
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Amendment No. 9) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation at 11.00 p.m. on 29th June 2020.
2 

(1) The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4(6)(d) and (g)(ii) (Further restrictions and closures during the emergency period), for “ten persons” substitute “thirty people”.
(3) In regulation 6 (restrictions on gatherings)—
(a) for “two people” substitute “thirty people”;
(b) omit paragraph (a); and
(c) in paragraph (c), omit “or a marriage ceremony, in accordance with regulation 4(6)(d)”.
(4) For regulation 6A (restrictions on outdoor gatherings), substitute—“
6A. 
During the emergency period, a person may participate in an outdoor gathering consisting of up to thirty people.”.
(5) In regulation 6B (restrictions on outdoor gatherings: ceremonies), for “ten people” substitute “thirty people”.
(6) In regulation 7(9), for “Where a relevant person considers that three or more people are gathered together in contravention of regulation 6”, substitute “Where a relevant person considers that there is a gathering in contravention of regulation 6”.
3 
Regulations 8 and 9 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 continue to have effect in relation to any offence committed, or reasonably believed to have been committed, before these Regulations came into operation as if the amendments set out in regulation 2 had not been made.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health at 9.30 p. m. on 29th June 2020
Kiera Lloyd
A senior officer of the Department of Health
