Sectors
Sectors.
The Act applies unevenly by use. Schedule 1 caps some uses at standard duty irrespective of capacity, and leaves others exposed to the full enhanced tier.
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Hospitality
No tier cap, capacity that varies nightly, and high staff turnover. The mixed-use question — hotel, bar, restaurant, function suite — now has an answer in the Principal Use Regulations.
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Places of worship
Standard duty premises irrespective of capacity, under Schedule 1 paragraph 9. The enhanced tier cannot be reached on congregation size.
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Education and childcare
Schools, colleges and childcare are capped at standard duty. Higher education is not — so a university venue can sit in a higher tier than a considerably larger secondary school.
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Retail
No tier cap, so the ordinary thresholds apply. Almost every retail scoping question reduces to one: where does the premises boundary sit — the unit, or the centre?
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Sports grounds and events
The one sector where the ground and the fixture can fall on opposite sides of the line. Designated grounds, the Schedule 2 open-air exclusion, and events assessed on their own terms.
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Healthcare
No tier cap, so most acute hospitals reach the enhanced duty on numbers. The Act names the Responsible Person directly, which settles a question large estates would otherwise have to resolve.
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Transport
Stations are in scope on capacity, and the boundary is ordinarily the difficult part. Aerodromes are the one case where an existing security regime removes premises from scope — where a section 24AE plan is in force.
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Culture and attractions
Ticketing is not a route out of scope, and neither is free admission. The buildings least able to be hardened are often the most exposed, which makes proportionality the substantive analysis.
One use not covered here. Schedule 1 paragraph 17 catches the provision by a public authority of facilities or services to visiting members of the public where not already specified elsewhere — a civic centre or a leisure centre, for instance. It is in scope on capacity with no tier cap, and the scope checker includes it. The guide covers the tests applying to every Schedule 1 use.