Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and on Public Transport) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 20203.

(1)

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 20204 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(5), for “(Premises and Enforcement Regulations” substitute “(Premises and Enforcement) Regulations”.

(3)

In regulation 3(1), omit sub-paragraphs (i) to (n).

(4)

In regulation 3(2)(c), for “person responsible for a relevant place” substitute “person responsible for the relevant place”.

(5)

In regulation 3(2)(h), after “duties”, insert—

“;

(i)

to an elite sportsperson undertaking training or taking part in a competition;

(j)

to a coach of an elite sportsperson acting in the course of their employment or in the course of providing their services;

(k)

to a referee acting in the course of their employment or in the course of providing their services;

(l)

to a professional dancer undertaking training or taking part in a competition;

(m)

to a professional choreographer acting in the course of their employment or in the course of providing their services;

(n)

to a pupil at a religious school who is under the age of 19 and is undertaking education or training in a place of worship where such education or training forms part of the curriculum of the religious school”.

(6)

In regulation 4(1)(e), before the words “it is”, insert “if”.

(7)

In regulation 6(2), for “cause”, substitute “excuse”.

4

Regulation 2(5) was substituted by S.I. 2020/882. Regulation 3(1) was amended by regulation 6 of S.I. 2020/882 which inserted new sub-paragraphs (i) to (n) into regulation 3(1) instead of regulation 3(2).