Andrew C!
Been around a while....
Yup, because the government has never u-turned on any of its lines, has it? You don’t think that policeman was acting off his own initiative, do you? There was a typically sketchy government line about shops only being open to sell essential items, which was back-pedalled after that case.
PS - don't ask the police to 'police' this - its a trading standards or council issue IMV.