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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 15th June 2020.
(3) These Regulations 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 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 15th June 2020.
(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(1) which—
(i)departed from a place other than a place in England, and
(ii)is to dock in a place other than a place in England.
“Vessel” is defined in section 74 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.
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