Travel Requirements Order, 2022

L.N. 134 of 2022

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Travel Requirements Order, 2022

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 Requirements Citation and

coming into

Order, 2022.

force.

(2)

This order shall come into force on 9th May 2022.

(1) Any person who travels from any country to Malta, Travel

whether by air or by sea, shall, upon arrival in Malta, be required to requirements.

present

(a)

a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19; or

(b) a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

COVID-19 test performed not more than seventy-two (72) hours

prior to arrival in Malta; or

(c) a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT)

performed not more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to arrival

in Malta; or

(d) a certificate of recovery from COVID-19 valid for not

more than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of the

first positive Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test

result

Provided that the Superintendent of Public Health may

also, by means of standards, indicate other documents, apart from

those mentioned in sub-article (1), considered acceptable for travel

from any country to Malta.

(2) Any person who travels from any country to Malta without

adhering with one of the travel requirements specified in paragraphs

(a) to (d) of sub-article (1) shall, upon arrival in Malta, be required to

submit himself to a period of quarantine of ten (10) days

Provided that the quarantine period shall terminate on the

seventh (7) day of quarantine if, on the seventh (7) day of quarantine,

the person so quarantined undergoes a COVID-19 test that results in a

negative test result.

(1) The provisions of this order shall not apply to

children under the age of six (6) years travelling from any country to

Malta.

(2) The provisions of this order shall also not apply to any

person travelling from any country to Malta

(a) on cargo flights, ferry flights, humanitarian flights

and repatriation flights; or

(b) on cargo ships, including container ships or ro-ro

vessels, carrying goods and essential commodities, or on tankers

loaded with essential fuels.

(3) The Superintendent of Public Health may provide for

further exemptions from the provisions of this order, by notice in the

Gazette or by protocols issued 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.

The Period of Quarantine Order and the Travel Ban

(Extension to All Countries) Order are hereby repealed

Provided that the Period of Quarantine Order and the

Travel Ban (Extension to All Countries) Order shall be deemed to be

still in force, even after the coming into force of this order, for the

purposes of any act, decision, action or proceedings taken in respect of

any breach of the same orders.

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