Closure of Food and Drink Outlets

L.N. 219 of 2021

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Closure of Food and Drink Outlets

(Amendment No. 5) Regulations, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 26 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 Closure of Food Citation and

and Drink Outlets (Amendment No. 5) Regulations, 2021 and these commencement.

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Closure of S.L. 465. 54.

Food and Drink Outlets Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the

"principal regulations".

(2)

These regulations shall come into force on the 24th of May

2021

Provided that the principal regulations shall remain in

force, even after the 24th of May 2021, for the purposes of any act,

decision, action or proceedings taken in respect of any breach of the

said regulations.

Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 2 shall be substituted by Amends

regulation 2 of

the following

the principal

regulations.

"(2) Restaurants, snack bars and kiosks may open for

business

Provided that restaurants, snack bars and kiosks shall

remain closed between midnight (12.00a.m.) and five o’clock in

the morning (5.00am)

Provided further that restaurants, snack bars and

kiosks shall only serve food to clients who are seated at a table of

not more than four (4) persons and a distance of two (2) metres

shall be retained between one (1) table and another

Provided further that if all the persons seated on a

table live in the same residence, the limitation in the number of

persons specified in the above proviso shall not apply

Provided further that alcohol shall only be served

with food.".

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