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CAYMAN ISLANDS
Public Health Law
(2002 Revision)
PREVENTION, CONTROL AND
SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 (PARTIAL
LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS)
REGULATIONS, 2020
(SL 76 of 2020)
Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 41 dated 29th May, 2020.PUBLISHING DETAILS
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CAYMAN ISLANDS
Public Health Law
(2002 Revision)
PREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION
OF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF
RESTRICTIONS) REGULATIONS, 2020
(SL 76 of 2020)
Arrangement of Regulations
Regulation Page
1. Citation and commencement .....................................................................................................5
2. Definitions..................................................................................................................................5
3. Definition of public meetings in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac.............................................6
4. Public meetings- exemptions in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac ............................................7
5. Public places and social distance in Little Cayman ....................................................................8
6. Restaurants and bars in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac .......................................................8
7. Wearing of masks in the Islands ................................................................................................9
8. Prohibition on holding of public meeting, procession or festive ceremony in Grand
Cayman and Cayman Brac ......................................................................................................10
9. Closure of public places in Grand Cayman ..............................................................................10
10. Restriction on certain activities and operations in Grand Cayman ............................................10
11. Restriction on visitation in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac ..................................................11
12. Shelter in place in Grand Cayman ...........................................................................................12
13. Public Transport in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac .............................................................16
14. Restriction on certain essential travel in Grand Cayman ..........................................................16
15. Use of a boat for fishing – Grand Cayman ...............................................................................17
16. Travelling by boat for pleasure - Cayman Brac ........................................................................18
17. Travel between the Islands ......................................................................................................18
18. Police powers ..........................................................................................................................20
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19. Repeal of the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Grand Cayman)
Regulations, 2020 .................................................................................................................... 21
20. Expiry ...................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 23
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CAYMAN ISLANDS
Public Health Law
(2002 Revision)
PREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION
OF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF
RESTRICTIONS) REGULATIONS, 2020
(SL 76 of 2020)
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Public Health Law (2002 Revision)
the Cabinet makes the following Regulations —
1. Citation and commencement
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention, Control and Suppression of
Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) Regulations, 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st June, 2020.
2. Definitions
2. In these Regulations —
“Competent Authority” means the member of Cabinet charged with
responsibility for international trade;
“essential establishments, institutions, businesses, organisations and
offices” means establishments, institutions, businesses, organisations and
offices at which persons specified under regulation 12 are employed;
“festive ceremony” means a ceremony to celebrate a locally recognised
religious event or a public general holiday and includes an agricultural show;
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“non-profit organisation” has the meaning assigned by the Non-Profit
Organisations Law (2020 Revision);
“public general holiday” has the meaning assigned by the Public Holidays Law
(2007 Revision);
“public place” means any highway, street, public park or garden, any sea beach
and any public bridge, road, lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage,
whether a thoroughfare or not; and includes any open space and any premises
to which, for the time being, the public have or are permitted to have access,
whether on payment or otherwise;
“virus” means the virus known as Covid-19; and
“waters” means the waters of the territorial seas of the Islands.
3. Definition of public meetings in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac
3. (1) In these Regulations “public meeting” means —
(a) in Grand Cayman —
(i) up to 11:59 p.m. on 6th June, 2020, a gathering of more than two
persons in any public place for the purposes of engaging in the
activities specified in paragraph (2); and
(ii) on and after 7th June, 2020, a gathering of more than six persons in
any public place for the purposes of engaging in the activities
specified in paragraph (2); and
(b) in Cayman Brac, a gathering of more than twenty-five persons in any
public place for the purposes of engaging in the activities specified in
paragraph (2).
(2) The activities to which paragraph (1) relates are as follows —
(a) leisure, recreational or spiritual activities including those organised by
service clubs, faith-based organisations, community organisations, civic
organisations and business organisations.
(b) parades and social activities related to such parades, including stage shows
and parties;
(c) sporting events, except open air non-contact sports, subject to —
(i) any conditions which may be imposed by the Competent Authority;
and
(ii) persons maintaining a distance of at least six feet or two metres from
another person;
(d) concerts;
(e) conventions;
(f) conferences;
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(g) graduations; and
(h) fundraisers,
and such other activities as are specified by the Competent Authority and
notified in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official
means of communication.
(3) For the purposes of the definition of “public meeting”, “person” does not
include a person employed to provide the activities specified in the definition of
“public meeting” or persons who reside within the same household.
4. Public meetings- exemptions in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac
4. (1) For the avoidance of doubt, and subject to this regulation, the definition of
“public meeting” in regulation 3 does not extend to any activity in the following
public places in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac —
(a) health care facilities;
(b) supermarkets;
(c) convenience stores and minimarts;
(d) hardware stores and home depots;
(e) car dealerships and other businesses which sell vehicle parts, and maintain
and repair vehicles;
(f) car wash businesses;
(g) subject to paragraph (4), construction, building and maintenance
businesses, including businesses which provide engineering, plumbing,
electrical, air conditioning and similar services;
(h) pharmacies;
(i) retail banks, building societies and credit unions;
(j) gas or refilling stations;
(k) post offices, and mail and parcel delivery businesses;
(l) money remittance facilities, subject to such conditions as may be imposed
by the Competent Authority;
(m) retail businesses;
(n) real estate businesses;
(o) pet grooming businesses;
(p) laundromats;
(q) educational institutions for the purpose of delivery and collection of
material only; and
(r) such other public places as may be specified by the Competent Authority
and notified in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or
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official means of communication, subject to such conditions as may be
imposed by the Competent Authority.
(2) The owner or operator of a public place specified in paragraph (1) shall restrict
the number of customers inside the place of business at any one time so that
each customer is able to distance himself or herself at least six feet or two metres
from any other person.
(3) Every person who is indoors a public place specified in paragraph (1) shall wear
a mask or cloth face covering in accordance with regulation 7.
(4) Construction businesses may, subject to any conditions which may be imposed
by the Competent Authority, perform works of construction and related
services.
(5) Each person in a public place shall maintain a distance of at least six feet or two
metres from another person.
(6) A person who contravenes paragraph (2), (4) or (5) commits an offence and is
liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for
six months.
5. Public places and social distance in Little Cayman
5. (1) The owner or operator of a public place in Little Cayman shall restrict the
number of customers inside the place of business at any one time so that each
customer is able to distance himself or herself at least six feet or two metres
from any other person.
(2) Each person who is indoors a public place shall maintain a distance of at least
six feet or two metres from another person.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to persons who reside at the same household.
(4) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six
months.
6. Restaurants and bars in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac
6. (1) The following applies to restaurants and bars in Grand Cayman —
(a) up to 11:59 p.m. on 6th June, 2020, restaurants shall be restricted to only
providing drive-through services or, the take out, delivery or curb side
collection of food; and
(b) on and after 7th June, 2020, restaurants and bars may offer services on any
outside areas which form a part of the premises of the restaurant or bar,
subject to the following conditions —
(i) no more than six customers shall be permitted to be seated at a table;
(ii) each table shall be at least eight feet apart;
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(iii) no person shall be permitted to be seated or served at an indoor
counter in a restaurant or bar; and
(iv) any other conditions which may be imposed by the Competent
Authority.
(2) Bars in Cayman Brac may only operate on and after 7th June, 2020.
(3) Restaurants and bars in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac shall operate no later
than 9:00 pm.
(4) A manager or operator of a restaurant or bar who contravenes paragraph (1), (2)
or (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand
dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
7. Wearing of masks in the Islands
7. (1) Any person over the age of two years old who is indoors a public place and is
unable to, or does not maintain a distance of six feet from every other person,
shall cover his or her mouth and nose with a mask or cloth face covering,
except —
(a) where the person is unable to wear a mask or cloth face covering due to a
medical condition or the person is otherwise exempted by guidance
provided by the Medical Officer of Health; or
(b) where the person is sitting or eating, without talking, at his or her desk at
the person’s place of employment.
(2) A person who refuses to wear a mask or cloth face covering because of a medical
condition shall not be required to produce documentation verifying the
condition.
(3) Paragraph (1) applies to all employees and customers of businesses and other
organizations open to the public.
(4) All persons are also required to wear masks or cloth face coverings when
providing or using the services of any taxi or ride-sharing, or similar public
transport service or while within an enclosed or semi-enclosed waiting area for
the transport service.
(5) The Medical Officer of Health shall issue written guidance to implement the
provisions of this regulation, which shall include guidance for the use of masks
or cloth face coverings by children between the ages of two and ten years old.
(6) The guidance under paragraph (5) shall be published in the Gazette, in any other
official Government website or official means of communication.
(7) Where a customer refuses to wear a mask or cloth face covering for non-medical
reasons, the owner or operator of a public place may refuse entry to the person.
(8) This regulation applies to all of the Islands.
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8. Prohibition on holding of public meeting, procession or festive ceremony in
Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac
8. (1) Subject to regulation 3(1), for the purposes of preventing, controlling and
suppressing the spread of the virus, no person shall hold any public meeting,
procession or festive ceremony in Grand Cayman or Cayman Brac until further
notice or until such date as the Cabinet may by notice specify.
(2) A notice under paragraph (1) shall be published in the Gazette, in any other
official Government website or official means of communication.
(3) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
9. Closure of public places in Grand Cayman
9. (1) For the purposes of preventing, controlling and suppressing the spread of the
virus in Grand Cayman —
(a) with the exception of essential establishments, institutions, businesses,
organisations and offices, the establishments, institutions, businesses,
organisations and offices specified in regulation 4(1), restaurants and bars,
and government offices, all other establishments, institutions, businesses,
organisations and offices shall be closed but, if the establishments,
institutions, businesses, organisations or offices so require, their
employees shall work remotely from home;
(b) the public places specified in regulation 4(1),(with the exception of health
care facilities, retail banks, building societies and credit unions), shall
restrict their hours of business to during the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00
p.m.;
(c) retail banks, building societies and credit unions shall restrict their hours
of business to during the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; and
(d) all persons employed within the public service, unless specifically
designated as essential workers, shall work remotely from home.
(2) Health care facilities shall not be restricted in their hours of business.
(3) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
10. Restriction on certain activities and operations in Grand Cayman
10. (1) For the purposes of preventing, controlling and suppressing the spread of the
virus in Grand Cayman, no person shall —
(a) host or attend a private gathering which includes any person from outside
of the immediate household of the house occupant;
(b) visit or permit entry to any person to —
(i) a strata gym; or
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(ii) strata playground;
(c) subject to regulation 14, visit or permit entry to an educational institution,
unless the person is involved in the distribution or collection of school
supplies;
(d) offer for hire or seek to travel on —
(i) a boat, travelling inter-island, except for transport of freight or for the
importation and distribution of seafood; or
(ii) inter-island private commercial sea transport that is non-essential;
(e) host or attend a wedding which hosts ten or more persons other than the
bride, bridegroom, official witnesses and the marriage officer; or
(f) host or attend a funeral, except ten members of the immediate family, six
pallbearers, at least one officiant and essential mortuary staff.
(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
11. Restriction on visitation in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac
11. (1) With the exception of —
(a) the Medical Officer of Health or a person authorised by the Medical
Officer of Health in the case of Grand Cayman; and
(b) the Director of the Sister Islands Health Services or a person authorised by
the Director of the Sister Islands Health Services in the case of Cayman
Brac,
for the purposes of surveillance or management of a person in quarantine or
isolation, no person shall visit or be permitted to visit a place or a person referred
to in paragraph (2).
(2) The following are the places and persons referred to in paragraph (1) —
(a) a place or facility of quarantine or isolation;
(b) a detainee in a prison or place of detention; or
(c) a patient in a health care facility.
(3) No person shall, except with the written permission of —
(a) the Medical Officer of Health in the case of Grand Cayman; and
(b) the Director of the Sister Islands Health Services in the case of Cayman
Brac,
visit or be permitted to visit a residential home care facility.
(4) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (3) commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six
months.
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12. Shelter in place in Grand Cayman
12. (1) For the purposes of preventing, controlling and suppressing the spread of the
virus and subject to paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10), persons
in Grand Cayman shall remain in the confines of their place of residence,
inclusive of their yard space.
(2) The following persons are exempt from paragraph (1) while carrying out their
official or employment related duties —
(a) an officer of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service referred to in section
3 of the Police Law (2017 Revision);
(b) a customs and border control officer of the Customs and Border Control
Service established under section 3 of the Customs and Border Control
Law, 2018;
(c) an officer of the Fire Brigade established under section 3 of the Fire
Brigade Law (2006 Revision);
(d) a prison officer;
(e) persons involved in essential services delivery, in the form of child
protection and residential care, in the Department of Children and Family
Services;
(f) waste and sanitation workers;
(g) staff within a health care facility or persons delivering emergency medical
services, persons providing pain management services or persons
providing treatment of chronic pain;
(h) essential officers of any water, electricity or other sector encompassing the
provision of electronic communications including print and electronic
media;
(i) persons employed to physically deliver water or cooking gas to premises;
(j) persons who provide care to other persons with a disability or who are
otherwise vulnerable persons;
(k) non-profit organisations which, and other persons who, engage in the
preparation and delivery of food and supplies to persons with disabilities
or to persons who are vulnerable persons, where those non-profit
organisations and persons are approved by the Competent Authority for
the purpose of subparagraph (ab);
(l) subject to regulation 13, persons who operate or drive taxis or omnibuses;
(m) persons involved in agriculture and food production;
(n) persons engaged in the provision of emergency veterinary services;
(o) persons engaged in the provision of pool maintenance, grounds
maintenance, landscaping and gardening services;
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(p) postal workers and persons employed by mail or parcel courier services to
collect and deliver mail and parcels;
(q) persons who are involved in the distribution of school supplies at
educational institutions;
(r) persons who operate, manage or are employed by any of the public places
specified in regulation 4(1) or 6(1);
(s) persons engaged in the exercise of Cabinet, parliamentary or judicial
duties;
(t) persons providing services connected with the loading and unloading of
cargo ships and with the storage and delivery of goods;
(u) persons employed by a business licensed to provide security guard
services;
(v) persons employed by restaurants to provide food delivery services, until
no later than —
(i) 10:00 p.m. up to 6th June, 2020; and
(ii) 11:00 p.m. on and after 7th June, 2020;
(w) persons employed by businesses other than restaurants to provide food or
grocery delivery services, until no later than—
(i) 10:00 p.m. up to 6th June, 2020; and
(ii) 11:00 p.m. on and after 7th June, 2020;
(x) persons who travel to restaurants which provide —
(i) drive-through or curb side collection of food or for the take out of
food, until no later than 7:00 p.m. up to 6th June, 2020; and
(ii) drive-through or curb side collection of food or for the take out of
food or outdoor dining, until no later than 10:00 p.m. on and after 7th
June, 2020;
(y) civil servants as designated by the Chief Officer of the Portfolio of the
Civil Service, for the purposes of performing their employment duties;
(z) persons who operate, manage or are employed by pest control businesses;
(aa) other members of an essential service or an essential services provider, as
designated by the Competent Authority after consultation with the Hazard
Management Department of the Cayman Islands, for the purposes of
performing their employment duties; and
(ab) other persons involved in such other activities, duties, businesses, purposes
or undertakings as may be specified by the Competent Authority and
notified in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official
means of communication, subject to such conditions as may be imposed
by the Competent Authority.
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(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), persons who have to undertake essential
travel —
(a) to fulfil a legal obligation, including —
(i) attending court;
(ii) satisfying bail conditions; or
(iii) participating in, or representing a person in, legal or related
proceedings;
(b) in relation to children who do not live in the same household as their
parents, or one of their parents, to continue existing arrangements for
access to, and contact between, parents and children; or
(c) to any of the public places specified under regulation 4(1) or 6(1),
may leave their place of residence for such purposes or to travel to such places
and to carry out any relevant activity in such places.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), “parent” includes a step-parent, a person
who has parental responsibility for a child or a person who has care of a child.
(5) Paragraph (1) does not apply to persons who are required to leave their place of
residence because they are at risk of injury or risk of death.
(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and subject to paragraph (9), a person may, on
any day, engage in outdoor exercise —
(a) alone;
(b) together with other persons who reside within the same household; or
(c) together with —
(i) one other person not being a member of the person’s household, up
to 11:59 p.m. on 6th June, 2020, for no more than two hours each day
between the hours of 5:15 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; and
(ii) no more than five other persons not being members of the person’s
household, on and after 7th June, 2020 for no more than two hours
each day between the hours of 4:45 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.,
provided that the person maintains a distance of at least six feet or two metres
from any other person.
(7) For the purposes of paragraph (6) —
(a) exercise includes —
(i) the walking of a pet,
(ii) playing tennis on a private or strata tennis court;
(iii) swimming in a strata pool;
(iv) subject to paragraph (9), exercising on the beach and swimming in
the sea;
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(v) subject to paragraph (10), exercising in a public place; and
(vi) subject to paragraph (10), open air non-contact sports; and
(b) exercise shall not be carried out in a public pool, a public gym, or a strata
gym.
(8) Subject to paragraph (9), a person may fish from the shoreline —
(a) alone;
(b) together with other persons who reside within the same household; or
(c) together with —
(i) one other person not being a member of the person’s household, up
to 11:59 p.m. on 6th June, 2020 on any day between the hours of 5:15
a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; and
(ii) no more than five other persons not being members of the person’s
household, on and after 7th June, 2020 on any day between the hours
of 4:45 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.,
provided that the person maintains a distance of at least six feet or two metres
from any other person.
(9) Notwithstanding that pursuant to paragraph (7)(a)(iv) and paragraph (8) persons
may visit the beach to exercise, swim in the sea and fish from the shoreline —
(a) up to 11:59 p.m. on 6th June, 2020, persons who wish to exercise on a
beach or swim in the sea shall do so on the following conditions —
(i) persons whose surnames begin with the letters A to K shall only do
so on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; and
(ii) persons whose surnames begin with the letters L to Z shall only do
so on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays;
(b) on and after 7th June, 2020, any person may exercise on a beach, swim in
the sea and fish from the shoreline on any day;
(c) no person shall hold or attend any party, picnic or similar gathering on a
beach;
(d) no person shall engage in any activity in the waters other than those
specified in paragraph (7)(a)(iv) and (8); and
(e) no person shall fish from the shoreline in any of the areas specified in the
Schedule,
and a person who contravenes this paragraph commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six
months.
(10) For the purposes of paragraph (7) —
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(a) and subject to any conditions imposed by the Competent Authority and
persons maintaining a distance of at least six feet or two metres from
another person —
(i) up to 11:59 p.m. on 6th June, 2020, no more than two persons shall
be permitted to engage in an open air non-contact sport; and
(ii) on and after 7th June, 2020, no more than six persons shall be
permitted to engage in an open air non-contact sport; and
(b) a person may exercise in a public place —
(i) alone;
(ii) together with other persons who reside within the same household; or
(iii) together with —
(A) one other person not being a member of the person’s household,
up to 11:59 p.m. on 6th June, 2020; and
(B) no more than five other persons not being members of the
person’s household, on and after 7th June, 2020.
(11) A person who, without lawful authority, remains in a place other than the
confines of the person’s place of residence, inclusive of the person’s yard space,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for six months.
13. Public Transport in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac
13. (1) An operator of a taxi or an omnibus in Grand Cayman or Cayman Brac shall
only drive such taxi or omnibus on the following conditions —
(a) only half of the total seating capacity of the taxi or omnibus is used at any
time;
(b) seating in the taxi or omnibus is staggered in such a way that each
passenger is able to distance himself or herself as far as possible from the
other passenger and the driver; and
(c) all persons, including the driver of the taxi or omnibus, shall wear masks
or cloth face coverings when in the taxi or omnibus.
(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1)(a) commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
14. Restriction on certain essential travel in Grand Cayman
14. (1) Notwithstanding regulation 12(3)(c), and subject to regulation 4(2), the
restrictions in paragraph (2) apply in Grand Cayman to —
(a) persons who have to undertake essential travel to the following public
places —
(i) supermarkets;
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(ii) convenience stores and minimarts;
(iii) hardware stores and home depots;
(iv) retail businesses;
(v) car wash businesses;
(vi) retail banks, building societies and credit unions;
(vii) gas or refilling stations;
(viii) post offices, and mail and parcel delivery businesses;
(ix) pet grooming businesses;
(x) laundromats; and
(xi) money remittance facilities, subject to such conditions as may be
imposed by the Competent Authority; and
(b) persons who have to travel to educational institutions to collect school
supplies.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where persons have to travel to a place in paragraph
(1) —
(a) persons whose surnames begin with the letters A to K shall only do so on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; and
(b) persons whose surnames begin with the letters L to Z shall only do so on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
(3) Where a person has a double-barrelled surname, the first name of the person’s
double-barrelled surname shall be the name used for the purposes of paragraph
(2).
(4) The restrictions in paragraph (2) do not apply to persons who have to travel to
convenience stores, minimarts or gas or refilling stations on a Sunday.
(5) A person who contravenes paragraph (2) commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
15. Use of a boat for fishing – Grand Cayman
15. (1) In Grand Cayman, up to 11.59 p.m. on 6th June, 2020, a person may use a boat
between the hours of 5:15 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on any day, not including Sunday,
only for the purpose of fishing in the waters and —
(a) no more than two persons shall be on any boat;
(b) no person shall travel by boat to visit Cayman Brac or Little Cayman; and
(c) no person shall operate or manoeuvre a boat so as to congregate or gather
with any other person on any other boat or vessel.
(2) In Grand Cayman, on and after 7th June, 2020 a person may use a boat between
the hours of 4:45 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on any day only for the purpose of fishing
in the waters, subject to the following conditions —
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(a) no more than six persons shall be on a boat; and
(b) no person shall travel for pleasure between the Islands to visit Cayman
Brac or Little Cayman; and
(c) a person may operate or manoeuvre a boat so as to congregate or gather
with any other person on any other boat or vessel provided that the number
of persons gathering does not exceed six persons.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), no person shall congregate or conduct
any boating activity in the waters in the areas specified in the Schedule.
(4) A person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) commits an offence and is
liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for
six months.
16. Travelling by boat for pleasure - Cayman Brac
16. (1) In Cayman Brac, up to 11.59 p.m. on 6th June, 2020, a person may, on any day,
use a boat to travel for pleasure including for fishing in the waters, subject to
the following conditions —
(a) no more than two persons shall be on any boat; and
(b) no person shall travel by boat for pleasure to visit Grand Cayman or Little
Cayman.
(2) In Cayman Brac, on and after 7th June, 2020 a person may, on any day, use a
boat to travel for pleasure, including for fishing in the waters, subject to the
following conditions —
(a) no more than six persons shall be on a boat; and
(b) no person shall travel by boat for pleasure to visit Grand Cayman or Little
Cayman.
(3) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six
months.
17. Travel between the Islands
17. (1) Subject to this regulation, any person may travel between the Islands by air
transport.
(2) Persons who carry out essential services in the Islands may travel between the
Islands by air transport or by boat.
(3) Subject to paragraph (2) and this regulation, no person in Grand Cayman is
permitted to travel by boat to Cayman Brac except for the transport of freight to
Cayman Brac.
(4) Persons travelling to Cayman Brac from Grand Cayman or Little Cayman by air
transport or by boat to carry out essential services as provided in paragraph (2)
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are not required to be quarantined or isolated in accordance with the Law and
the regulations made thereunder.
(5) A person who wishes to travel to between the Islands shall —
(a) prior to travelling —
(i) notify the Medical Officer of Health or the Director of the Sister
Islands Health Services of the proposed travel;
(ii) remain at a place of isolation as specified by the Medical Officer of
Health or the Director of the Sister Islands Health Services for a
period of not less than fourteen days; and
(iii) be tested for the virus; and
(b) only be permitted to travel after such test has been declared to be negative
by the Medical Officer of Health.
(6) Where a person has tested negative for the virus, the person shall be transported
immediately after the person has received the results to the airport or to the boat
for boarding, by a person assigned by the Medical Officer of Health or the
Director of the Sister Islands Health Services.
(7) A person in Cayman Brac or Little Cayman who wishes to travel to Grand
Cayman for medical reasons shall obtain the prior approval of the Director of
the Sister Islands Health Services to do so but this shall not apply where a
medical doctor determines that a case is an emergency and that travel to Grand
Cayman is required.
(8) A person referred to in paragraph (7) shall, for a period of fourteen days —
(a) from the date of arrival in Grand Cayman; or
(b) from the date of return to Cayman Brac or Little Cayman,
for the purposes of surveillance by the Medical Officer of Health or the Director
of the Sister Islands Health Services, remain at a place of isolation as specified
by the Medical Officer of Health or the Director of the Sister Islands Health
Services and shall be subject to such conditions as are specified by the Medical
Officer of Health or the Director of the Sister Islands Health Services.
(9) The date in paragraph (8) from which a person referred to in paragraph (7) shall
be required to remain in isolation shall be determined having regard to the
person’s medical circumstances.
(10) For the purposes of this regulation, “essential services” includes services
provided by the following persons —
(a) medical personnel;
(b) engineers;
(c) crane operators;
(d) truck operators;
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(e) utility workers;
(f) persons employed to physically deliver propane gas to premises or to
otherwise deal with propane gas;
(g) persons engaged in the exercise of Cabinet, parliamentary or judicial
duties;
(h) civil servants designated as essential workers by the Chief Officer of the
Portfolio of the Civil Service;
(i) officers of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service referred to in section
3 of the Police Law (2017 Revision);
(j) customs and border control officers of the Customs and Border Control
Service established under section 3 of the Customs and Border Control
Law, 2018;
(k) officers of the Fire Brigade established under section 3 of the Fire Brigade
Law (2006 Revision);
(l) prison officers;
(m) persons providing security services; and
(n) such other persons as approved by —
(i) the Medical Officer of Health, in the case of Grand Cayman; and
(ii) the Director of the Sister Islands Health Services, the District
Commissioner for Cayman Brac and Little Cayman or the Deputy of
the District Commissioner in the case of Cayman Brac or Little
Cayman.
(11) A person who contravenes paragraph (3), (5), (7) or (8) commits an offence and
is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for
six months.
18. Police powers
18. (1) A police officer may require a person to answer any questions to enable the
police officer to ascertain who the person is and whether the person is exempt
under these Regulations, and where the person does not satisfy the police officer
that the person falls within the exempted categories set out under these
Regulations, the police officer may —
(a) direct the person to go immediately to the person’s place of residence; or
(b) detain and convey the person to the person’s place of residence.
(2) The power in paragraph (1) may be exercised where a person is at any place
other than the person’s place of residence.
(3) For the purposes of exercising the power in paragraph (1), a police officer may
enter any place other than a residence.
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(4) A police officer may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of a
power under this regulation.
(5) For the purposes of these Regulations, the police powers referred to in this
regulation only apply to police officers in Grand Cayman.
19. Repeal of the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Grand
Cayman) Regulations, 2020
19. The Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Grand Cayman) Regulations,
2020 are repealed.
20. Expiry
20. These Regulations shall continue in force until 22nd June, 2020 or until such later
date as the Cabinet may specify by notice in the Gazette, in any other official
Government website or official means of communication.
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SCHEDULE
(regulations 12 and 15)
Areas of Grand Cayman in which congregating, boating and fishing are
prohibited
Persons shall not congregate, conduct any boating activity, or fish in the waters of the
following areas —
1. the area known as Star Fish Point, that is to say the area within a radius of 3/4
of a mile of Latitude 19° 21.370'N Longitude 81° 17.014'W;
2. the area known as Rum Point, that is to say the area within a radius of 3/4 of a
mile of Latitude 19° 22.284'N Longitude 81° 16.392'W;
3. the area known as Sandbar, that is to say the area within a radius of 3/4 of a mile
of Latitude 19° 22.536'N Longitude 81° 18.295'W; and
4. the area known as Stingray City, that is to say the area within a radius of 3/4 of
a mile of Latitude 19°23’18.43'N Longitude 81° 20’45'W.
Made in Cabinet the 29th day of May, 2020.
Kim Bullings
Clerk of the Cabinet
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