Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

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Introduction

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Savings

4 Requirement to wear a face covering

5 Reasonable excuse

6 Enforcement of requirement

7 Offences and penalties

8 Fixed Penalty Notices

9 Effect of fixed penalty notice

10 Registration certificates

11 Registration of penalty

12 Challenge to notice

13 Setting aside of sum enforceable under regulation 11

14 Review

15 Expiry

Signature

Explanatory note

Reasonable excuse5.

For the purposes of regulation 4(1) , a reasonable excuse includes—

(a)

the need to seek medical assistance;

(b)

the need to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person, including to provide emergency assistance;

(c)

the need to avoid injury, illness or to escape a risk of harm;

(d)

where the person cannot put on, wear or remove a face covering—

(i)

because of any disability (within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 199510); or

(ii)

without severe distress;

(e)

the need to communicate with a person who has difficulties communicating (in relation to speech, language or otherwise);

(f)

to eat or drink, where reasonably necessary;

(g)

the need to take medication;

(h)

the need to remove a face covering temporarily to comply with a request by a relevant person or another person acting in the course of their duties.