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

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introductory

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, extent and application

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2 Requirement to wear a face covering: relevant places and public transport

   1. 3. Requirement to wear a face covering whilst entering or remaining within a relevant place

   2. 4. Requirement to wear a face covering when on public transport

   3. 5. Reasonable excuse

   4. 6. Requirements relating to signage and information

   5. 7. Prohibition on preventing a person from wearing a face covering

4. PART 3 Disapplication of requirements

   1. 8. Disapplication by the Secretary of State

5. PART 4 Enforcement

   1. 9. Enforcement of requirement to wear a face covering whilst entering or remaining within a relevant place or using public transport

   2. 10. Offences and penalties

   3. 11. Fixed penalty notices

   4. 12. Amount of fixed penalty: contravention of regulation 3 or 4

   5. 13. Amount of fixed penalty: contravention of regulation 6 or 7

   6. 14. Prosecutions

   7. 15. Expiry

6. Signature

7. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Relevant places

      1. PART 1 Places where face coverings must be worn

         1. 1. Shops.

         2. 2. Enclosed shopping centres.

         3. 3. Banks, building societies, credit unions, short-term loan providers, savings clubs...

         4. 4. Post Offices.

         5. 5. Places of worship.

         6. 6. Crematoria and burial ground chapels, and for these purposes, “...

         7. 7. Community centres, youth centres, members’ clubs and social clubs.

         8. 8. Public areas in hotels and hostels.

         9. 9. Concert halls, exhibition halls, conference centres and other public halls....

         10. 10. Cinemas.

         11. 11. Museums, galleries, aquariums, zoos and visitor farms, and other tourist,...

         12. 12. Bingo halls.

         13. 13. Public libraries and reading rooms.

         14. 14. Casinos.

         15. 15. Theatres.

         16. 16. Premises which are being used as or which contain a...

         17. 17. Premises which are being used for the opening of postal...

         18. 18. Play and soft play areas and soft play centres.

         19. 19. Snooker and pool halls.

         20. 20. Amusement arcades and adult gaming centres.

         21. 21. Games and recreation venues (including laser quest, escape rooms and...

         22. 22. Skating rinks.

         23. 23. Circuses.

         24. 24. Theme parks, fairgrounds, funfairs, and adventure parks.

         25. 25. Sports stadia.

         26. 26. (1) Any motor vehicle of a class included in categories...

         27. 27. Motorway service areas.

         28. 28. Sexual entertainment venues, within the meaning of paragraph 2A of...

      2. Part 2 Places where face coverings need not be worn

         1. 29. (1) The following premises— (a) restaurants, including restaurants and dining...

         2. 30. (1) The following premises— (a) fitness studios and gyms;

         3. 31. Premises (other than registered pharmacies) providing wholly or mainly medical...

         4. 32. Photography studios.

         5. 33. The following premises— (a) nightclubs; (b) dance halls and discotheques....

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Gatherings taking place in community premises where face coverings need not be worn

      1. 1. Gatherings taking place for the purposes of—

      2. 2. In this Schedule— “ 16 to 19 Academy ” has...

8. Explanatory Note