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Laws broken by people fined for partygate

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.040833

I note you seek access to the following information:

I would like to find out which specific law the people who were fined for partygate broke

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Breaches of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020-2021.

The Covid regulations were continually updated and therefore the Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued were based on the relevant restrictions in place at that time. The following summary identifies the six offences which were cited on the FPNs issued.

Six offences were identified as breached through this enquiry; a summary of the offences is provided below:

20 May 2020 - Regulation 6 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 – Restriction on leaving, or being outside of, the place where you were living without reasonable excuse.

18 and 19 June 2020 - Regulation 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 – Restriction on participating in an indoor gathering consisting of two or more people.

13 November 2020 – Regulation 8 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 – Restriction on participating in an indoor gathering consisting of two or more people.

17 and 18 December 2020 – Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 – Restriction on participating in an indoor gathering in the Tier 3 area consisting of two or more people.

14 January 2021 - Paragraph 3 of Schedule 3A to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 – Restriction on participating in an indoor gathering in the Tier 4 area consisting of two or more people.

16 April 2021 – Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021 - Restriction on participating in an outdoor gathering in the Step 2 area consisting of more than six people.