# The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 S.I. 2020/1374 · made 30 November 2020 · revised to 29 March 2021 These Regulations impose restrictions on gatherings and on businesses in England. Areas which are not specified in Schedule 4 are subject to the restrictions set out in Schedule 1. Areas specified in Part 1 of Schedule 4 (those areas in Tier 2) are subject to the restrictions set out in Schedule 2. Areas specified in Part 2 of Schedule 4 (those areas in Tier 3) are subject to the restrictions in Schedule 3. The restrictions on businesses include the imposition of restricted hours for certain businesses and closure of certain businesses. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-restrictions-all-tiers-england-regulations-2020/pdf/uksi_20201374_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-restrictions-all-tiers-england-regulations-2020/pdf/uksiem_20201374_en.pdf ## Introductory text Public Health, England Approved by both Houses of ParliamentMade at 1.30 p.m. on 30th November 2020 Laid before Parliament at 3.00 p.m. on 30th November 2020 Coming into force 2nd December 2020 The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45C(1), (3)(c), (4)(b), (4)(d), 45F(2) and 45P of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 . These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in England. The Secretary of State considers that the restrictions and requirements imposed by these Regulations are proportionate to what they seek to achieve, which is a public health response to that threat. In accordance with section 45R of that Act, the Secretary of State is of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make this instrument without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. ## 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 Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations or under any of the Regulations listed in Schedule 6 may be brought by the Crown Prosecution Service and any person designated by the Secretary of State. ## 13A Self-incrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Final provisions ## 14 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Expiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Consequential amendments and transitional and saving provisions (1) Part 1 of Schedule 5 contains consequential amendments. (2) Part 2 of Schedule 5 contains transitional and saving provisions. ## Signature Matt Hancock Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care ## Schedule 1: Tier 1 restrictions ### Part 1: Restrictions on gatherings ## 1 Participation in gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Organisation or facilitation of gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Qualifying groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Closure of businesses ## 5 Requirement to close premises and businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Restricted businesses and services for purposes of this Part of this Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Exceptions from paragraph 5(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Other restrictions on businesses ## 8 Restrictions on opening hours of businesses and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Exceptions from paragraph 8(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Restricted businesses and services for purposes of Part 3 of this Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Tier 2 restrictions ### Part 1: Restrictions on gatherings ## 1 Participation in gatherings indoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Participation in gatherings outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Organisation or facilitation of gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 General exceptions relating to gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Exceptions in relation to outdoor gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Qualifying groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Closure of businesses ## 8 Requirement to close premises and businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Restricted businesses and services for purposes of Part 2 of this Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Exceptions from paragraph 8(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Other restrictions on businesses ## 11 Restrictions on opening hours of businesses and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Exceptions from paragraph 11(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Requirement to close businesses selling alcohol for consumption on the premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Restricted businesses and services for the purposes of Part 3 of this Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Tier 3 restrictions ### Part 1: Restrictions on gatherings ## 1 Participation in gatherings in private dwellings and other indoor spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Participation in gatherings outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Organisation or facilitation of gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 General exceptions in relation to gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings and certain outdoor gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Exceptions in relation to outdoor gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Qualifying groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses ## 8 Requirement to close premises and businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Exceptions to paragraphs 8 and 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Exceptions to paragraph 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Closure of holiday accommodation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Restricted businesses and services for purposes of Part 2 of this Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Restrictions on opening hours of businesses and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3A: Tier 4 restrictions ### Part 1: Restrictions on movement ## 1 Restrictions on leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Exceptions: leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 1A: Declaration on leaving the United Kingdom ## 2A Requirement for declaration on leaving the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Restrictions on gatherings ## 3 Participation in gatherings in private dwellings and other indoor spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Participation in gatherings outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Organisation or facilitation of gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 General exceptions in relation to gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings and certain outdoor gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Exception in relation to outdoor gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Qualifying groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses ## 10 Requirement to close premises and businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Exceptions to paragraphs 10 and 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Exceptions to paragraph 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Closure of holiday accommodation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Restricted businesses and services for purposes of Part 3 of this Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Further restrictions on businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Businesses allowed to remain open in Tier 4 area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 area ### Part 1: Tier 2 area ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Tier 3 area ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Tier 4 area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4A: Persons exempt from the requirement to produce a completed travel declaration form on leaving the United Kingdom ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Consequential amendments and transitional and saving provisions ### Part 1: Consequential amendments ## 1 In the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020, in regulation 9(9), after sub-paragraph (n) insert— “(o) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020, other than notices issued in respect of a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 12(7) of those Regulations or an offence of contravening a restriction or requirement imposed by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations.”. ## 2 (1) Regulation 14 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph (7C), after sub-paragraph (g) insert— “(h) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued in respect of a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 12(7) of those Regulations.”. (3) In paragraph (8), after sub-paragraph (n) insert— “(o) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020.”. (4) In paragraph (8A), after sub-paragraph (f) insert— “(g) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 12(7) of those Regulations or an offence of contravening a restriction or requirement imposed by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations.”. ## 3 In the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020, in regulation 18(7A), after sub-paragraph (g) insert— “(h) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020, where the fixed penalty notice relates to a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 12(7) of those Regulations.”. ## 4 (1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Undertakings) (England) Regulations 2020 are amended as follows. (2) In regulation 1— (a) omit paragraph (2A); (b) in paragraph (3)— (i) in sub-paragraph (b), for “the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020” substitute “ the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 ”; (ii) in sub-paragraph (c), for “the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 ceases” substitute “ the Principal Regulations cease ”; (iii) in sub-paragraph (d), for “5(5) of Schedule 1” substitute “ 4(2) of Schedule 1, or (in relation to the Tier 2 area) paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2, ”; (iv) for sub-paragraphs (fa) and (fb) substitute— “(fa) “Tier 2 area” has the meaning given by regulation 8(4)(d) of the Principal Regulations; (fb) “Tier 3 area” has the meaning given by regulation 8(4)(f) of the Principal Regulations;”; (v) in sub-paragraph (h) omit “for the purposes of the Tier 2 Regulations” and “for the purposes of the Tier 3 Regulations”. (3) In regulation 1A— (a) in paragraph (1), in the opening words, omit “for the purposes of the Tier 2 Regulations” and “for the purposes of the Tier 3 Regulations”; (b) in paragraph (1A)— (i) in the opening words, omit “for the purposes of the Tier 2 Regulations”; (ii) in sub-paragraph (a)(i), for “paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Tier 2 Regulations” substitute “ paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations ”; (iii) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii), for “paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Tier 2 Regulations” substitute “ paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations ”; (iv) in sub-paragraph (b)(i), for “paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Tier 2 Regulations” substitute “ paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations ”; (v) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), for “paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Tier 2 Regulations” substitute “ paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations ”; (vi) in sub-paragraph (c) for “Tier 2” substitute “ Principal ”; (c) omit paragraph (1B). (4) In regulation 4, in paragraph (8A)— (a) in sub-paragraph (d), for “the Principal Regulations” substitute “ the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020 ”; (b) in sub-paragraph (e), for “the Tier 2 Regulations” substitute “ the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020 ”; (c) in sub-paragraph (f), for “the Tier 3 Regulations” substitute “ the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020 ”; (d) after sub-paragraph (g) insert— “(h) the Principal Regulations, where the fixed penalty notice relates to a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 12(7) of those Regulations.”. (5) In regulation 8, for “6(16) or 7” substitute “ 11(9) or 13 ”. ### Part 2: Transitional and savings provisions ## 5 (1) A designation made, or treated as made, in exercise of the powers conferred by the following provisions is to be treated as if it had been made in exercise of the powers conferred by regulations 9(9)(b), 11(3)(b), 11(9)(a) or 13, as appropriate, of these Regulations— (a) regulation 7(10)(b), 9(3)(b), 9(13) or 10 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020; (b) regulation 8(9)(b), 10(3)(b), 10(13) or 11 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020; (c) regulation 8(9)(c), 10(3)(b), 10(13) or 11 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North of England) Regulations 2020; (d) regulation 7(9)(c), 9(3), 9(14) or 10 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020; (e) regulation 8(9)(b)(iii) or (iv), 10(3)(b), 10(14)(a) or 11 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Bolton) Regulations 2020; (f) regulation 8(9)(b), 10(3)(b), 10(14)(a) or 11 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East and North West of England) Regulations 2020; (g) regulation 4(9)(b), 6(3)(b), 6(16) or 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020; (h) regulation 4(9)(b), 6(3)(b), 6(16) or 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020; (i) regulation 4(9)(b), 6(3)(b), 6(16) or 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020; (j) regulation 19(11)(b), 21(3)(b), 21(16)(a) or 22 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020. (2) Despite the revocation by these Regulations of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020, those Regulations continue in force as they had effect immediately before 2nd December 2020 in relation to any offence committed under those Regulations before that date. ## Schedule 6: Prosecutions ## 1 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No.4) Regulations 2020. ## 2 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020. ## 3 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020. ## 4 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020. ## 5 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020. ## 6 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East and North West of England) Regulations 2020. ## 7 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020. ## 8 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020. ## 9 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) Regulations 2020. ## 10 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020. ## 11 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford) Regulations 2020. ## 12 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020. ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations impose restrictions on gatherings and on businesses in England. Areas which are not specified in Schedule 4 are subject to the restrictions set out in Schedule 1. Areas specified in Part 1 of Schedule 4 (those areas in Tier 2) are subject to the restrictions set out in Schedule 2. Areas specified in Part 2 of Schedule 4 (those areas in Tier 3) are subject to the restrictions in Schedule 3. The restrictions on businesses include the imposition of restricted hours for certain businesses and closure of certain businesses. The need for the restrictions in these Regulations must be reviewed by the Secretary of State every 28 days. No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1374 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-restrictions-all-tiers-england-regulations-2020 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.