Closure of Food and Drink Outlets (Amendment No. 6) Regulations, 2021 (L.N. 239 of 2021)

Verżjoni Elettronika B 1859 B 1859 L.N. 239 of 2021 PUBLIC HEALTH ACT (CAP. 465) Closure of Food and Drink Outlets (Amendment No. 6) Regulations, 2021 IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 26 of the Public Health Act, the Minister responsible for public health, after consultation with the Superintendent of Public Health, has made the following regulations:- 1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Closure of Food Citation and and Drink Outlets (Amendment No. 6) Regulations, 2021 and these commencement. regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Closure of S.L. 465. 54. Food and Drink Outlets Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations". (2) These regulations shall come into force on 7 June 2021: Provided that from 6 June 2021, regulation 2(1) of the principal regulations shall not apply to clubs, and on this date, prior to the entry into force of these regulations, clubs may open under the same conditions as restaurants, snack bars and kiosks: Provided further that the principal regulations which are being amended by virtue of these regulations shall be deemed to be still in force, even after 7 June 2021, for the purposes of any act, decision, action or proceedings taken in respect of any breach of those regulations. 2. Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes regulation 2 of substituted by the following new regulation: the principal regulations. "2. Bars, clubs, restaurants, snack bars and kiosks may open for business: Provided that all bars, clubs, restaurants and kiosks shall remain closed between midnight (12.00 a.m.) and five o’clock in the morning (5.00am): Provided further that all bars, clubs, restaurants and kiosks shall only serve food to clients who are seated at a table of not more than six (6) persons and a distance of two metres shall be retained between one table and another: Verżjoni Elettronika B 1860 B 1860 Provided further that if all the persons seated on a table live in the same residence, the limitation in the number of persons specified in the above proviso shall not apply: Provided further that alcohol shall only be served with food.". ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbugħ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta FSC — Printed at the Government Printing Press on FSC certified paper Prezz/Price €0.18