“7.—(1) During the emergency period, unless paragraph (2) applies, no person may
participate in a gathering which takes place in a public or private place—
(a) outdoors, and consists of more than six persons, or
(b) indoors, and consists of two or more persons.
(2) This paragraph applies where—
(a) all the persons in the gathering are members of the same household;
(b) the person is attending a funeral, as—
(i) a member of the deceased person’s household,
(ii) a close family member of the deceased person, or
(iii) if no-one within paragraph (i) or (ii) is attending, a friend of the deceased
person;
(c) the person concerned is an elite athlete, the coach of an elite athlete, or (in the case
of an elite athlete under the age of 18), the parent of an elite athlete, and the
gathering is necessary for training or competition;
(d) the gathering is reasonably necessary—
(i) for work purposes, or for the provision of voluntary or charitable services;
(ii) to facilitate a house move;
(iii) to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person, including relevant
personal care within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the
Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;
(iv) to provide emergency assistance;
(v) for the purposes of early years childcare provided by a person registered on
the Early Years Register under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006;
(vi) to enable one or more persons in the gathering to avoid injury or illness or to
escape a risk of harm;
(vii) to continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents
and children where the children do not live in the same household as their
parents, or one of their parents;
(e) the person concerned is fulfilling a legal obligation or participating in legal
proceedings;
(f) the gathering takes place at an educational facility and is reasonably necessary for
the purposes of education.
No overnights though.
