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15 The following STATUTORY INSTRUMENT is circulated with this Gazette and forms part thereof: NOTICES STATUTORY INSTRUMENT ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PUBLIC HEALTH ACT (DANGEROUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE) (AMENDMENT) (NO.

3) REGULATIONS 2022 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2022, NO.

21 ARRANGEMENT Regulation 1.


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Amendment of Regulation 5A of the principal Regulations .................................................... 4 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PUBLIC HEALTH ACT (DANGEROUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE) (AMENDMENT) (NO.3) REGULATIONS 2022 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2022, NO.

21 PUBLIC HEALTH ACT (DANGEROUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2022, made by the Board pursuant to Section 102 of the Public Health Act, Cap.

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Citation and commencement These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health Act (Dangerous Infectious Disease) (Amendment) (No.

3) Regulations, 2022.

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Interpretation In these Regulations – “principal Regulations” means the Public Health Act (Dangerous Infectious Disease) Regulations 2020, Statutory Instrument No.

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Amendment of Regulation 5A of the principal Regulations The principal Regulations are amended in Regulation 5A as follows – a) Paragraph 3 of Section 5A of the principal Regulations is repealed and replaced as follows: “Wearing of face mask in public” 1) For the purposes of these Regulations, it shall not be mandatory for any person to wear a face mask in any public place, except in a health care facility setting such as, but not limited to, the following: a) Hospitals b) Clinics c) Medical offices d) Nursing homes e) Mental health and addiction treatment centre f) Dialysis facility g) Imaging and radiology centres h) Orthopaedic rehabilitation centres i) Long-term care facilities j) Clinical laboratories k) Dental clinics l) Pharmacies 2) A person may, for his or her own protection, wear a face mask in any crowded place, workplace, supermarket, prison, school or other educational institution, restaurant or similar facility.
b) by reinserting after paragraph 8, the following: “8.

Permitted Use of Beaches The restrictions prescribed by these Regulations do not apply to the use and access of any beach within Antigua and Barbuda.

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