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Coronavirus: latest rules for restaurants, pubs and bars With lockdown restrictions easing across the UK, here are some of the latest Government rules you need to be aware of
Wales England Outdoor hospitality reopened on 12 April. Customers must order, eat and drink while seated at a table in venues where alcohol is served, They must follow the ‘rule of six’, or be in a group of any size from two households only. Every customer aged 16 and over must check in with NHS Test and Trace, or provide contact details to the venue. If restrictions are allowed to ease further, from 17 May, customers can eat and drink indoors, in groups of up to six people, or two households of any size. Groups seated outside must have no more than 30 people.
In Wales, outdoor hospitality was given the go-ahead to reopen from 26 April, while pubs and restaurants will be allowed to open indoors from 17 May. At present, the maximum number that can meet outdoors is six people from different households and there are no time limits or curfews in place yet. From 17 May, the rule of four applies indoors (up to four people from four households) or a single household if more than four people. The rule of six will continue to apply outdoors.
Northern Ireland Outdoor areas at hospitality venues (cafés, restaurants, bars, pubs, social clubs, including in members’ clubs) reopened on 30 April. A maximum of six people from two households can be seated together. Children aged 12 and under are not counted in the total. More than six will be permitted if they all belong to a single household. Venues will also be required to collect customer details to help with the Test, Trace, Protect contact tracing programme. An indicative date of 24 May, subject to review, has been set for the reopening of indoor hospitality venues and all tourism accommodation. www.worldfoodlife.uk
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Scotland From 26 April, hospitality venues such as cafés, pubs and restaurants reopened for business. Cafés, pubs and restaurants can resume full outdoor service, subject to local licensing, and serve food indoors, but without alcohol until 8pm. Takeaways can also resume normal service, with physical distancing and face masks in premises. There is a maximum of six people from six households outdoors and a maximum of six people from two households indoors. Under 12s do not count towards the number of people meeting outside but they do count towards household numbers indoors. From 17 May, restaurants, bars and cafes could stay open until 11.30pm and serve alcohol. A new app, Check In Scotland, has been launched by the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland to help venues collect details from customers for the Test and Protect system.
April-June 2021
