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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020

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2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“enclosed shopping centre” means a building containing shops having frontages to an arcade or mall or other covered circulation area;

“face covering” means a covering of any type which covers a person’s nose and mouth;

“goods” means any tangible moveable item;

“public transport service” has the meaning given in regulation 2(2) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020(1);

“relevant person” has the meaning given in regulation 5(9);

“relevant place” means—

(a)

a place listed in Part 1 of the Schedule; or

(b)

a transport hub;

“shop” has the meaning given in paragraph (2);

“TfL”, “TfL officer” and “TfL public transport service” have the meanings given in regulation 5;

“transport hub” has the meaning given in paragraph (4).

(2) In these Regulations, “shop” means any building, room or other indoor establishment which is open to the public in whole or in part and is used wholly or mainly for the purposes of retail sale or hire of goods or services, but not including the premises listed in Part 2 of the Schedule.

(3) A person who is responsible for a relevant place includes the owner, proprietor, tenant or manager of the relevant place.

(4) In these Regulations, “transport hub” means any enclosed part of premises used as a station, terminal, port or other similar premises from or to which a public transport service operates, but does not include—

(a)an area which is not open to the public;

(b)an area where seating or tables are made available for the consumption of food and drink;

(c)a part of such premises if it is in itself a premises mentioned in paragraph 1(1)(a) to (c) of the Schedule; or

(d)a part of such a premises if it itself a premises listed in Part 2 of the Schedule.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4) premises are “enclosed” if they would be considered enclosed or substantially enclosed for the purposes of section 2 of the Health Act 2006(2), under the Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2006(3).

(3)

S.I. 2006/3368, to which there are amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations.

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