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

Interpretation N.I.

2.  In these Regulations—

[F1 “a person responsible for a relevant place” includes the owner, proprietor, tenant or manager of the relevant place;]

[F1 “enclosed shopping centre” means a building containing shops having frontages to an arcade or mall or other covered circulation area;]

“face covering” means a covering of any type which covers a person's nose and mouth;

“emergency responder” has the meaning given by section 153A(6) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 M1 ;

“passenger transport service” means—

(a)

bus, coach and rail services delivered under a Public Service Agreement, Bus Service Permit or Cross-border Authorisation issued by the Department for Infrastructure M2 under section 1 of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 M3 or in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Service M4 ;

(b)

ferry services operated in accordance with the Strangford Lough Ferry and Harbour Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1988 M5 or in pursuance of an agreement under Article 99 of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 M6 ;

(c)

services provided by community transport operators funded by the Department for Infrastructure under Part 5 of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;

“passenger transport service premises” means off-road premises where a passenger transport service may stop or terminate, allowing passengers on and off;

“relevant person” has the meaning given by regulation 6(8)(b);

[F1 “relevant place” means a place listed in the Schedule;]

“school transport service” means any transport provided solely for the purpose of—

(a)

facilitating a person's attendance at a school or other place at which they receive education or training; or

(b)

otherwise than for the reason in paragraph (a), carrying a person to and from the school or other place at which they receive education or training.

[F1 “shop” means any building, room or other indoor establishment which is open to the public in whole or in part and is used wholly or mainly for the purposes of retail sale or hire of goods or services.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 inserted (10.8.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/164), regs. 1, 2(2) (with reg. 3); S.R. 2020/169, reg. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1984 c. 51

M2 Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(6)

M3 2011 c. 11 (N.I.)

M4 OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 88

M5 S.R.1988 No.362

M6 S.I. 1993/3160 (N.I. 15)