Period of Quarantine (Amendment) Order, 2022

L.N. 78 of 2022

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Period of Quarantine (Amendment) 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 Period of Quarantine Citation and

(Amendment) Order, 2022 and this order shall be read and construed commencement.

as one with the Period of Quarantine Order, hereinafter referred to as S.L. 465.13.

"the principal order".

(2)

This order shall enter into force on 14 February 2022

Provided that the principal order which is being amended

by virtue of this order shall be deemed to be still in force, even after 14

February 2022 for the purposes of any act, decision, action or

proceedings taken in respect of any breach of that order.

Sub-article (1) of article 2 of the principal order shall be Amends article

substituted by the following new sub-article

"(1) The Superintendent of Public Health hereby

orders that any person arriving in Malta from any country

other than those listed in sub-article (3) must submit

himself to a fourteen (14) day period of quarantine

immediately upon his arrival in Malta

Provided that where the person who arrives in

Malta from any country other than those listed in sub-

article (3) is in possession of a valid certificate of a

recognised vaccination he must submit himself to a ten

(10) day period of quarantine immediately upon his

arrival in Malta

Provided that 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 without the imposition of any

period of quarantine is deemed necessary or essential in

relation to certain persons, goods or services.".