Overview of the Act Qualifying premises
Premises will be in scope – i.e. premises at which the requirements must be fulfilled – if they are "qualifying premises". Premises are qualifying premises if:
the premises consist of a building or of a combination of a building and other land ("building" includes part of a building or a group of buildings);
they are wholly or mainly used for one or more uses set out in Schedule 1 to the Act (e.g. for the sale of food and drink for consumption on the premises);
it is reasonable to expect that from time to time 200 or more individuals may be present on the premises at the same time, and;
the premises are not excluded by virtue of Schedule 2 to the Act.
	Where premises are used for only one use set out in Schedule 1, its "relevant Schedule 1 use" would be that use, e.g. a retail store. However, where the premises are used for more than one such use, the relevant Schedule 1 use will be whichever of those uses is the principal use.
	Qualifying premises may be contained within other qualifying premises. For example, at a shopping centre, the shopping centre may be qualifying premises as might a retail unit within the centre if the above conditions are met.
	The Act separates qualifying premises into two categories, which have their own requirements:
enhanced duty premises are qualifying premises that it is reasonable to expect that they will, from time to time, host 800 or more individuals at the same time, and
standard duty premises are all other types of qualifying premises (i.e. those that can be reasonably expected to host between 200 and 799 individuals from time to time).
	In some cases, certain qualifying premises that would otherwise be enhanced duty premises are to be treated as standard duty premises under Schedule 1. For example, places of worship that are qualifying premises are to be treated as standard duty premises even if they host 800 or more individuals from time to time.