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

Prohibition on preventing a person from wearing a face covering

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

7.—(1) A person responsible for carrying on a business in a relevant area must not prevent, or seek to prevent, a person (“P”) from wearing a face covering while P is present in the relevant area, except for a purpose set out in regulation 5(g) or (h).

(2) In this regulation—

(a)“business” includes any undertaking, whether carried on for profit or not;

(b)a business is carried on in a relevant area if any part of the premises from which the business operates is in the relevant area.

(c)“relevant area” means any place where a person is required to wear a face covering under these Regulations.