Modification to the PHA (Dangerous Infectious Disease) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2020 (CBH Notice No. 4 of 2020)

EXTRAORDINARY VOL: XL Wednesday 29th April, 2020 No. 28 ________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH NOTICE Modification to the PHA (Dangerous Infectious Disease) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2020 3 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Published by the Ministry of Justice & Legal Affairs Printed at the Government Printing Office, Editors of the Official Gazette Antigua and Barbuda, By Noel F. Abraham, antiguagazette@gmail.com Government Printer Government Complex, P.O. Box 118, Parliament Drive, St. John’s, Antigua — By Authority, 2020 [Price $1.55] ___________________________________________________________________________________________ No. 28 THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA OFFICIAL GAZETTE - EXTRAORDINARY April 29th, 2020 PUBLICATION WITHIN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE The Official Gazette, the official newspaper of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, is published every Thursday either online or in print form at the Government Printery. Notice Submissions and Style Notices for publication and related correspondence should be addressed to Mr Ryan Johnson, Editor of the Official Gazette at the following email addresses: ryan.johnson@ab.gov.ag / antiguagazette@gmail.com That is the preferred method of communication for all correspondence (especially when sending Notices/information which must be sent in Microsoft Word format) to be published in the Gazette. Letter headings should be addressed to: Editors of the Official Gazette Ministry of Justice & Legal Affairs Parliament Drive Queen Elizabeth Highway P.O. Box 118 Antigua Microsoft Word is the preferred format for notice submissions. Please do not send notices only in PDF format as errors may occur when converting to Word. Image files should be sent in JPG or PNG format. Therefore, please send all notice submissions in the Microsoft Word format and a PDF version of such Notice only where there are signatures to be included in the notice submission (document). This applies to all institutions including governmental, financial and other commercial institutions. Additionally, for the security purposes of any financial information being sent, the institution’s Information Technology (IT) personnel can lock the information as a JPEG in a Microsoft Word document and send the information to the Editor in that prescribed manner. The Gazette Department reserves the right to apply its in-house style to all notices. Any corrections which are related to style will be made at the discretion of the Editor for reasons of consistency. Deadlines The deadline for submitting notices for publication in the principal edition is midday Monday on every week for all commercial and Government notices, in the week of publication. *Late notices may be accepted at the discretion of the Editor. The deadline for cancelling notices in the principal edition is 12.00 midday Wednesday. Please call the Gazette Office immediately to cancel a notice, and confirm by email. Advertising Rates Publication Fee $106.20 Eastern Caribbean Dollars. Annual Subscription Fee: $215 Eastern Caribbean Dollars *Advertising rates are not negotiable. Antigua and Barbuda Official Gazettes are published directly online at www.gazette.gov.ag All editions are also available on subscription from the Antigua and Barbuda Government Printery, St. John’s, Antigua (telephone: (268) 562-5168/ (268) 462-0518).

2 April 29th, 2020 THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA OFFICIAL GAZETTE - EXTRAORDINARY No. 28 NOTICES ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH NOTICE OF the BOARD (No. 4 of 2020) Pursuant to Regulation 5A paragraph 14 of the Public Health Act (Dangerous Infectious Disease) (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations 2020 IN ACCORDANCE WITH paragraph 14 of Regulation 5A of the Public Health Act (Dangerous Infectious Disease) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020, the Board with the approval of the Cabinet hereby makes the following modifications to Regulation 5A. 1. Paragraph 4 – Closure of all businesses and exceptions Subparagraph (3) dealing with businesses permitted to open and operate between the hours of 6:00a.m and 6:00p.m each day is modified as follows by adding after clause (o) the following new category of permitted businesses – “(p) all retail businesses;” 2. Paragraph 12 – Closure of Beaches Paragraph 12 is modified by way of a repeal and replacement of the rule regarding beaches with effect from Tuesday 5th May, 2020 at 6:00a.m. as follows – “Paragraph 12 – Permitted use of Beaches (1) No person is permitted to picnic, consume alcohol, food or play music on any beach for the duration of the curfew period. (2) A person is permitted to utilise the beach from Monday to Friday only and between the hours of 6:00a.m to 6:00p.m each day for a therapeutic purpose. (3) Sailing is permitted for the purpose of fishing, provided there are no more than five (5) persons on board the sailing vessel and, in any event, persons on board the vessel are able to practice the social distancing protocols by maintaining a distance of six (6) feet between occupants at all times. (4) This modification of paragraph 12 shall take effect from Tuesday 5th May, 2020 at 6:00a.m.” Dated this 29th April, 2020 3