Mandatory Use of Medical or Cloth Masks Regulations, 2020 (preambolu—jewtad-drapp)

L.N. 326 of 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Mandatory Use of Medical or Cloth Masks Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 26 and 27(c)

of the Public Health Act, the Minister responsible for public health,

after consultation with the Superintendent of Public Health, has made

the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Mandatory Use of

commencement.

Medical or Cloth Masks Regulations, 2020.

These regulations shall come into force on the 8 th August

(2)

2020.

Any person who is

(a)

inside retail outlets;

(b)

travelling on public transport;

(c) travelling between Malta and Gozo including in the

respective Ċirkewwa and Imġarr terminals; and

(d) within the

terminal

building

of

the

Malta

International Airport,

shall at all times wear a medical or cloth mask.

Any person who fails to abide by the provisions of these

regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be

liable to the payment of a penalty of hundred euro (€100) for each and

every instance in which these regulations are breached

Provided that if the offence is admitted and the penalty is

paid before proceedings are commenced before the Commissioner for

Justice, the penalty applicable shall be reduced to fifty euro (€50).

€0.09