Tier 4: Stay at Home: what you can and can t do Date published: 30 December 2020
Health Secretary Matt Hancock made the new tier announcement earlier today
So, what exactly is the difference between the current Tier 3 restrictions in Oldham, compared to the Tier 4 rules which will now come into force from midnight tonight?
Here is more on what you can and cannot do in areas, such as Oldham, where tighter restrictions are in place.
Anyone who lives in a Tier 4 area must follow the rules.
You cannot leave or be outside of the place you are living unless you have a reasonable excuse.
A pub has been fined £1,000 for serving alcohol without a substantial meal. The Skew Bridge, at Southdown Road, was caught breaching Covid-19 regulations while Hertfordshire was classed as a Tier 2 area as it served punters drinks without a meal. Two business compliance officers from St Albans City and District Council visited the pub following complaints of alcohol being served, despite Tier 2 restrictions requiring a ‘substantial’ meal with alcohol at pubs, bars and restaurants. When questioned, the manager admitted the offence and was served with the £1,000 fine on December 14– the first of its kind to be issued in the district. Councillor Mandy McNeil, portfolio holder for Business, Tourism and Culture, said: “A breach of Covid-19 regulations is, thankfully, a rare event for the district.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock
The decision was made by the Government today due to concerns over a new variant of the virus, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson said may be ‘up to 70 per cent more transmissible’ than the original strain.
The new rules mean people living in East Sussex must not leave or be outside of their home except for where they have a specific purpose, or a ‘reasonable excuse’.
The Government said a reasonable excuse includes work and volunteering, where your place of work remains open and where you cannot work from home including if your job involves working in other people’s homes.
Providing care for vulnerable people
Exercise and recreation in outdoor areas - this can be done with one person from outside your household if social distancing is maintained
Medical reasons such as receiving a Covid-19 test
To avoid injury or illness or to escape risk of harm (such as domestic abuse)
To visit someone who is dying or someone in a care home (if permitted under care home guidance)
Communal worship
2. Meeting others In general, you must not meet socially or carry out any activities with another person, the government website states. But people can meet one person from outside their household in an outdoor space if social distancing is observed.
Plymouth pub visited by police and customers told to leave
Police visited The Walrus pub on Friday to be told it was not exempt from regulations - having already been hit with £1,000 for falling foul of coronavirus legislation in October
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