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Emergency Powers (COVID19) (Bimini) (Lockdown) Order, 2020
May 14, 2020 - 9:30:11 PM

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EMERGENCY POWERS (COVID 19) REGULATIONS, 2020
EMERGENCY POWERS (COVID 19) (BIMINI)
(LOCKDOWN) ORDER, 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Emergency Powers (Covid 19) Regulations, 2020, I HEREBY make the following Order -

1.    Citation.
This Order may be cited as the Emergency Powers (Covid l 9)(Bimini)(Lockdown) Order, 2020.

2.    Application.
This Order shall apply to Bimini.

3.    Lockdown.

(1)    Effective 9:00 pm Monday, 18th May, 2020 until midnight Saturday 30th May, 2020, every agency, business or establishment shall remain closed except the following
(a)    The Royal Bahamas Police Force;
(b)    The Royal Bahamas Defence Force; and
(c)    the Clinic for purposes of treating patients in need of emergency care.

(2)    Notwithstanding paragraph ( l )-
( a)    a healthcare worker may conduct home visits to members of the general public for the purpose of providing medical or therapeutic care;
(b)    a public healthcare worker may attend the clinic to treat patients in need of urgent medical care;
( c)    the Administrator is pennitted to distribute food or water on behalf of the government or the National Food Distribution Task Force only.

(3)    No person, except an essential worker for an establishment listed in paragraph ( 1 ), or a person referred to in paragraph (2), shall leave his place of residence for any purpose whatsoever, other than for the purpose of seeking urgent medical care.

(4)    Any person who contravenes this Order commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or to a term of Emergency Powers (Covid 19) (Bimini) (Lockdown) Order, 2020 ...to continue see attached


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