The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020

Made: 14th June 2020

Coming into force: 15th June 2020

Laid before Parliament: 15th June 2020

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PART 1 — Introductory

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Public transport: requirement to wear face covering

Requirement to wear a face covering when on public transport

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Reasonable excuse

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PART 3 — Enforcement

Enforcement of requirement to wear face covering whilst using public transport

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Offence and penalties

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Fixed penalty notices

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Prosecutions

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Review

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Expiry

10

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Signed

Grant Shapps — Secretary of State — 2020-06-14

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 22. Part 2A was inserted by section 129 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14). See section 45T of the 1984 Act for the definition of “appropriate Minister”.

[^f00002]: “Vessel” is defined in section 74 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.

[^f00003]: 1847 c. 89 (Regnal. 10 & 11 Vict).

[^f00004]: 1869 c. 115 (32 & 33 Vict). Section 6 was substituted by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), Schedule 20, paragraph 5(3) and amended by S.I. 2014/1560.

[^f00005]: 1976 c.57. Section 48 was amended by the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c.54), Schedule 3, paragraph 16(1).

[^f00006]: 1982 c. 45. Section 10 was amended by the Civil Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), section 289G, the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67), Schedule 7, paragraph 25, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50), section 39, and the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 10), section 63.

[^f00007]: 1998 c. 34. Section 7 was amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999, Schedule 21, paragraphs 2 and 4.

[^f00008]: 1987 c. iv. See in particular section 20 of that Act.

[^f00009]: 1984 c. 51. Section 153A was inserted by the Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), section 75.

[^f00010]: S.I. 2020/350, amended by S.I. 2020/447, 500, 558 and 588.

[^f00011]: 1995 c. 21. There are amendments to section 256 but none is relevant.

[^f00012]: Schedule 3A to the 1995 Act was inserted by the Marine Safety Act 2003 (c. 16), Schedule 1. There are amendments to Schedule 3A but none is relevant.

[^f00013]: The latest edition of Annex 9, which is published by the International Civil Aviation Organization, is the 15th edition, which applied from 23rd February 2018 (ISBN 978-92-9258-301-9).

[^f00014]: 2020 c. 7.

[^f00015]: 2010 c. 15.

[^f00016]: 1989 c. 41.

[^f00017]: Transport for London is a body corporate established by section 154 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).

[^f00018]: 2006 c. 46.

[^f00019]: 1984 c. 60. Section 24 was substituted by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), section 110(1).

Editorial notes

[^key-2d30b2534e3cda445e48ab83b8496e0f]: Regulations revoked (18.7.2021 at 11.55 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps etc.) (England) (Revocation and Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/848), regs. 1(2), 2(b) (with reg. 5)