Face Covering Exemptions – Outersite.org

The following are EXEMPT from the requirement to wear a face covering on TfL’s public transport stations, platforms and services:

Children under the age of 11
Employees of, or persons providing agreed services to, TfL
Police constables (including British Transport Police) officers acting in the course of their duty
Members or employees of the emergency services responding to an emergency

A person will have a reasonable excuse and will not be required to wear a face covering in the following circumstances:

Where a person cannot put on, wear, or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment or disability (within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010), or without severe distress
Where a person is providing a lip-reading service to a person they are travelling with
Where a person removes their face covering to avoid harm or injury, or the risk of harm or injury, to themselves or others
Where a person is travelling to avoid injury, or to escape a risk of harm, and does not have a face covering with them
If it is reasonably necessary for a person to eat and drink, and the person removes their face covering to eat or drink
Where a person is required to remove the face covering by a police constable (including a British Transport Police officer) or another authorised person