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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into operation at the time these Regulations are made.
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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
3 
In regulation 5 (restrictions on gatherings)—
(a) in paragraph 5(1) for “paragraphs (2) to (5)” substitute “paragraphs (2) to (7)” and for “thirty” substitute “fifteen”;
(b) in paragraph 5(2), after “private dwelling” insert “or to a funeral”;
(c) after paragraph 5(5) insert—“
(6) A person attending a funeral or responsible for organising or operating a funeral shall comply with the guidance on funerals issued by the Department of Health.
(7) Regulation 8 (offences and penalties) does not apply to a contravention of the requirement in paragraph (6).”
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In regulation 6 (restrictions on gatherings: private dwellings)—
(a) in paragraph 6(1) for “A person” substitute “Subject to paragraph (6) a person” and for “thirty” substitute “fifteen”;
(b) in paragraph 6(2) for “paragraphs (3) and (4)” substitute “paragraphs (3), to (6)”;
(c) in paragraphs 6(2) and 6(3) for “ten” substitute “six” at each place where it appears and for “four” substitute “two”;
(d) after paragraph 6(4), insert—“
(5) 
(a) Paragraph (2) does not apply where the gathering is for the purpose of a marriage or a civil partnership where a party to the marriage or civil partnership is seriously ill and death in consequence of that illness can reasonably be expected within six months of the date of the ceremony;
(b) in a case referred to in subparagraph 5(a) an indoor gathering in a private dwelling may consist of up to ten persons including the participants and officiant;
(6) 
(a) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply where the gathering is for the purpose of a funeral or an event associated with a funeral;
(b) in a case referred to in subparagraph 6(a) a person attending, or a person responsible for organising or operating, the funeral or event associated with a funeral shall comply with the guidance on funerals issued by the Department of Health;
(c) Regulation 8 (offences and penalties) does not apply to a contravention of the requirement in subparagraph (6)(b).”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health at 5.45 pm on 25th August 2020
(L.S.)Robin Swann
Minister of Health
