Number of Persons in Public Spaces Regulations, 2020

L.N. 337 of 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Number of Persons in Public Spaces Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 26 and article

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 Number of Persons

commencement.

in Public Spaces Regulations, 2020.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 19 th August,

2020.

In public spaces groups of more than fifteen (15) persons

shall be prohibited including in queues and bus stops

Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to groups of

persons in public places if the persons live in the same residence

Provided further that persons waiting in queues or on bus

stops this prohibition shall apply only unless these persons do not keep

a distance of two metres between them

Provided further that the Minister responsible for public

health after consultation with Superintendent of Public Health may, at

his discretion, revise the number of persons by notice in the Gazette.

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).

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