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Introduce a certificate of medical exemption from the wearing of face coverings

Submitted by Richard Fisher on Tuesday 7th December 2021

Published on Monday 13th December 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 13th June 2022

Signatures: 19

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belt ~ Compulsory ~ Covid ~ Covid-19 ~ Doctor ~ Face ~ face coverings ~ Fixed ~ Fixed Penalty Notice ~ Law ~ Media ~ Medic ~ Penalty ~ People ~ Police ~ police officer ~ Reported

Petition Action

Introduce a certificate of medical exemption from the wearing of face coverings

Petition Details

It is widely reported in the media, that a high proportion of people using public transport choose not to wear a face covering. When challenged many claim to be medically exempt. The current legislation stops short of requiring all passengers to wear a face covering due to medical exemption.

Additional Information

With seat belt law, a Doctor may issue a Certificate of Exemption from Compulsory Seat Belt Wearing. This certificate must be available for presentation when required to do so by a Police Officer.

The Government should deploy a similar policy for face coverings, to make it a requirement for people to have an exemption certificate which has been issued by an authorised authority (this could be any relevant authority). Anyone not wearing a face covering without such a certificate should be subject to a Covid Fixed Penalty Notice.


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