent to the premises of the business where seating is made available for customers of the business (whether or not by the business) is to be treated as part of the premises of that business.
(4)
A person responsible for carrying on a business or providing a service in the protected area which is listed in Part 2 of Schedule 3 must cease to carry on that business or to provide that service in the protected area during the emergency period.
(5)
Paragraph (4) does not prevent the use of—
(a)
premises used for the businesses or services listed in paragraphs 5, 6, 10, 11 or 12 of that Part to broadcast a performance to people outside the premises, whether over the internet or as part of a radio or television broadcast;
(b)
any suitable premises used for the businesses or services listed in that Schedule to host blood donation sessions;
(c)
facilities for training for elite sportspersons, including indoor fitness studios, gyms, sports courts, indoor or outdoor swimming pools and other indoor leisure centres.
(6)
If a business listed in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 3 (“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.
(7)
Paragraph (4) does not prevent a person responsible for carrying on a business or providing a service listed in Part 2 of Schedule 2 (“the closed business”)—
(a)
carrying on a business of offering goods for sale or for hire by making deliveries or otherwise providing services in response to orders received—
(i)
through a website, or otherwise by online communication,
(ii)
by telephone, including orders by text message, or
(iii)
by post;
(b)
from operating a café or restaurant solely to sell food or drink for consumption off the premises, if the café or restaurant is separate from the premises used for the closed business.
(8)
For the purposes of paragraph (7), a café or restaurant (“CR”) is separate from premises used for the closed business if—
(a)
the CR is in a self-contained unit, and
(b)
it is possible for a member of the public to enter the CR from a place outside those premises.