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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020. (2) These Regulations come into force on 25th August, 2020.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. In these Regulations \u2014 \u201cfestive ceremony\u201d means a ceremony to celebrate a locally recognised religious event or a public general holiday and includes an agricultural show; \u201cpublic place\u201d means any highway, street, public park or garden, any sea beach and any public bridge, road, lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not; and includes any open space and any premises to which, for the time being, the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise; and Regulation 3 Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020 SL 117 of 2020 \u201cvirus\u201d means the virus known as SARS-CoV-2 which causes the disease known as Covid-19.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Definition of public meetings 3. (1) In these Regulations \u201cpublic meeting\u201d means a gathering of more than two hundred and fifty persons in any public place, other than in a business office or  place of business,  for the purposes of engaging in the activities specified in paragraph (2). (2) The activities to which paragraph (1) relates are as follows \u2014 (a) leisure, recreational or spiritual activities including those organised by service clubs, faith-based organisations, community organisations and civic organisations; (b) parades and social activities related to such parades, including carnivals, stage shows and parties; (c) concerts; (d) conventions; (e) conferences; (f) graduations; and (g) fundraisers. (3) For the purposes of the definition of \u201cpublic meeting\u201d, \u201cperson\u201d does not include a person employed to provide the activities specified in the definition of \u201cpublic meeting\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Public meetings - exemptions 4. The definition of \u201cpublic meeting\u201d in regulation 3 does not extend to any activity in the following public places \u2014 (a) establishments, any type of institution including educational institutions, places of business and organisations including cinemas and theatres; and (b) any church which can accommodate more than two hundred and fifty persons.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Wearing of masks 5. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person over the age of two years old who is indoors at a public place may cover his or her mouth and nose with a mask or cloth face covering but is not required to do so. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the owner or operator of \u2014 (a) a health care facility; (b) a residential home care facility; (c) a prison or place of detention; Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020 Regulation 6 SL 117 of 2020 (d) an airport; or (e) such other public place as may be specified by notice by the Medical Officer of Health, may require that any person who visits any of such places shall wear a mask and a person who refuses to do so shall be refused entry. (3) The Medical Officer of Health shall issue written guidance on the use of masks or cloth face coverings by children between the ages of two and ten years old. (4) An owner or operator of a public place shall not refuse entry to a person on the grounds either that the person \u2014 (a) is wearing a mask or cloth covering; or (b) subject to paragraph (2), is not wearing a mask or cloth face covering. (5) The notice under paragraph (2)(e) and the guidance under paragraph (3) shall be published in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication. (6) This regulation is subject to regulation 10.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Prohibition on holding of public meeting, procession or festive ceremony 6. (1) Subject to regulation 3(1), for the purposes of preventing, controlling and suppressing the spread of the virus, no person shall hold any public meeting, procession or festive ceremony unless permitted by regulations. (2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Restriction on certain activities and operations 7. (1) For the purposes of preventing, controlling and suppressing the spread of the virus in the Islands, no person shall \u2014 (a) host or attend a wedding which hosts more than two hundred and fifty persons other than the bride, bridegroom, official witnesses and the marriage officer; or (b) host or attend a funeral where there are more than two hundred and fifty persons other than six pallbearers, at least one officiant and essential mortuary staff. (2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Restriction on visitation 8. With the exception of \u2014 Regulation 8 Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020 SL 117 of 2020 (a) the Medical Officer of Health or a person authorized by the Medical Officer of Health for the purposes of surveillance or management of a person in quarantine or isolation; or (b) a person who has the written permission of the Medical Officer of Health, no person shall visit or be permitted to visit a place or a facility of quarantine or isolation, or a person in a place or a facility of quarantine or isolation. (2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person under paragraph (1)(b) shall comply with the directions of the manager of the place or facility of quarantine or isolation in relation to the use of personal protective equipment in the place or facility of quarantine or isolation. (3) Where the place or facility of quarantine or isolation is a person\u2019s place of residence, a person under paragraph (1)(b) shall comply with the directions of the Medical Officer of Health in relation to the use of personal protective equipment in the place of residence being visited. (4) Subject to paragraph (5), a person who wishes to visit a health care facility shall comply with the directions of the manager of the health care facility in relation to the use of personal protective equipment in the health care facility. (5) Where a person wishes to visit a patient who has tested positive for the virus and who is in a health care facility the person who wishes to visit the patient shall \u2014 (a) only visit or be permitted to visit that patient with the written permission of the Medical Officer of Health; and (b) comply with the directions of the manager of the health care facility in relation to the use of personal protective equipment in the health care facility. (6) A person who wishes to visit a residential home care facility in Grand Cayman or Cayman Brac shall \u2014 (a) be tested for the virus within three days prior to the date of the intended visit; and (b) only visit or be permitted to visit after such test has been declared to be negative by the Medical Officer of Health. (7) A person who wishes to visit a detainee in a prison or place of detention must be a relative of the detainee and shall \u2014 (a) be tested for the virus within three days prior to the date of the intended visit; and (b) only visit or be permitted to visit after such test has been declared to be negative by the Medical Officer of Health. (8) A person under paragraph (7) shall comply with \u2014 Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020 Regulation 9 SL 117 of 2020 (a) the directions of the Director of Prisons in relation to the use of personal protective equipment in the prison; and (b) the directions of the Medical Officer of Health in relation to the use of personal protective equipment in the place of detention. (9) For the purposes of this regulation \u2014 \u201ca person authorized by the Medical Officer of Health\u201d includes the Director of the Sister Islands Health Services, where the Director of the Sister Islands Health Services is authorized by the Medical Officer of Health; \u201cmanager\u201d, in relation to a place or facility of quarantine or isolation or a health care facility, includes the owner; and \u201crelative\u201d, in relation to a detainee in a prison or place of detention, means the detainee\u2019s \u2014 (a) spouse; (b) child; (c) parent or legal guardian; (d) brother or sister; (e) grandparent; (f) grandchild; or (g) friend. (10) A person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Exercise and sports 9. (1) A person may exercise at any time but shall be subject to the public meeting requirements in these Regulations. (2) Sports shall be permitted provided that no more than two hundred and fifty persons shall be permitted at any time as spectators or as participants of the relevant sport. (3) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) or an organiser of a sporting event who contravenes paragraph (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Public Transport 10. (1) An operator of a taxi or an omnibus shall only drive such taxi or omnibus on the condition that all persons, including the driver of the taxi or omnibus, shall wear masks or cloth face coverings when in the taxi or omnibus. (2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months. Regulation 11 Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020 SL 117 of 2020 (3) For the purpose of this regulation \u2014 \u201comnibus\u201d includes a school vehicle; and \u201cschool vehicle\u201d means a vehicle used for the conveyance of school children for hire or reward.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Scuba diving and snorkelling in the Islands 11. (1) A person who wishes to rent scuba or snorkelling equipment to a customer for a scuba diving or snorkelling activity, including for training in scuba diving or snorkelling, shall comply with the following requirements \u2014 (a) the person shall, prior to renting any shared scuba or snorkelling equipment, register with the Department of Environmental Health, for the purposes of monitoring and ensuring compliance with this regulation; (b) the person shall ensure that all shared scuba and snorkelling equipment is cleaned each day using an agent approved for use against the virus by the Director of Environmental Health of the Department of Environmental Health; (c) where the person rents any shared scuba equipment to a customer, the person shall not rent the same shared scuba equipment to another customer until three days has elapsed; and (d) the person shall comply with the written guidelines issued by the Director of Environmental Health of the Department of Environmental Health under paragraph (3). (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to dive tanks. (3) For the purposes of preventing, controlling and suppressing the spread of the virus, the Director of Environmental Health of the Department of Environmental Health shall issue written guidelines on the use of shared scuba or snorkelling equipment, including a list of agents approved for use against the virus. (4) The guidelines under paragraph (3) shall be published in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication. (5) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Prohibition on use of hookah, shisha pipes or water pipes 12. (1) An owner or operator of a business shall not use or permit the use of a hookah, shisha pipe or water pipe at the place of business. 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2020\nc\n\nPUBLISHING DETAILS\n\nPrevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of\nRestrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020\nArrangement of Regulations\n\nc\nSL 117 of 2020\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nPublic Health Law\n(2002 Revision)\nPREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION\nOF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF\nRESTRICTIONS) (NO.4) REGULATIONS, 2020\n(SL 117 of 2020)\nArrangement of Regulations\nRegulation\nPage\n1.\nCitation and commencement .....................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nDefinition of public meetings ......................................................................................................6\n4.\nPublic meetings - exemptions ....................................................................................................6\n5.\nWearing of masks ......................................................................................................................6\n6.\nProhibition on holding of public meeting, procession or festive ceremony ..................................7\n7.\nRestriction on certain activities and operations ..........................................................................7\n8.\nRestriction on visitation ..............................................................................................................7\n9.\nExercise and sports ...................................................................................................................9\n10.\nPublic Transport ........................................................................................................................9\n11.\nScuba diving and snorkelling in the Islands .............................................................................. 10\n12.\nProhibition on use of hookah, shisha pipes or water pipes ....................................................... 10\n13.\nRepeal of the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of\nRestrictions) (No.3) Regulations, 2020..................................................................................... 11\n14.\nExpiry ...................................................................................................................................... 11\n\nPrevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of\nRestrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020\nRegulation 1\n\nc\nSL 117 of 2020\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nPublic Health Law\n(2002 Revision)\nPREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION\nOF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF\nRESTRICTIONS) (NO.4) REGULATIONS, 2020\n(SL 117 of 2020)\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Public Health Law (2002 Revision)\nthe Cabinet makes the following Regulations \u2014\n1.\nCitation and commencement\n1.\n(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention, Control and Suppression of\nCovid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020.\n(2) These Regulations come into force on 25th August, 2020.\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn these Regulations \u2014\n\u201cfestive ceremony\u201d means a ceremony to celebrate a locally recognised\nreligious event or a public general holiday and includes an agricultural show;\n\u201cpublic place\u201d means any highway, street, public park or garden, any sea beach\nand any public bridge, road, lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage,\nwhether a thoroughfare or not; and includes any open space and any premises\nto which, for the time being, the public have or are permitted to have access,\nwhether on payment or otherwise; and\n\nRegulation 3\nPrevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of\nRestrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020\n\nPage 6\nSL 117 of 2020\nc\n\n\u201cvirus\u201d means the virus known as SARS-CoV-2 which causes the disease\nknown as Covid-19.\n3.\nDefinition of public meetings\n3.\n(1) In these Regulations \u201cpublic meeting\u201d means a gathering of more than two\nhundred and fifty persons in any public place, other than in a business office\nor  place of business,  for the purposes of engaging in the activities specified in\nparagraph (2).\n(2) The activities to which paragraph (1) relates are as follows \u2014\n(a)\nleisure, recreational or spiritual activities including those organised by\nservice clubs, faith-based organisations, community organisations and\ncivic organisations;\n(b) parades and social activities related to such parades, including carnivals,\nstage shows and parties;\n(c)\nconcerts;\n(d) conventions;\n(e)\nconferences;\n(f)\ngraduations; and\n(g) fundraisers.\n(3) For the purposes of the definition of \u201cpublic meeting\u201d, \u201cperson\u201d does not\ninclude a person employed to provide the activities specified in the definition of\n\u201cpublic meeting\u201d.\n4.\nPublic meetings - exemptions\n4.\nThe definition of \u201cpublic meeting\u201d in regulation 3 does not extend to any activity in\nthe following public places \u2014\n(a)\nestablishments, any type of institution including educational institutions,\nplaces of business and organisations including cinemas and theatres; and\n(b) any church which can accommodate more than two hundred and fifty\npersons.\n5.\nWearing of masks\n5.\n(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person over the age of two years old who is indoors\nat a public place may cover his or her mouth and nose with a mask or cloth face\ncovering but is not required to do so.\n(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the owner or operator of \u2014\n(a)\na health care facility;\n(b) a residential home care facility;\n(c)\na prison or place of detention;\n\nPrevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of\nRestrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020\nRegulation 6\n\nc\nSL 117 of 2020\nPage 7\n\n(d) an airport; or\n(e)\nsuch other public place as may be specified by notice by the Medical\nOfficer of Health,\nmay require that any person who visits any of such places shall wear a mask and\na person who refuses to do so shall be refused entry.\n(3) The Medical Officer of Health shall issue written guidance on the use of masks\nor cloth face coverings by children between the ages of two and ten years old.\n(4) An owner or operator of a public place shall not refuse entry to a person on the\ngrounds either that the person \u2014\n(a)\nis wearing a mask or cloth covering; or\n(b) subject to paragraph (2), is not wearing a mask or cloth face covering.\n(5) The notice under paragraph (2)(e) and the guidance under paragraph (3) shall be\npublished in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official\nmeans of communication.\n(6) This regulation is subject to regulation 10.\n6.\nProhibition on holding of public meeting, procession or festive ceremony\n6.\n(1) Subject to regulation 3(1), for the purposes of preventing, controlling and\nsuppressing the spread of the virus, no person shall hold any public meeting,\nprocession or festive ceremony unless permitted by regulations.\n(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on\nconviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\n7.\nRestriction on certain activities and operations\n7.\n(1) For the purposes of preventing, controlling and suppressing the spread of the\nvirus in the Islands, no person shall \u2014\n(a)\nhost or attend a wedding which hosts more than two hundred and fifty\npersons other than the bride, bridegroom, official witnesses and the\nmarriage officer; or\n(b) host or attend a funeral where there are more than two hundred and fifty\npersons other than six pallbearers, at least one officiant and essential\nmortuary staff.\n(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on\nconviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\n8.\nRestriction on visitation\n8.\nWith the exception of \u2014\n\nRegulation 8\nPrevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of\nRestrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020\n\nPage 8\nSL 117 of 2020\nc\n\n(a)\nthe Medical Officer of Health or a person authorized by the Medical\nOfficer of Health for the purposes of surveillance or management of a\nperson in quarantine or isolation; or\n(b) a person who has the written permission of the Medical Officer of Health,\nno person shall visit or be permitted to visit a place or a facility of quarantine or\nisolation, or a person in a place or a facility of quarantine or isolation.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person under paragraph (1)(b) shall comply with the\ndirections of the manager of the place or facility of quarantine or isolation in\nrelation to the use of personal protective equipment in the place or facility of\nquarantine or isolation.\n(3) Where the place or facility of quarantine or isolation is a person\u2019s place of\nresidence, a person under paragraph (1)(b) shall comply with the directions of\nthe Medical Officer of Health in relation to the use of personal protective\nequipment in the place of residence being visited.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), a person who wishes to visit a health care facility shall\ncomply with the directions of the manager of the health care facility in relation\nto the use of personal protective equipment in the health care facility.\n(5) Where a person wishes to visit a patient who has tested positive for the virus\nand who is in a health care facility the person who wishes to visit the patient\nshall \u2014\n(a)\nonly visit or be permitted to visit that patient with the written permission\nof the Medical Officer of Health; and\n(b) comply with the directions of the manager of the health care facility in\nrelation to the use of personal protective equipment in the health care\nfacility.\n(6) A person who wishes to visit a residential home care facility in Grand Cayman\nor Cayman Brac shall \u2014\n(a)\nbe tested for the virus within three days prior to the date of the intended\nvisit; and\n(b) only visit or be permitted to visit after such test has been declared to be\nnegative by the Medical Officer of Health.\n(7) A person who wishes to visit a detainee in a prison or place of detention must\nbe a relative of the detainee and shall \u2014\n(a)\nbe tested for the virus within three days prior to the date of the intended\nvisit; and\n(b) only visit or be permitted to visit after such test has been declared to be\nnegative by the Medical Officer of Health.\n(8) A person under paragraph (7) shall comply with \u2014\n\nPrevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of\nRestrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020\nRegulation 9\n\nc\nSL 117 of 2020\nPage 9\n\n(a)\nthe directions of the Director of Prisons in relation to the use of personal\nprotective equipment in the prison; and\n(b) the directions of the Medical Officer of Health in relation to the use of\npersonal protective equipment in the place of detention.\n(9) For the purposes of this regulation \u2014\n\u201ca person authorized by the Medical Officer of Health\u201d includes the Director\nof the Sister Islands Health Services, where the Director of the Sister Islands\nHealth Services is authorized by the Medical Officer of Health;\n\u201cmanager\u201d, in relation to a place or facility of quarantine or isolation or a health\ncare facility, includes the owner; and\n\u201crelative\u201d, in relation to a detainee in a prison or place of detention, means the\ndetainee\u2019s \u2014\n(a) spouse;\n(b) child;\n(c) parent or legal guardian;\n(d) brother or sister;\n(e) grandparent;\n(f)\ngrandchild; or\n(g) friend.\n(10) A person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8) commits\nan offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to\nimprisonment for six months.\n9.\nExercise and sports\n9.\n(1) A person may exercise at any time but shall be subject to the public meeting\nrequirements in these Regulations.\n(2) Sports shall be permitted provided that no more than two hundred and fifty\npersons shall be permitted at any time as spectators or as participants of the\nrelevant sport.\n(3) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) or an organiser of a sporting event who\ncontravenes paragraph (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a\nfine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\n10.\nPublic Transport\n10. (1) An operator of a taxi or an omnibus shall only drive such taxi or omnibus on the\ncondition that all persons, including the driver of the taxi or omnibus, shall wear\nmasks or cloth face coverings when in the taxi or omnibus.\n(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on\nconviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\n\nRegulation 11\nPrevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of\nRestrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020\n\nPage 10\nSL 117 of 2020\nc\n\n(3) For the purpose of this regulation \u2014\n\u201comnibus\u201d includes a school vehicle; and\n\u201cschool vehicle\u201d means a vehicle used for the conveyance of school children\nfor hire or reward.\n11.\nScuba diving and snorkelling in the Islands\n11. (1) A person who wishes to rent scuba or snorkelling equipment to a customer for\na scuba diving or snorkelling activity, including for training in scuba diving or\nsnorkelling, shall comply with the following requirements \u2014\n(a)\nthe person shall, prior to renting any shared scuba or snorkelling\nequipment, register with the Department of Environmental Health, for the\npurposes of monitoring and ensuring compliance with this regulation;\n(b) the person shall ensure that all shared scuba and snorkelling equipment is\ncleaned each day using an agent approved for use against the virus by the\nDirector of Environmental Health of the Department of Environmental\nHealth;\n(c)\nwhere the person rents any shared scuba equipment to a customer, the\nperson shall not rent the same shared scuba equipment to another customer\nuntil three days has elapsed; and\n(d) the person shall comply with the written guidelines issued by the Director\nof Environmental Health of the Department of Environmental Health\nunder paragraph (3).\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to dive tanks.\n(3) For the purposes of preventing, controlling and suppressing the spread of the\nvirus, the Director of Environmental Health of the Department of Environmental\nHealth shall issue written guidelines on the use of shared scuba or snorkelling\nequipment, including a list of agents approved for use against the virus.\n(4) The guidelines under paragraph (3) shall be published in the Gazette, in any\nother official Government website or official means of communication.\n(5) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on\nconviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\n12.\nProhibition on use of hookah, shisha pipes or water pipes\n12. (1) An owner or operator of a business shall not use or permit the use of a hookah,\nshisha pipe or water pipe at the place of business.\n(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on\nconviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.\n\nPrevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of\nRestrictions) (No.4) Regulations, 2020\nRegulation 13\n\nc\nSL 117 of 2020\nPage 11\n\n13.\nRepeal of the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial\nLifting of Restrictions) (No.3) Regulations, 2020\n13. The Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions)\n(No.3) Regulations, 2020 are repealed.\n14.\nExpiry\n14. 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