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Updated: 3 August 2022
Updated: 22 January 2021; Updated 22 June 2022
; Updated: 22 January 2021; 22 June 2022
This guidance is a summary of the main provisions of the original Regulations, incorporating key amendments introduced by other Regulations.
: Updated: 22 January 2021; 22 June 2022
This guidance refers to the relevant Regulations as the Tier 1 Regulations, the Tier 2 Regulations and the Tier 3 Regulations.
Updated: 07 September 2021; 22 June 2022; 25 August 2022
Updated: 18 July 2021
Updated: 22 January 2021; 22 June 2022
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020 came into force on 15 June 2020 and apply to England only.