Special safe distancing measures for seating and queues
6.—(1) An owner or occupier of a public place, and any organiser of an event not prohibited by regulation 3 that is held in a public place, must take all reasonable steps during the control period —
(a)
where seating is provided —
(i)
if the seating is not fixed to the floor of the public place — to ensure that each seat is at least one metre away from any other seat at all times; or
(ii)
if the seating is fixed to the floor of the public place — to ensure that alternate seats are demarcated as seats not to be occupied; and
(b)
where individuals may form a queue or wait in an area in the public place for any reason, including to purchase goods or services or to use changing or sanitary facilities — to apply practices that ensure that every individual in the queue or area is at least one metre away from any other individual in the queue or area.
(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(3) An individual who intentionally —
(a)
sits on a seat that is not fixed to the floor and that is less than one metre away from another seated individual in a public place;
(b)
sits on a fixed seat in a public place that is demarcated as not to be occupied; or
(c)
stands in a queue less than one metre away from another individual in the queue in a public place,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.