Closure of Food and Drink Outlets Regulations, 2021

L.N. 75 of 2021

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Closure of Food and Drink Outlets 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

The title of these regulations is the Closure of Food and

Drink Outlets Regulations, 2021.

(1) All bars and clubs shall not open for business and

shall remain closed.

(2) Restaurants, snack bars and kiosks shall remain closed

except to provide delivery and take-away services to the community.

Restaurants situated in hotels or in other licensed accommodations

may remain open only to provide services to their guests.

Any person who fails to abide by these regulations shall be

guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to the payment

of a penalty of six thousand euro (€6,000) for each and every occasion

on which these regulations are breached.

These regulations shall remain in force until 11 April 2021

Provided that these regulations, even after 11 April 2021,

shall remain in force for the purposes of any act, decision, action or

proceedings taken in respect of any breach of the said regulations that

occurred or were instituted under or by virtue of these regulations.

€0.09