Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and on Public Transport) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Amendment of regulation 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 20203.

In regulation 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020—

(a)

in paragraph (6), for “paragraph (7)” substitute “paragraphs (7) and (7A)”;

(b)

after paragraph (7), insert—

“(7A)

But if a person to whom a fixed penalty notice is given has already received a relevant fixed penalty notice, paragraph (7) 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, £200;

(b)

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

(c)

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

(d)

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

(e)

in the case of the sixth and subsequent fixed penalty notice received, £3,200.

(7B)

For the purposes of this regulation “relevant fixed penalty notice” means a fixed penalty notice issued to a person under—

(a)

these Regulations, or

(b)

the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020 (“the Public Transport Regulations”).

(7C)

In determining how many fixed penalty notices a person has received—

(a)

any fixed penalty notices received by them under the Public Transport Regulations are also to be taken into account;

(b)

if they received more than one relevant fixed penalty notice before 28th August 2020, only one of those notices may be taken into account.”.