Meaning of “dining-in activity requirement”
24.—(1)  For the purposes of this Part, the dining‑in activity requirement where the provision of a special authorised service, or a Part 3 private social event or defined event, is conducted means the requirement to ensure —
(a)that consumption of food or drink by customers of the special authorised service or participants of the Part 3 private social event or defined event (as the case may be) is permitted only in an area in the place specially designated for that activity;
(b)that every customer of the special authorised service, or every participant of the Part 3 private social event or defined event (as the case may be) who is consuming or about to consume food or drink is seated in the area mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) except —
(i)while entering the area and while moving to his or her seat;
(ii)while placing or picking up, or paying for, an order of food or drink;
(iii)while leaving the area;
(iv)while going to or returning from a washroom; or
(v)while lining up to do anything described in sub‑paragraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv);
(c)that the food or drink is served without using a self‑service buffet and only in individual servings;
(d)that no food and no drinks are served or consumed in the area mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) when any of the following is happening:
(i)a live performance;
(ii)a lecture, a talk or an address or other sound which is not pre‑recorded; and
(e)that the serving of liquor for consumption, and the consumption of liquor, by any individual in the place stop after 10.30 p.m.
(2)  To avoid doubt, this regulation does not affect regulation 23.