The Public Health (Amendment) Act, no. 2 of 2022
Made 2022-11-08 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Country
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- Subjects
- General
- Keywords
- public health, coronavirus disease (COVID-19), institution, governance
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1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Health (Amendment)Act, 2022.
2. Interpretation. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “Act” means the Public Health Act, Cap. 9.21.
3. Amendment of section 2. The Act is amended in section 2 by inserting the following new definition in the correct alphabetical order. “ “COVID-19” means the novel coronavirus (2019-n CoV); “COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act” means the COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act, No. 16 of 2020;”.
4. Amendment of Act The Act is amended by inserting the following new section 28 immediately after section 27 “28. COVID-19. (1) The Minister shall provide for the proper suppression of transmission, prevention and control of COVID-19 by the exercise of his or her powers under this Act. 2 Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2022 - 2. (2) The COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act as amended by Act No. 4 of 2021 and all subsidiary legislation made under that Act are hereby repealed.”. LANEIN K BLANCHETTE Speaker Passed by the National Assembly this 27th day of October, 2022. TREVLYN STAPLETON Clerk of the National Assembly GOVERNMENT PRINTERY ST KITTS W I