Closure of Food and Drink Outlets

L.N. 276 of 2021

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Closure of Food and Drink Outlets

(Amendment No. 7) 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. 7) 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 28 June 2021

Provided that the principal regulations which are being

amended by virtue of these regulations shall be deemed to be still in

force, even after the 28 th 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, snack

bars and kiosks shall, unless their operating license under

the Police Licences Regulations or under the Catering

Establishments Regulations provides for earlier hours of

closure, remain closed between two o’clock in the

morning (2.00 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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