Requirement Regulations, 2022

L.N. 8 of 2022

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Valid Certificate of Recognised Vaccination against COVID-19

Requirement Regulations, 2022

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:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Valid Certificate Citation and

of Recognised Vaccination against COVID-19 Requirement commencement.

Regulations, 2022.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on 17 January 2022

and shall substitute any other regulation contrary to the same.

(1)

In order for a person to access any

Valid certificate

requirement.

(a)

bar;

(b)

club or każin;

(c)

restaurant;

(d)

snack bar;

(e)

cinema;

(f)

theatre;

(g)

casino or bingo hall or gaming parlour;

(h)

sport event;

(i)

gym or fitness centre;

(j)

public swimming pool, spa or sauna;

(k)

organised mass event;

(l)

exhibition,

he must be in possession of a valid certificate of a recognised

vaccination in accordance to the applicable criteria as defined in the

standards issued by the Superintendent of Public Health

Provided that in the issued standards, the Superintendent of

Public Health may indicate persons and, or categories of persons who

are exempt from the provisions of this sub-regulation.

(2) Any person who manages any establishment or organises

any activity mentioned in sub-regulation (1) and who gives access to

any person not being in possession of a valid certificate of a

recognised vaccination in accordance with the applicable criteria as

defined in the standards issued by the Superintendent for Public

Health, shall on conviction, be liable to the payment of a penalty of

five hundred euro (€500) for each and every instance in which these

regulations are breached.

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