Public Health (Amendment) Act No. 34 of 2017

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PUBLIC HEALTH (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 No. 34 of 2017 [Published in the Official Gazette Vol. XXXVIII No. 5 dated 12th January, 2017] Printed at the Government Printing Office, Antigua and Barbuda, by Philip P. Ashterman, Government Printer — By Authority, 2018. 250—1.18 [Price $2.25] Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2017 2 No. 34 of 2017. No. 34 of 2017 3 Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2017. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PUBLIC HEALTH (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTIONS 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Amendment of the principal Act Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2017 4 No. 34 of 2017. [L.S.] I Assent, Rodney Williams, Governor-General. 9th January, 2017. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PUBLIC HEALTH (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 No. 34 of 2017 AN ACT to amend the Public Health Act, Cap. 353 of the Laws of Antigua and Barbuda to give to the Minister with responsibility for health such powers as are prescribed to the Governor General under the Act ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows– 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2017. 2. Interpretation In this Act – “principal Act” means the Public Health Act, Cap 353. 3. Amendment of the principal Act The principal Act is amended in its entirety by (a) repealing the words "the Governor-General" wheresoever these words appear in the principal Act and replacing these words with "the Minister"; and No. 34 of 2017 5 Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2017. (b) repealing the words "by proclamation" wheresoever these words appear in the principal Act and replacing these words with "by Order published in the Gazette". Passed by the House of Representatives on the 9th day of November, 2017. Passed by the Senate on the 27th day of November, 2017. Gerld Watt, Q.C., Speaker. Alincia Williams Grant, President. Ramona Smll, Clerk to the House of Representatives. Ramona Small, Clerk to the Senate.