# The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021 (revoked) S.I. 2021/364 · made 22 March 2021 · revised to 18 July 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-restrictions-steps-england-regulations-2021-revoked/pdf/uksi_20210364_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-restrictions-steps-england-regulations-2021-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20210364_en.pdf ## Introductory text Public Health, England Made at 9.00 a.m. on 22nd March 2021 Laid before Parliament at 1.30 p.m. on 22nd March 2021 Coming into force 29th March 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Introductory ## 1 Citation, commencement and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Linked households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Linked childcare household . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Permitted organised gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 The required precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Step restrictions ## 7 Step restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom ## 8 Restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Disapplication of restrictions and requirements ## 9 Disapplication by the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Enforcement ## 10 Enforcement of restrictions and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Fixed penalty notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Amount of fixed penalty: travel offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Amount of fixed penalty: large gathering offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Amount of fixed penalty: organised gathering offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Amount of fixed penalty: business restriction offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Amount of fixed penalty: general offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Prosecutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Self-incrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Final provisions ## 20 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Expiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Consequential and other amendments and transitional and saving provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Step 1 ### Part 1: Restrictions on gatherings ## 1 Participation in gatherings indoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 business and services for purposes of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Further restrictions on businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Businesses allowed to remain open in Step 1 area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Step 2 ### 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, 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 paragraph 8 and 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Exceptions to paragraph 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Closure of holiday accommodation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Restricted business and services for purposes of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Step 3 ### Part 1: Restrictions on gatherings ## 1 Participation in gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Organisation or facilitation of gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 General exceptions relating to gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Exceptions in relation to indoor gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Qualifying groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Closure of, and restrictions on, businesses ## 6 Requirement to close premises and businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Restrictions on service of food and drink for consumption on the premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Exceptions from paragraph 6(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Restricted businesses and services for purposes of paragraph 6 and 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Step 1 area, Step 2 area and Step 3 area ### Part 1: Step 1 area ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Step 2 area ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Step 3 area ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Reasonable excuses to travel outside the United Kingdom ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Consequential amendments ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Other amendments to subordinate legislation relating to coronavirus ### Part 1: Introductory ## 1 General interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 and related provisions ## 2 Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Transitional provision in connection with paragraph 2(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Amendment of the Contact Details Regulations and related provisions ## 4 Amendment of the Contact Details Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Savings in connection with paragraph 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Consequential amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Local Authority Enforcement Powers and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Savings in connection with paragraph 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: Amendment of the Self-Isolation Regulations and related provisions ## 8 Introductory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Amendment of regulation 1 (citation, commencement and application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 New regulations 2 to 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Amendment of regulation 3 (period of self-isolation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Amendment of regulation 5 (interpretation of Part 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Amendment of regulation 6 (interpretation of Part 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Amendment of regulation 7 (requirement on employers of workers required to self-isolate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Amendment of regulation 8 (notification by workers of requirement to self-isolate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Amendment of regulation 9 (notification in respect of agency workers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Amendment of regulation 10 (enforcement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Amendment of regulation 11 (offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Amendment of regulation 12 (fixed penalty notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Amendment of regulation 14 (power to use and disclose information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Amendment of regulation 15 (self-incrimination) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Related savings and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Consequential amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Local Authority Enforcement Powers and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/364 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-restrictions-steps-england-regulations-2021-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.