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Public Health Act
Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention and Containment) Regulations, 2020
Statutory Instrument 77 of 2020
- Published in Government Gazette 24 on 23 March 2020
- Commenced on 23 March 2020
- [This is the version of this document from 31 December 2020.]
- [Amended by Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (No. 1) (Statutory Instrument 82 of 2020) on 28 March 2020]
- [Amended by Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (No. 2) (Statutory Instrument 98 of 2020) on 2 May 2020]
- [Amended by Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (No. 3) (Statutory Instrument 103 of 2020) on 6 May 2020]
- [Amended by Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (No. 4) (Statutory Instrument 225A of 2020) on 30 September 2020]
- [Amended by Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (No. 5) (Statutory Instrument 314 of 2020) on 31 December 2020]
1. Title
2. Interpretation
In these regulations —“area civil protection officer” means an area civil protection officer referred to in section 17 of the Civil Protection Act [Chapter 10:06]',“COVID-19” means the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov), which is an infectious disease caused by a virus which, having emerged during 2019, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation on the 11th March, 2020;“enforcement officer” means —(a)a police officer, peace officer or member of the municipal police force established for any local authority; or(b)the Chief Health Officer, every Director (Health Services) of any local authority, every district health officer of any district, and every medical officer of health (in each case assisted by a police officer, peace officer or member of a municipal police force);(c)an area civil protection officers identified pursuant to section 10;(1) a member of the Defence Forces of Zimbabwe authorised by his or her commanding officer and acting by virtue of section 213(2)(c) of the Constitution under the guidance of any enforcement officer referred to in paragraph (b);[paragraph (1) inserted by section 2(a) of Statutory Instrument 82 of 2020. Possible typographical error: amendment says insertion of (1) after paragraph (e) but last paragraph is (c)]“FED declaration” means the declaration in terms of section 3 (1) of COVID-19 as a formidable epidemic disease;“gathering” means any assembly, concourse or procession of more than one hundred (100) persons, whether wholly or partially in open air or in a building;Provided that an order made under section 8 may reduce the number of persons constituting a gathering for the purpose of this definition to any number down to two persons;[proviso to the definition of “gathering” inserted by section 2(b) of Statutory Instrument 82 of 2020]“isolation” means separating a sick individual with COVID-19 from healthy individuals in such a manner as to prevent the spread of infection or contamination by COVID-19;“quarantine” means separating asymptomatic individuals potentially exposed to COVID-19 from non-exposed individuals in such a manner as to prevent the possible spread of infection or contamination by COVID-19;“school” means a Government school or a school registered under the Education Act [Chapter 25:04],3. Declaration of COVID-19 as Formidable Epidemic Disease
4. Object and scope of regulations
5. Prohibition of gatherings
6. Compulsory testing, detention, etc. to contain COVID-19
7. Places of quarantine and isolation
7A. Special provision for Part IIIB exempted persons under SI 83 of 2020
8. Ministerial orders
9. Certification of certain enforcement officers
10. Assistance by area civil protection officers
At the request of the Minister, the National Civil Protection Committee constituted under the Civil Protection Act [Chapter 10:06] may identify area civil protection officers who, in any local authority and acting under the guidance in that local authority of any enforcement officer referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of “enforcement officer”, shall act as enforcement officers for the purposes of these regulations.History of this document
31 December 2020 this version
30 September 2020
23 March 2020
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