Travel Ban (Extension to all Countries) Order, 2020

L.N. 92 of 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Travel Ban (Extension to all Countries) Order, 2020

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 Travel Ban (Extension to

all Countries) Order, 2020.

This order shall come into force on the 21 st March, 2020.

(2)

In furtherance of the proviso to article 2(2) of the Travel

Ban Order, the Superintendent of Public Health hereby extends the

order of a travel ban on persons to Malta and from Malta to and from

all countries

Provided that

(a) cargo flights, ferry flights, humanitarian flights, and

repatriation flights shall be exempt from this order;

(b) cargo ships including container ships and ro-ro

vessels carrying goods and essential commodities and tankers

loaded with essential fuels are exempted from this order; and

(c) the Superintendent of Public Health may, in her

absolute discretion, issue an exemption from the provisions of

this order, by notice in the Gazette, where, in the opinion of the

said Superintendent of Public Health , the travel of certain

persons or goods is deemed to be essential.

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