This Government Notice was repealed on 2020-06-12 by Prevention and Mitigation of Infectious Disease (Coronavirus) (Revocation) Regulations 2020.
This is the version of this Government Notice as it was from 20 March 2020 to 25 April 2020. Read the version as it was when it was repealed.
Mauritius
Prevention and Mitigation of Infectious Disease (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
Government Notice 58 of 2020
- Published in Government Gazette 29 on 20 March 2020
- Assented to on 20 March 2020
- Commenced on 20 March 2020
- [This is the version of this document as it was from 20 March 2020 to 25 April 2020.]
- [Amended by Prevention and Mitigation of Infectious Disease (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (Government Notice 67 of 2020) on 20 March 2020]
- [Repealed by Prevention and Mitigation of Infectious Disease (Coronavirus) (Revocation) Regulations 2020 (Government Notice 120 of 2020) on 12 June 2020]
Regulations made by the Minister under section 79 of the Public Health Act
Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Prevention and Mitigation of Infectious Disease (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020.2. Interpretation
In these regulations –"child" means a person under the age of 18;"coronavirus" means the virus known as Wuhan novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV);"hospital" –(a)means a State-controlled medical institution which provides medical or surgical treatment for in-patients or out-patients; and(b)includes a health centre;"infected" means suffering from, or in the incubation stage of, or contaminated with, the coronavirus;"high-risk country" means any country which the Prime Minister has declared, by notice published in the Gazette, as a country from which there is a high risk of importation of infection with coronavirus;"isolation" means the segregation and the separation from, and interdiction of communication with, persons who are infected with coronavirus;"medical practitioner" means a person registered as a general practitioner or specialist under section 20 of the Medical Council Act;"parent", in relation to a child –(a)means his father, mother, legal guardian or caregiver;(b)means his stepfather or stepmother; and(c)includes any other person who has the custody, or is in control, of the child;"quarantine" means the separation from persons who may be infected with coronavirus;"screening assessment" means the assessment referred to in regulation 9.3. Application of regulations
Part II – Persons infected or suspected of being infected with coronavirus
4. Person infected with coronavirus
5. Person suspected of being infected with coronavirus
6. Person arriving to Mauritius from high-risk country
7. Person having had contact with another person infected with coronavirus
8. Place of quarantine or isolation
For the purposes of these regulations –Part III – Screening assessment and imposition of restrictions and conditions
9. Screening assessment
10. Imposition of restrictions and conditions
11. Right to be informed
Where a person is quarantined or isolated under these regulations, a medical practitioner, not below the rank of Regional Public Health Superintendent shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, inform the person –Part IV – Enforcement
[Please note: numbering as in original]12. Police powers
13. Restricted area
14. Curfew order
15. Obligations under contract of employment for services
No person shall enter or be given access to premises where the sole purpose is to purchase or avail himself of services or goods in the premises unless such access is to fulfil his obligations under a contract of employment or services.16. Closing of trade premises and restrictions of their activities
17. Powers of entry of Sanitary Authority
Part IV – Miscellaneous
[Please note: numbering as in original]18. Unlawful exposure to coronavirus
Any person who –19. Offences
20. Consequential amendment
The Quarantine Regulations 1953 are amended, in regulation 2 –21. Commencement
These regulations shall come into operation on 20 March 2020.History of this document
12 June 2020
20 March 2020 this version
Assented to
Amended by
Prevention and Mitigation of Infectious Disease (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Commenced