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

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Requirement to wear a face coveringN.I.

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4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not, without a reasonable excuse, [F1enter or remain within a passenger transport service, a passenger transport service premises, a bus, a coach or a taxi] without wearing a face covering.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not require the wearing of a face covering—

F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)by a [F3junior pupil not yet receiving secondary education];

(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, [F4an employee of that person, or the driver of a bus, coach or taxi, where there is a partition between the person, or employee or driver 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 [F5or as a school transport service];

(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.

[F6(4) A person shall temporarily remove a face covering when requested to do so for identification purposes by a person operating an airport or a person providing a service for the carriage of passengers by air or an employee or agent of either such person.]

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