The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020

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

3.—(1) No person may, without reasonable excuse, enter or remain within a relevant place without wearing a face covering.

(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) does not apply—

(a) to a child who is under the age of 11;

(b) to a person responsible for a relevant place or an employee of that person acting in the course of their employment;

(c) to any other person providing services in the relevant place under arrangements made with the person responsible for a relevant place;

(d) to an employee of an operator of a public transport service acting in the course of their employment;

(e) to a person who enters or is within a transport hub in a vehicle (other than a vehicle being used for the provision of a public transport service);

(f) to a constable or police community support officer acting in the course of their duty;

(g) to an emergency responder (other than a constable) acting in their capacity as an emergency responder;

(h) to a relevant official acting in the course of their employment or their duties.

(3) In this regulation—

“emergency responder” has the same meaning as for the purposes of section 153A of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984(1);

“relevant official” means —

(a)

an inspector or surveyor of ships;

(b)

a person appointed by the Health and Safety Executive under section 19 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(2) or an officer of the Health and Safety Executive;

(c)

a local authority officer;

(d)

a pilot (within the meaning given in paragraph 22(1) of Schedule 3A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(3));

(e)

a civil aviation inspector, as defined in Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on 7th December 1944(4);

(f)

a border force officer (within the meaning given in paragraph 7 of Schedule 20 to the Coronavirus Act 2020(5)).

(1)

1984 c. 51. Section 153A was inserted by the Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), section 75.

(2)

1974 c. 37.

(3)

1995 c.21. Schedule 3A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 was inserted by the Marine Safety Act 2003 (c. 16), Schedule 1. There are amendments to Schedule 3A but none are relevant.

(4)

The latest edition of Annex 9, which is published by the International Civil Aviation Organization, is the 15th edition, which applied from 23rd February 2018 (ISBN 978-92-9258-301-9).

(5)

2020 c. 7.