Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021

PART 4Enforcement

Amount of fixed penalty: contravention of regulation 3 or 412.

(1)

In the case of a fixed penalty notice issued to a person in respect of an offence under—

(a)

regulation 10(1) in relation to a contravention of the requirements in regulation 3 or 4, or

(b)

regulation 10(3) or (4),

the amount of the fixed penalty to be specified under regulation 11(5)(c) must, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), be £200.

(2)

A fixed penalty notice issued to a person in respect of an offence under regulation 10(1) referred to in paragraph (1)(a), or under regulation 10(3) or (4), must specify that if £100 is paid before the end of the period of 14 days following the date of the notice that is the amount of the fixed penalty.

(3)

If a person to whom the fixed penalty notice referred to in paragraph (1) is issued has already received a relevant fixed penalty notice, paragraph (2) does not apply and the amount specified as the fixed penalty is to be—

(a)

in the case of the second fixed penalty notice received, £400;

(b)

in the case of the third fixed penalty notice received, £800;

(c)

in the case of the fourth fixed penalty notice received, £1,600;

(d)

in the case of the fifth fixed penalty notice received, £3,200;

(e)

in the case of the sixth and subsequent fixed penalty notices received, £6,400.

(4)

In this regulation, “relevant fixed penalty notice” means a fixed penalty notice issued to a person under these Regulations in relation to an offence under regulation 10(1) referred to in paragraph (1)(a), or under regulation 10(3) or (4).