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

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Introduction

PART 1
Introductory

1 Citation, commencement, extent and application

2 Interpretation

PART 2
Requirement to wear a face covering: relevant places and public transport

3 Requirement to wear a face covering whilst entering or remaining within a relevant place

4 Requirement to wear a face covering when on public transport

5 Reasonable excuse

6 Requirements relating to signage and information

7 Prohibition on preventing a person from wearing a face covering

PART 3
Disapplication of requirements

8 Disapplication by the Secretary of State

PART 4
Enforcement

9 Enforcement of requirement to wear a face covering whilst entering or remaining within a relevant place or using public transport

10 Offences and penalties

11 Fixed penalty notices

12 Amount of fixed penalty: contravention of regulation 3 or 4

13 Amount of fixed penalty: contravention of regulation 6 or 7

14 Prosecutions

15 Expiry

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE Relevant places

Signature

Explanatory note

PART 2Requirement to wear a face covering: relevant places and public transport

Prohibition on preventing a person from wearing a face covering7.

(1)

A person responsible for carrying on a business in a relevant area must not prevent, or seek to prevent, a person (“P”) from wearing a face covering while P is present in the relevant area, except for a purpose set out in regulation 5(g) or (h).

(2)

In this regulation—

(a)

“business” includes any undertaking, whether carried on for profit or not;

(b)

a business is carried on in a relevant area if any part of the premises from which the business operates is in the relevant area.

(c)

“relevant area” means any place where a person is required to wear a face covering under these Regulations.