The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force at 4.00 a.m. on 30th November 2021.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, and apply—

(a) in England;

(b) in English airspace to a person who is on board an aircraft which took off from, or is to land at, a place in England;

(c) in the English territorial sea to a person who is on board a vessel(1) which is not an excluded vessel.

(4) Nothing in these Regulations applies to a person who is completing a journey on a public transport service which they started before 4.00 a.m. on 30th November 2021.

(5) In this regulation—

(a) “English airspace” means the airspace above England or above the English territorial sea;

(b) “the English territorial sea” means the part of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom which is adjacent to England;

(c) “excluded vessel” means a vessel which—

(i) departed from a place other than a place in England, and

(ii) is to dock at any time in a place other than a place in England.

(1)

“Vessel” is defined in section 74 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.