S.I. 2022 No. 81: Emergency Management (COVID-19) (Protocols) (No. 13) Directive, 2022.
S.I. 2022 No. 81
Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order, 2022 S.I. 2022 No. 18
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (COVID-19) (PROTOCOLS) (NO. 13) DIRECTIVE, 2022
WHEREAS pursuant to paragraph 15 of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order, 2022, (S.I. 2022 No. 18) made under the Emergency Management Act, Cap. 160A, it is provided that the Prime Minister on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer may issue a directive requiring every person to observe such physical distancing and associated protocols in the interest of public health as may be specified;
AND WHEREAS a public health emergency exists in Barbados;
The Prime Minister, by virtue of the power and authority vested in her and on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer pursuant to paragraph 15 of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order, 2022, hereby issues the following Directive:
- This Directive may be cited as the Emergency Management (COVID-19) (Protocols) (No. 13) Directive, 2022.
2.(1) Any member of the Police Service or the Unit may enter any business, establishment or institution set out in paragraph 3(1) at any time during its hours of operation in order to ensure that the business, establishment or institution is in compliance with this Directive and for that purpose, may ask questions of the owner, operator, employees or patrons of the business, establishment or institution.
(2) An owner, operator or employee referred to in subparagraph (1) who denies entry to a member of the Police Service or the Unit contravenes this Directive.
(3) An owner, operator, employee or patron referred to in subparagraph (1) who
(a)
fails to answer any question put to him by a member of the Police Service or the Unit, or gives a false or misleading answer to any such question;
(b)
assaults, insults, obstructs or uses threatening words or gestures to a member of the Police Service or the Unit; or
(c)
fails to comply with any instructions given to him by a member of the Police Service or the Unit,
contravenes this Directive.
3.(1) No person shall, without reasonable explanation,
(a)
be in a health care institution within the meaning of section 2 of the Health Services Act, Cap. 44;
(b)
be in a nursing home, private hospital or a senior citizen’s home within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Health Services (Private Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Senior Citizens’ Homes and Maternity Homes) Regulations, 2005 (S.I. 2005 No. 58);
(c)
be in a place where medical services or dental services are provided;
(d)
be in a school or other educational institution;
(e)
be in a nursery or day care facilities for children or adults;
(f)
be in a prison within the meaning of section 2 of the Prisons Act, Cap. 168; or
(g)
travel on a public service vehicle or other public transport, whether as a driver, conductor or passenger,
unless he wears a face mask which covers his nose, mouth and chin.
(2) Where the person referred to in subparagraph (1) is a child who is accompanied by an individual who has responsibility for the child, the individual shall provide and ensure that the child has and wears a face mask as required by subparagraph (1).
(3)
The owner or operator of any business, establishment or institution referred to in paragraph (1), shall ensure that no person is permitted to enter, or, having entered, to remain within any enclosed space of the business, establishment or institution unless the person is wearing a face mask which covers his nose, mouth, and chin.
(4)
Subparagraph (3) binds the State.
(5)
Subparagraphs (1) to (3) shall not apply to children under 5 years of age.
(6)
For the purposes of subparagraph (1), a person has a reasonable explanation
(a)
where the person cannot put on, wear or remove a face mask by reason of any medical, physical or mental illness or disability;
(b)
where the person is travelling with or providing assistance to another person and the other person relies on lip-reading to communicate with the first person;
(c)
where the person is eating, drinking, taking medication or exercising;
(d)
where a request is made of the person to remove his face mask temporarily for security and identification purposes; or
(e)
in such other circumstances as may be provided for in such protocols as the Chief Medical Officer may determine.
- No person shall visit any place of quarantine or an isolation station.
- No more than 2 persons at a time shall visit
(a)
a patient in a hospital, or a facility for the treatment of persons with an addiction to, or a dependency on, a drug or a narcotic substance; or
(b)
a patient in a nursing home, senior citizens’ home, a geriatric hospital or a district hospital
but may visit such an institution to deliver care packages and transact business.
- Hand sanitizing stations shall be provided at the following businesses, establishments and institutions:
(a)
health care institutions within the meaning of section 2 of the Health Services Act, Cap. 44;
(b)
nursing homes, private hospitals and senior citizen’s homes within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Health Services (Private Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Senior Citizens’ Homes and Maternity Homes) Regulations, 2005 (S.I. 2005 No. 58);
(c)
every place where medical services and dental services are provided;
(d)
schools and educational institutions;
(e)
all nurseries and day care facilities for children and adults;
(f)
all ports of entry; and
(g)
all prisons within the meaning of section 2 of the Prisons Act, Cap. 168.
7.(1) No person shall transmit a video recording or an audio recording of any person or in any way make known to the public the identity of any person
(a)
who has been tested for COVID-19 or the result of any such test; or
(b)
who is in quarantine or in an isolation station.
(2) It is a defence for the person who is charged with an offence under subparagraph (1) if he proves that he had obtained the prior consent of the person who is the subject of the act.
- A person who
(a)
fails to answer any question; or
(b)
gives a false or misleading answer to any question
put to him by a doctor, a nurse, a member of the Unit or any other person authorized by the Chief Medical Officer who is seeking information for the purpose of tracing any other person who has been exposed to a person who is or may be infected with COVID-19, contravenes this Directive.
- A person who is placed in quarantine or isolation contravenes this Directive if he
(a)
leaves the place in which he is quarantined or isolated without the consent of the Chief Medical Officer;
(b)
receives guests; or
(c)
fails to comply with the directions of the Chief Medical Officer.
- The owner or operator of any business, establishment or institution who fails to comply with this Directive is, in addition to the penalty provided by paragraph 11, liable to be ordered by the Prime Minister or Attorney-General, acting on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer or the Unit, to cease to operate for the duration of this Directive.
- Any person who contravenes any provision of this Directive or fails to comply with any protocol specified by the Chief Medical Officer or the Unit is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $50 000 or to imprisonment for a term of one year or to both pursuant to paragraph 15(1) of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order, 2022 (S.I. 2022 No. 18).
12.(1) Notwithstanding the penalty specified in paragraph 11, where a person contravenes paragraph 3(1) or (2), a member of the Police Service shall
(a)
ask the person to give his name and address;
(b)
serve personally upon the person, a fixed penalty notice in the form in the Schedule;
(c)
inform the person that if he does not wish to be prosecuted for the alleged offence in court, he may pay to the clerk of the Magistrate’s
Court in the district in which the offence was committed, the fixed penalty of $100 specified in the fixed penalty notice, within the time specified in the notice; and
(d) send a duplicate of the notice to the clerk of the Magistrate’s Court referred to in subparagraph (c).
(2)
The fixed penalty notice shall be signed by the member of the Police Service and shall state the following:
(a)
the date, time and place of service of the notice;
(b)
the provision of this Directive creating the offence alleged, and such particulars of the offence as are required under this Directive;
(c)
the amount of the fixed penalty;
(d)
the time within which the fixed penalty may be paid in accordance with paragraph 13(3); and
(e)
the clerk of the Magistrate’s Court to whom, and the address at or to which, the fixed penalty may be paid or remitted.
(3)
A person who refuses to answer or who gives a false name or a false address in answer to a question mentioned in subparagraph (1)(a) is guilty of an offence.
13.(1) A person upon whom a fixed penalty notice is served may pay the fixed penalty in accordance with the notice.
(2)
Payment of the fixed penalty shall be
(a)
made to the clerk of the Magistrate’s Court as stated in the notice; and
(b)
accompanied by the notice, which shall be completed by the person in the manner prescribed.
(3)
A fixed penalty is payable within 14 days from the date of the fixed penalty notice.
(4)
Where a person upon whom a fixed penalty notice is served fails to pay the fixed penalty within the time specified in the notice, the duplicate sent to the Magistrate’s Court under paragraph 12(1)(d) shall constitute a charge brought against the person named therein and the person shall be dealt with according to law and shall be liable to the penalty specified in paragraph 11.
(5)
Where the fixed penalty is paid in accordance with the fixed penalty notice, no person shall be liable to be prosecuted for the offence for which the notice was served and any information laid before the Magistrate shall be null and void.
- In any proceedings for an offence specified in paragraph 3(1) or (2), a certificate that payment of the fixed penalty was or was not made to the clerk of the Magistrate’s Court by the date specified in the fixed penalty notice shall, if the certificate purports to be signed by the clerk, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated, unless the contrary is proved.
- This Directive shall come into effect on the 23rd day of September, 2022 and shall cease to have effect on the 21st day of December, 2022.
(Paragraph 12(1)(b))
Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order, 2022
S.I. 2022 No. 18 NOTICE OF FIXED PENALTY
Section A
Serial No.:
Take notice that, I,
(Name of member of the Police Service)
(Rank)
,
(Number)
have reason to believe that you have committed the offence herein. The fixed penalty for the offence is one hundred dollars ($100).
If this amount is paid to the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court for District within fourteen
- days from the date of this notice, that is to say, not later thanDate/Month/Yearno proceedings will be taken against you and any liability to conviction for the offence will be discharged. The offence carries a maximum fine of $50,000.
In paying the fixed penalty, the following conditions shall be observed:- The payment of the fixed penalty shall be accompanied by this notice.
- Where payment of the fixed penalty is made otherwise than in accordance with the Emergency Management (COVID-19) (Protocols) (No. ) Directive, 2022 the Clerk shall as soon as practicable after payment return the amount paid to the sender, and thereafter proceedings in respect of the alleged offence shall commence.
Schedule – (Cont’d) - Payment of the fixed penalty shall be made or remitted to the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court for District .
This notice was given at
On
(state date)
20 , at
(state time)
a.m. / p.m.
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE
At a.m. / p.m. on the day of , 20 you,
at / in
(name)
of
(place apprehended)
(address)
a public place/ public building
situate at
(place)
/ being on board
(description of vehicle)
a public service vehicle / other public transport did fail to wear a face mask that covered your nose, mouth and chin, / being the parent / guardian / individual with responsibility for
,a minor over the age of 5 years who was not
(name of minor)
wearing a face mask that covered his / her nose, mouth and chin, contrary to paragraphs and of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) (Protocols) (No. ) Directive, 2022.
Signature of member the Police Service
Schedule – (Cont’d)
Instructions to Offender
If before the end of FOURTEEN (14) DAYS from the above date, the sum of $100.00 (being the fixed penalty for the offence) is paid to the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court for District , no proceedings for the offence will be taken and any liability to conviction for the offence will be discharged.
Cash should be paid to the Clerk. Cheques, postal orders or money orders may be sent by post and made payable to the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court for District . A receipt for the payment will be given. Part payment will not be accepted by the Clerk.
The person paying the fixed penalty must forward with the remittance, Section B of this notice or identify this notice by quoting its serial number.
If the fixed penalty is not paid, further action may be taken.
Schedule – (Concl’d)
Section B
Serial No.(of notice) To: Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court for District .
I enclosed the sum of $100.00 as payment of the fixed penalty for the offence mentioned in Section A of this notice.
Name: Address:
(Signature) (Date)
Made by the Prime Minister this 22nd day of September, 2022.
S. BRADSHAW
Prime Minister (Ag.)
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