Public Health Law (2002 Revision)

CAYMAN ISLANDS Public Health Law (2002 Revision) PREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS) (TRAVEL AND BOATING) REGULATIONS, 2020 (SL 89 of 2020) Supplement No. 1 published with Legislation Gazette No. 50 dated 10th July, 2020. PUBLISHING DETAILS Page 2 SL 89 of 2020 c Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) Regulations, 2020 Arrangement of Regulations CAYMAN ISLANDS Public Health Law (2002 Revision) PREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS) (TRAVEL AND BOATING) REGULATIONS, 2020 (SL 89 of 2020) Arrangement of Regulations Regulation Page 1. Citation and commencement .....................................................................................................5 2. Definitions ..................................................................................................................................5 3. Travel between the Islands ........................................................................................................6 4. Travelling by boat for pleasure - Grand Cayman ........................................................................7 5. Travelling by boat for pleasure - Cayman Brac ..........................................................................8 6. Travelling by boat for pleasure – Little Cayman .........................................................................8 7. Commercial vessels to operate in wildlife interaction zones .......................................................8 8. Repeal of certain provisions in the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.2) Regulations, 2020 ............................................................9 9. Expiry ........................................................................................................................................9 SCHEDULE 11 c SL 89 of 2020 Page 3 Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) Regulations, 2020 Regulation 1 CAYMAN ISLANDS Public Health Law (2002 Revision) PREVENTION, CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 (PARTIAL LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS) (TRAVEL AND BOATING) REGULATIONS, 2020 (SL 89 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) (Travel and Boating) Regulations, 2020. (2) These Regulations come into force on 10th July, 2020. 2. Definitions 2. In these Regulations, “wildlife interaction zone” means — (a) the area known as the 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 (b) 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. c SL 89 of 2020 Page 5 Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Regulation 3 Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) Regulations, 2020 3. Travel between the Islands 3. (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 or Little Cayman except for the transport of freight to Cayman Brac or Little Cayman. (4) A person who wishes to travel from Grand Cayman to Cayman Brac or Little Cayman shall — (a) not less than forty-eight hours prior to travelling — (i) notify the Chief Officer of the Ministry of International Trade, Investment, Aviation and Maritime Affairs of the proposed travel; and (ii) 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. (5) A person who wishes to travel from Cayman Brac or Little Cayman to Grand Cayman — (a) shall, if the person intends to stay in a private residence in Grand Cayman, not less than forty-eight hours prior to travelling, notify the Competent Authority of the proposed travel and the address of the residence and arrange for the voluntary testing for the virus of the residents of the proposed address; (b) shall, if the person stays in Grand Cayman for more than three nights, be tested for the virus no earlier than forty-eight hours prior to departure from Grand Cayman and shall only be permitted to travel after such test has been declared to be negative by the Medical Officer of Health; and (c) shall not be required to be tested for the virus if the person stays in Grand Cayman for three nights or less. (6) Where a person at the proposed address in Grand Cayman provided under paragraph (5)(a) has tested positive for the virus, the person who wishes to travel shall provide an alternative address and information relating to persons staying at that address and, if that person is unable to provide the address and the information, the person shall not be permitted by the Chief Officer of the Ministry of International Trade, Aviation, Investment and Maritime Affairs to travel to Grand Cayman. (7) For the purposes of this regulation, “essential services” includes services provided by the following persons — Page 6 SL 89 of 2020 c Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) Regulations, 2020 Regulation 4 (a) medical personnel; (b) engineers; (c) crane operators; (d) truck operators; (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. (8) A person who contravenes paragraph (3) or (4) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months. 4. Travelling by boat for pleasure - Grand Cayman 4. (1) Subject to this regulation, in Grand Cayman, a person may use a boat subject to the following conditions — (a) no more than ten persons shall be on any boat; and (b) no person shall travel by boat for pleasure to visit Cayman Brac or Little Cayman. c SL 89 of 2020 Page 7 Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Regulation 5 Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) Regulations, 2020 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no person shall, before 19th July, 2020, operate or manoeuvre a boat so as to congregate or gather with any other person on any other boat or vessel where the number of persons gathering exceeds ten persons. (3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), no person shall, before 19th July, 2020, 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. 5. Travelling by boat for pleasure - Cayman Brac 5. (1) In Cayman Brac, a person may use a boat subject to the following conditions — (a) no more than ten persons shall be on a boat; and (b) no person shall travel by boat for pleasure to visit Grand Cayman. (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. 6. Travelling by boat for pleasure – Little Cayman 6. (1) In Little Cayman a person may use a boat but is not permitted to travel by boat to Grand Cayman. (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. 7. Commercial vessels to operate in wildlife interaction zones 7. (1) Notwithstanding regulation 4(3) an owner of a commercial vessel who is licensed to operate a commercial vessel in any wildlife interaction zone may, in such commercial vessel, carry passengers and operate in a wildlife interaction zone but — (a) shall carry no more than ten passengers in the commercial vessel at any one time; (b) shall not operate or manoeuvre the commercial vessel so as to congregate or gather with any other person on any other boat or vessel where the number of persons gathering exceeds ten persons; and (c) shall not rent any scuba or snorkelling equipment to any customer for any scuba diving or snorkelling activity including for any training in scuba diving or snorkelling. (2) Paragraph (1)(c) does not apply to dive tanks. (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. Page 8 SL 89 of 2020 c Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) Regulations, 2020 Regulation 8 8. Repeal of certain provisions in the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.2) Regulations, 2020 8. Regulation 18 and the Schedule of the Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid- 19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.2) Regulations, 2020 are repealed. 9. Expiry 9. These Regulations shall continue in force until 2nd August, 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. c SL 89 of 2020 Page 9 Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (Travel and Boating) Regulations, 2020 SCHEDULE SCHEDULE (regulation 4(3)) Areas of Grand Cayman in which congregating and boating activities are prohibited Persons shall not congregate or conduct any boating activity 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 the 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 9th day of July, 2020. Kim Bullings Clerk of the Cabinet c SL 89 of 2020 Page 11