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Coronavirus Regulations UK: What is permitted and prohibited

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Little Miss Happy
Little Miss Happy
Apr 2020
3:46pm, 18 Apr 2020
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If you were in England and your walk was significantly longer than an hour and a half then technically yes halfpint.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Apr 2020
4:55pm, 18 Apr 2020
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And you could pause for a quick snack but not for a little snooze or a sunbathe.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Apr 2020
5:00pm, 18 Apr 2020
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Or to work sat on a bench
Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
Apr 2020
8:27pm, 18 Apr 2020
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FFS, one of the local farm shops sells plants as well as food. Apparently someone complained to the council and the council told the shop that customers have to spend at least £10 worth of food in order to buy plants.
jda
jda
Apr 2020
8:51pm, 18 Apr 2020
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That's just not true as a matter of law. You need a reasonable excuse to leave your house, but once you are out you are out, so it is quite within the law to go shopping for food (elsewhere) and then also buy something entirely frivolous in the same trip, at a different shop. You just can't go out for the frivolous shopping with no other excuse.

Not that I would expect a local council officer to be aware of the law.
Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
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9:04pm, 18 Apr 2020
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Quite. And I’m not aware of any similar restrictions being placed on the other farm shops in the area, or on the supermarkets that also sell house plants, so it’s not even consistent.
Weath
Weath
Apr 2020
9:12pm, 18 Apr 2020
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"Not that I would expect a local council officer to be aware of the law!"

A rather sweeping statement there.
larkim
larkim
Apr 2020
9:55pm, 18 Apr 2020
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There is some merit in council officers stopping non food retailers "diversifying" to profit from the shutdown, but equally taking advantage of some entrepreneurial spirit to avoid businesses needing to become a burden on the furlough scheme is worth while. That farm shop example sounds ludicrous though, as jda says it's simply not the case that all ancillary purchases are at all considered in the legislation.
Non-runner
Non-runner
Apr 2020
8:25am, 19 Apr 2020
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If it’s on sale you can buy it, surely. Otherwise all there would be on the shelves would be toilet roll, soap, bread, milk, eggs and teabags. We’re in lockdown but not in purgatory.
jda
jda
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8:53am, 19 Apr 2020
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Our local supermarket also sells some plants and gardening stuff (which is still on the shelves). From what I can tell, round here people are mostly being sensible and getting on with life rather than being interfering busybodies.

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