Travel Ban (Extension to All Countries) (Amendment No. 4)

L.N. 301 of 2021

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Travel Ban (Extension to All Countries) (Amendment No. 4)

Order, 2021

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) (Amendment No. 4) Order, 2021 and this order shall be

read and construed as one with the Travel Ban (Extension to All

Countries) Order, hereinafter referred to as "the principal order".

(2)

This order shall come into force on 14 July 2021.

Article 2 of the principal order shall be substituted by the

following new article

"2. (1) Any person who travels to Malta from

the list of countries listed in this order, whether by air or

by sea, shall, upon his arrival in Malta, provide a

Passenger Locator Form (PLF Form).

(2) The Superintendent of Public Health hereby

extends the travel ban order from all countries to Malta

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 exempt from this order; and

(c) the Superintendent of Public Health

may, in her absolute discretion, provide for

exemptions from the provisions of this order, by

notice in the Gazette or by protocols issued, or

already in force, for this purpose, where, in the

opinion of the Superintendent of Public Health, the

travel of certain persons or goods or for certain

services, is deemed to be necessary or essential

Provided further that persons may travel from

Malta to the countries listed in this proviso and from the

countries listed in this proviso to Malta as long as, upon

their arrival in Malta, they are in possession of a

vaccination certificate

(a) Austria;

(b) Cyprus;

(c) Czech Republic;

(d) Denmark;

(e) Estonia;

(f) Finland;

(g) Hungary;

(h) Iceland;

(i) Ireland;

(j) Germany;

(k) Latvia;

(l) Lithuania;

(m) Luxembourg;

(n) Norway;

(o) Italy;

(p) France;

(q) Slovakia;

(r) Switzerland;

(s) Greece;

(t) Croatia;

(u) Spain;

(v) Poland;

(w) Belgium;

(x) Bulgaria;

(y) Netherlands;

(z) Canada;

(aa) Australia;

(ab) New Zealand;

(ac) South Korea;

(ad) Andorra;

(ae) Monaco;

(af) San Marino;

(ag) China;

(ah) Vatican City;

(ai) Israel;

(aj) Singapore;

(ak) Slovenia;

(al) Japan;

(am) United States of America but only

limited to the following states Washington,

Oregon, Louisiana, West Virginia, North Dakota,

Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina,

Tennessee, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina,

New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, Maine, South

Dakota, Michigan, Illinois, Delaware, Wisconsin,

Puerto Rico, Hawaii, New Jersey, Minnesota,

Connecticut, Alaska, New Hampshire, Maryland,

New York, Rhode Island, District of Columbia,

Massachusetts, Vermont, California, Idaho,

Kentucky, American Samoa, Federated States of

Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau,

Republic of Marshall Islands, Arkansas, Missouri,

Oklahoma, Mississippi, Virgin Islands, Nevada,

Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, Alabama, Colorado,

Guam, Indiana, Montana and Kansas;

(an) Gibraltar;

(ao) Portugal;

(ap) Romania;

(aq) Lebanon;

(ar) United Arab Emirates;

(as) Turkey;

(at) Jordan;

(au) Liechtenstein;

(av) Sweden;

(aw) Belarus;

(ax) Belize;

(ay) Bosnia and Herzegovina;

(az) Bhutan;

(ba) Fiji;

(bb) Jamaica;

(bc) Georgia;

(bd) Faroe Islands;

(be) Kosovo;

(bf) Kazakhstan;

(bg) North Macedonia;

(bh) Montenegro;

(bi) Moldova;

(bj) Vietnam;

(bk) Egypt;

(bl) Iran;

(bm) Libya;

(bn) Panama;

(bo) Qatar;

(bp) Cuba;

(bq) Serbia;

(br) Albania;

(bs) Armenia;

(bt) Azerbaijan;

(bu) Saudi Arabia;

(bv) the United Kingdom;

(bw) Ukraine

Provided further that persons who arrive to

Malta from any of the countries listed in the second

proviso without being in possession of a vaccination

certificate shall be required to submit themselves to a

period of quarantine in terms of article 2(1) of the Period

of Quarantine Order

Provided further that persons who cannot take

the vaccine for medical reasons and persons between the

ages of five (5) to eleven (11) years, both ages included,

shall not be required to be in possession of a vaccination

certificate upon their arrival in Malta from any of the

countries listed in the second proviso, so long as upon

their arrival in Malta they are in possession of a negative

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test

performed not longer than seventy-two (72) hours before

their arrival in Malta

Provided further that persons who are

resident in Malta and who prior to the entry into force of

this order were already expected to return to Malta from

any of the countries listed in the second proviso or in the

Travel Ban (Extension to All Countries) (Amendment

2021. No. 3) Order, 2021, shall not be required to be in

possession of a vaccination certificate upon their arrival

in Malta from any of the countries listed in the second

proviso or in the Travel Ban (Extension to All

Countries) (Amendment No. 3) Order, 2021, so long as

upon their arrival in Malta they are in possession of a

negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19

test performed not longer than seventy-two (72) hours

before their arrival in Malta

Provided further that persons who are

resident in Malta and who prior to the entry into force of

this order were already expected to return to Malta from

any of the other countries listed in the Government

Notice published under the Travel Ban (Extension to All

2021. Countries) (Amendment No. 3) Order, 2021, may return

to Malta from any of the other countries listed in the

Government Notice published under the Travel Ban

(Extension to All Countries) (Amendment No. 3) Order,

2021, so long as those persons, upon their arrival in

Malta, are in possession of a vaccination certificate

Provided further that persons under the age of

five (5) years shall be exempt from the requirement to be

in possession of a vaccination certificate or a negative

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test upon

their arrival in Malta from any of the countries listed in

the second proviso.".

The Conditions to be imposed on Persons Travelling to and

from Malta Order is hereby repealed.

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