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Regulations, 2021
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
L.N. 239 of 2021
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
(CAP. 465)
Closure of Food and Drink Outlets (Amendment No. 6)
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. 6) 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 7 June 2021
Provided that from 6 June 2021, regulation 2(1) of the
principal regulations shall not apply to clubs, and on this date, prior to
the entry into force of these regulations, clubs may open under the
same conditions as restaurants, snack bars and kiosks
Provided further that the principal regulations which are
being amended by virtue of these regulations shall be deemed to be
still in force, even after 7 June 2021, for the purposes of any act,
decision, action or proceedings taken in respect of any breach of those
regulations.
Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes
regulation 2 of
substituted by the following new regulation
the principal
regulations.
"2. Bars, clubs, restaurants, snack bars and kiosks
may open for business
Provided that all bars, clubs, restaurants and
kiosks shall remain closed between midnight (12.00
a.m.) and five o’clock in the morning (5.00am)
Provided further that all bars, clubs,
restaurants and kiosks shall only serve food to clients
who are seated at a table of not more than six (6) persons
and a distance of two metres shall be retained between
one 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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