Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) (No. 6) Regulations, 2020

PREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS) (TRAVEL AND BOATING) (NO. 6) REGULATIONS,

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PREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS) (TRAVEL AND BOATING) (NO. 6) REGULATIONS, 2020 Arrangement of Regulations Regulation Repeal of the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Schedule

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PREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS) (TRAVEL AND BOATING) (NO. 6) REGULATIONS, 2020 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Public Health Law (2002 Revision) the Cabinet makes the following Regulations — Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) (No. 6) Regulations, 2020. Definitions In these Regulations, “waters” means the waters of the territorial seas of the Islands. Travel between the Islands (1) Subject to this regulation, any person may travel between the Islands by air transport or boat. (2) A person who wishes to travel between the Islands shall be permitted to travel without being tested for the virus where the person —

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(a) has been in the Islands for at least fourteen days prior to the date of travel; and (b) is not showing any respiratory symptoms or symptoms of the virus. (3) A person who wishes to travel between the Islands and who has not been in the Islands for at least fourteen days prior to the date of travel shall — (a) not less than forty-eight hours prior to travelling — (i) seek the approval of the Chief Officer of the Ministry of International Trade, Investment, Aviation and Maritime Affairs to travel; and (ii) be tested for the virus; and (b) only be permitted to travel after such test has been declared to be negative by the Medical Officer of Health. (4) A person who contravenes paragraph (2) or (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years. Conditions for use of boat in the waters (1) Subject to this regulation a person may use a boat in the waters subject to the condition that the operator of the boat shall ensure that the boat only has on board at any time no more than five hundred persons or its legal capacity, whichever is lesser. (2) A person shall not operate or manoeuvre a boat so as to congregate or gather with any other person on any other boat or vessel where the number of persons gathering exceeds five hundred persons. (3) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years. Use of boat for fishing in the areas in the Schedule (1) Notwithstanding regulation 3 of the Control of Covid-19 (No.3) Regulations, 2020 and subject to this regulation a person may use a boat only for the purpose of fishing in the areas specified in the Schedule subject to the following conditions — (a) the operator of the boat shall possess clearance to leave the waters issued by the Customs and Border Control Service; (b) the operator of the boat shall ensure that the boat only has on board at any time no more than twenty-five persons or its legal capacity, whichever is lesser; and the operator of the boat shall ensure that the operator and the persons on board the boat return to the Islands no later than forty-eight hours after the commencement of the outward journey.

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(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person who used, or was on board, a boat referred to in this regulation — (a) shall comply with the directions of the Medical Officer of Health with regard to isolation and any additional health monitoring for the purposes of preventing, controlling or suppressing the spread of the virus; and (b) who shows respiratory symptoms or symptoms of the virus shall be managed at a place and in such manner as specified by the Medical Officer of Health, until the Medical Officer of Health determines that the person is no longer a health risk to the public. (3) A person shall not operate or manoeuvre a boat in the areas specified in the Schedule so as to congregate or gather with any other person on any other boat or vessel where the number of persons gathering exceeds twenty-five persons. (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), an operator shall declare to the Medical Officer of Health where that operator’s boat had on board any other person, other than a person in respect of whom that operator received the clearance referred to in paragraph (1). (5) A person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years. Repeal of the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) (No.5) Regulations, 2020 The Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) (No.5) Regulations, 2020 are repealed.

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Expiry These Regulations shall continue in force until 31st January, 2021 or until such later date as the Cabinet may specify by notice in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication.

SCHEDULE (regulation 5) Areas where persons shall use a boat only for the purpose of fishing Persons shall use a boat only for the purpose of fishing in the following areas — the area known as 60 Mile Bank, that is to say the area within 3 miles of Latitude 20° 0' 55.412" N Longitude 82° 2' 11.149" W; the area known as Pickle Bank, that is to say the area within 20 miles of Latitude 20° 23' 40.210" N Longitude 80° 26' 37.769" W; the area known as 12 Mile Bank, that is to say the area within 5 miles of Latitude 19° 19' 48.192" N Longitude 81° 34' 55.724" W; the area known as Lawford’s Bank, that is to say the area within 10 miles of Latitude 19° 28' 10.8912" N Longitude 79° 7' 48.63" W; and the area known as Fish Attracting Device (FAD), that is to say the area within 1 mile of Latitude 19° 44' 43.8" N Longitude 81° 19' 34.38" W.

Made in Cabinet the 26th day of November, 2020. Kim Bullings Clerk of the Cabinet