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4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not, without a reasonable excuse, use a passenger transport service or passenger transport service premises without wearing a face covering.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not require the wearing of a face covering—
(a)on a school transport service;
(b)by a child who is under the age of 13;
(c)by a constable acting in the course of their duty;
(d)by an emergency responder (other than a constable) acting in their capacity as an emergency responder;
(e)by a person providing a passenger transport service, or an employee of that person, where there is a partition between the person or employee and members of the public; or
(f)on a ferry where the area is outdoors and a distance of at least two metres can be maintained between any persons on the ferry or the part of the ferry which is open to members of the public.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a)a person uses a passenger transport service when—
(i)they are—
(aa)boarding any mode of transport by means of which a passenger transport service is provided, or
(bb)on board any mode of transport, whether or not for the purposes of travel, by means of which a passenger transport service is provided, and
(ii)that service is available for use by the public;
(b)a person uses passenger transport service premises when—
(i)they are present at premises where a passenger transport service may provide, stop or terminate their service, and
(ii)those premises are available for use by the public.
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