Mandatory Use of Medical or Cloth Masks

L.N. 119 of 2022

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Mandatory Use of Medical or Cloth Masks

(Amendment No. 3) Regulations, 2022

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

of the Public Health Act, the Minister responsible for public health in

consultation with the Superintendent of Public Health, has made the

following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Mandatory Use of Citation and

Medical or Cloth Masks (Amendment No. 3) Regulations, 2022 and commencement.

these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Mandatory Use of Medical or Cloth Masks Regulations, hereinafter S.L. 465.48.

referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2)

These regulations shall come into force on 25 April 2022

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 25 April 2022, for the purposes of any act,

decision, action or proceedings taken in respect of any breach of those

regulations.

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

regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation: regulation

the principal

regulations.

"(2) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (1), the

temporary removal of face masks shall be permissible in

the following situations

(a) inside schools and other educational

institutions;

(b) during high intensity physical activity;

(c) when speaking or providing assistance to

any individual who relies on lip reading to

communicate;

(d) during official public speaking provided

that a physical distance of at least two (2) metres

between individuals is maintained;

(e) if requested to for identification

purposes, including at banks, at the airport or seaport

or by law enforcement officials;

(f) to receive any medical or cosmetic

treatment or service involving the face or mouth;

(g) to take medication;

(h) when seated at establishments where

food and drink is served; or

(i) when necessary during the consumption

of food or drink

Provided that in the case mentioned in

paragraph (i), the temporary removal of face masks

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

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