Prevailing rule requirement
9A.—(1)  Where the venue of a business event in regulation 15A or 15D is not the permitted premises of the organiser of the business event, the prevailing rule requirement means that the organiser of the business event must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that the participants of the business event, during the crowd management period of the business event, do cooperate with the occupier of that venue to enable the occupier to comply with the requirements imposed on the occupier under the Main Control Order in relation to the business event taking place in that venue.
(2)  Where any defined activity is or is to be engaged in during a business event in regulation 15A in a venue, and the venue is the permitted premises of the organiser of the business event that is —
(a)a retail food and drinks establishment or a place at which a retail liquor business is for the time being carried on;
(b)an indoor recreational facility; or
(c)premises at which is provided any personal appearance service or personal care service that requires taking off, or not wearing, one’s mask in order to receive the service,
the prevailing rule requirement means that the organiser of the business event must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure —
(d)that the requirements in the Main Control Order are complied with, subject to —
(i)paragraph 2(a) of Part 3 of the First Schedule to the Main Control Order, and paragraph 1(1)(a) or 4(a) (as the case may be) of Part 4 of the Main Control Order, being disapplied in relation to the business event; and
(ii)paragraph 1(1)(b) and (c) and (2)(a) of Part 4 of the First Schedule to the Main Control Order applying despite any general physical distancing requirement in these Regulations; and
(e)that where any food or drink is or is to be consumed in the room or place in connection with the business event —
(i)the food or drink must not be served or consumed in the venue when a live performance takes place in the venue;
(ii)the food or drink must be served in connection with the business event only in individual servings, and in no other way;
(iii)the food or drink must be consumed in connection with the business event only when participants are and remain seated; and
(iv)any music, lecture, talk or address or any other content (whether or not pre-recorded) must not be played or provided in a manner which is likely to be audible to individuals in or around the venue, when the food or drink is being served or consumed in the venue in connection with the business event.
(3)  However, paragraph (2) does not apply to prevent the consumption of drink in an emergency where the drink is necessary to preserve life or prevent injury or further injury.
[S 622/2021 wef 19/08/2021]