12.—(1) An occupier of a venue where a religious gathering takes place, or is to take place, must take, or cause to be taken, all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that the total number of worshippers who are or may be allowed to be present within the worshippers’ area of the venue at any time during a crowd management period of the religious gathering, does not exceed the worshipper capacity applicable to the type of religious gathering.
(2) To avoid doubt, infants and children of any age are to be counted for the purposes of this regulation.
(3) This regulation applies despite regulation 10B(1) of the Main Control Order and Part 3 of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Business Events — Control Order) Regulations 2021.
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(4) However, this requirement is subject to regulation 13 where it is a religious gathering for congregational worship that takes place, or is to take place, in a venue within a place of worship.