Mask-wearing exceptions
4.—(1)  Regulation 3(1) and (2) does not apply to or in relation to an individual or a child —
(a)who is below 6 years of age;
(b)when the individual or child is engaged in any strenuous physical exercise;
Examples
An individual who is jogging or running, but not walking.
A professional athlete or other sportsperson who is training or competing.
(c)when lawfully directed by a person to remove the mask in order to ascertain the identity of the individual or child;
Example
A customer at a retail shop may be asked by a shop employee to remove the customer’s mask in order for the shop employee to ascertain the identity of the customer purchasing alcohol or cigarettes.
(d)when —
(i)travelling in a motor car or van alone or where the driver and every other passenger in the motor car or van is from the same household as the individual or child; or
(ii)riding a motorcycle, whether or not in the course of employment;
(e)when the individual is carrying out, in the course of employment, an activity —
(i)that requires that no mask may be worn because wearing a mask creates a risk to the individual’s health and safety; or
(ii)that requires that no mask may be worn to carry out that activity but subject to the extent and in the circumstances authorised by these Regulations;
Examples
Welding or diving.
Presenters or performers appearing on programmes for broadcast.
(f)when the individual or child is consuming food, drink or medication;
Example
An individual attending a cinema must wear a mask while entering or leaving the theatre and when seated watching the film in the theatre but may remove the mask when also eating or drinking in the theatre during the film.
(g)when the individual or child is undergoing dental or medical care or treatment to the extent that such care or treatment requires that no mask be worn;
(h)when the individual or child is receiving an authorised service from a permitted enterprise which is operating in accordance with these Regulations but only —
(i)to the extent that it is otherwise not reasonably practicable to receive that service when wearing a mask; and
(ii)within the limit these Regulations expressly place on unmasked individuals connected with the provision of that authorised service;
Examples
An individual when having his or her photo taken by a professional photographer.
An individual when undergoing a facial beauty treatment or a shave (but not a haircut).
(i)when the individual or child is —
(i)a prisoner detained in a prison in his or her cell; or
(ii)a resident or detainee required to reside or otherwise be detained by or under any written law and in his or her room in a remand centre, rehabilitation centre or other place of safety or protection,
subject to any policies of that prison, centre or place;
(j)when the individual is a party to a marriage and has an enhanced cleared status, but only during the crowd management period of the solemnisation of the marriage or the wedding in celebration of the marriage; or
(k)when the individual or child is —
(i)otherwise authorised by paragraph (2) to wear a face shield in lieu of a mask; or
(ii)otherwise expressly required or authorised by any other provision in these Regulations or an Act to not wear a mask.
(2)  An individual or a child may wear a face shield in lieu of a mask only in any of the following circumstances:
(a)if wearing a mask over the individual’s or child’s nose and mouth leads to severe medical conditions for the individual or child (as the case may be) and wearing a face shield does not;
(b)if the child is 12 years of age or younger;
(c)if the individual is any of the parties being married during a solemnisation of their marriage, but only during the solemnisation proceedings;
(d)if the individual or child is —
(i)a performer in a live performance;
(ii)an interviewee at a media conference;
(iii)a speaker engaged in public speaking; or
(iv)an athlete or a contestant participating in a sporting activity played or conducted at a sporting event,
but subject to any other provision in these Regulations.
(3)  An individual or a child who removes his or her mask under an exception under this regulation must resume wearing the mask as soon as practicable after the circumstances of the exception end.
Examples
An individual must resume wearing a mask as soon as he or she has finished eating, reporting for a live broadcast or receiving dental treatment.
An individual may remove his or her mask while he or she has passport photographs taken either in a photo booth or at a retail shop but must resume wearing the mask once the photo has been taken.