Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Local Authority Enforcement Powers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 20212.

(1)

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(5)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (d)(ii), for “another” substitute “a”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (i)(ii), omit “or as otherwise specified,”.

(3)

In regulation 3(2)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (d), for the words from “who are” to the end, substitute “, at least one of whom is under the age of one or was under that age on 2nd December 2020,”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (e), for the words from “who have” to the end, substitute “, at least one of whom has a disability, requires continuous care and is under the age of five, or was under that age on 2nd December 2020, or”.

(4)

In regulation 14(3)(b)(iii), for “any other place indoors” substitute “in any other place”.

(5)

In Schedule 1, in paragraph 11(7), for “sub-paragraph (1)” substitute “paragraph 9(1)”.

(6)

In Schedule 2—

(a)

in paragraph 9—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (2)(b)—

(aa)

at the beginning, insert “subject to sub-paragraph (4),”;

(bb)

omit “which do not serve alcohol”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (6), in the opening words, for “and (5)” substitute “, (5) and (8)”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (7), in the opening words, for “Sub-paragraph” substitute “Except for the purposes of sub-paragraph (8), sub-paragraph”;

(iv)

in sub-paragraph (8), for “Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (7), a” substitute “A”;

(b)

in paragraph 11(7), for “sub-paragraph (1)” substitute “paragraph 9(1)”;

(c)

in paragraph 12—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (5)(a), for the words from “washing facilities” to the end, substitute—

“—

(i)

reception areas,

(ii)

washing facilities, including facilities for laundering clothes,

(iii)

toilets,

(iv)

baby changing rooms,

(v)

breast feeding rooms,

(vi)

water points,

(vii)

waste disposal points, or

(viii)

facilities offered or provided as part of a permitted business or service, or”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (7)—

(aa)

omit paragraph (a);

(bb)

in paragraph (b), at the end, insert—

“but does not include—

(i)

reception areas,

(ii)

toilets,

(iii)

baby changing rooms,

(iv)

breast feeding rooms,

(v)

facilities for laundering clothes,

(vi)

areas used for the provision of permitted businesses or services, or

(vii)

areas used by guests in accommodation provided in separate and self-contained premises solely to access a room, facility or area referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) to (vi), whether or not those areas are used by any other person for any other purpose;”;

(cc)

after paragraph (b), insert—

“(c)

a “permitted business or service” means a business or service which the person responsible for carrying on the business of providing accommodation is permitted to offer or provide under sub-paragraph (4).”;

(d)

in paragraph 13(5), for paragraph (g), substitute—

“(g)

indoor games and recreation venues, including laser quest, escape rooms, paintballing and recreational driving facilities;”.

(7)

In Schedule 3, in paragraph 9(3), for sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) of paragraph (b), substitute—

“(i)

cafes or canteens at a hospital or care home,

(ii)

cafes or canteens at a school, a provider of post-16 education or training (as defined in paragraph (e) of the definition of “relevant institution” in paragraph 1(8) of Schedule 17 to the Coronavirus Act 2020) or educational accommodation for students attending higher education courses,

(iii)

cafes or canteens at a higher education provider, where there is no practical alternative for staff and students at that institution to obtain food or drink, and alcohol is not served for consumption on the premises,

(iv)

canteens at criminal justice accommodation, immigration detention accommodation or an establishment intended for use for Her Majesty’s armed forces or for the purposes of the Department of the Secretary of State responsible for defence,

(v)

workplace canteens where there is no practical alternative for staff at that workplace to obtain food or drink and alcohol is not served for consumption on the premises, or

(vi)

services providing food or drink to the homeless;”.

(8)

In Schedule 4—

(a)

in Part 1, omit the words from “Every area” to the end of the sentence;

(b)

in Part 2, after “Step 2 area—”, insert—

“Every area of England (including the territorial waters adjacent to England and the airspace above England and those territorial waters).”.

(9)

In Schedule 6, for paragraph 1(1), after paragraph (j), insert—

“(ja)

a representative of the government of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark or the Isle of Man,”.