Closure of Places Open to the Public (Amendment No. 3) Order,

L.N. 204 of 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Closure of Places Open to the Public (Amendment No. 3) Order,

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 27(c) of the

Public Health Act, the Superintendent of Public Health has made the

following order:-

(1) The title of this order is the Closure of Places Open to Citation and

the Public (Amendment No. 3) Order, 2020 and this order shall be read commencement.

and construed as one with the Closure of Places Open to the Public S.L. 465. 21.

Order, hereinafter referred to as the "principal order".

This order shall come into force on the 22 nd May, 2020.

(2)

Article 2 of the principal order shall be amended as Amends article

2 of the

principal order.

(a)

article 2 shall be substituted by the following new

article

"2. The Superintendent of Public Health hereby

orders the closure of all bars, cinemas, gymnasiums,

museums, exhibitions, discotheques, night clubs, indoor

swimming pools, massage parlours, gaming premises

including controlled gaming premises, bingo halls, casinos

and betting shops.";

(b) the first proviso thereof shall be substituted by the

following new proviso

"Provided that restaurants, cafeterias, snack bars and

clubs that have seating facilities outdoors shall principally,

and as far as practicable, provide services to their clients

outdoors, whereas all restaurants, cafeterias, snack bars and

clubs that do not have seating facilities outdoors, shall

provide services to their clients indoors, at a reduced

capacity and always with the applicable measures of social

distancing. All restaurants, cafeterias, snack bars and clubs

may continue to provide delivery and take-away services to

the community and all restaurants, cafeterias and snack

bars situated in hotels may continue to provide room

service to hotel guests and delivery service to the

community:"; and

(c) immediately after the first proviso there shall be

added the following new proviso

"Provided further that gaming parlours shall open

solely and exclusively to provide sports betting through the

till and for no other service, and clients are not to remain

inside the gaming parlours after availing themselves of

such sports betting service:".

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