Regulations, 2021

L.N. 82 of 2021

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Mandatory Use of Medical or Cloth Masks (Amendment)

Regulations, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 26 and 27(c)

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 Mandatory Use of

Medical or Cloth Masks (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Mandatory Use

of Medical or Cloth Masks Regulations hereinafter referred to as "the

principal regulations".

Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 2 of the principal

regulations shall be amended as follows

(a)

in paragraph (g) thereof, the word "or" shall be

deleted;

(b) in paragraph (h) thereof, the word "served." shall be

substituted by the word "served;"

(c) immediately after paragraph (h) thereof, there shall

be added the following new paragraphs

"(i) when necessary during the consumption of food

or drink; or

(j)

when smoking lit tobacco products

Provided that in the cases mentioned in

paragraphs (i) and (j), the temporary removal of face-masks

shall not be permissible while a person is walking.".

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