This is a copy of the most recent Gazetted Covid-19-related order issued by the Government of Jamaica. It is Order No. 6, dated May 7, 2020 and was made available today (May 16, 2020). There is more to be said on all of this, but for the moment, here is the newly released Gazette. (Much thanks to the person who sent it to me!)
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 6) Order, 2020 – May 7 2020
I have now got gazetted copies of what I think are all the COVID-19 related orders issued by the Jamaican government from March 13 – May 6, 2020. There is still no government website that has all the gazetted orders posted on it. I have posted them in chronological order below.
The Public Health (Class 1 Notifiable Diseases) (Amendment) Order, 2020 – March 13, 2020
The Disaster Risk Management (Declaration of Disaster Area) Order, 2020 – March 13, 2020
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) Order, 2020 – March 16, 2020
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (Amendment) Order, 2020 – March 23, 2020
The Disaster Risk Management Act (Enforcement Measures) (No. 2) Order, 2020 – March 24, 2020
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order, 2020 – March 25, 2020
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 3) Order 2020, – April 8, 2020
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 4) Order, 2020 – April 21, 2020
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order, 2020
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No.5) Order, 2020 – May 6, 2020
A new Disaster Risk Management Order setting out measures to deal with Covid-19 in Jamaica has been gazetted. I have posted a copy here:
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 4) Order, 2020 – April 21, 2020
The Gazetted Order is available online on the Office of the Prime Minister’s website.
The Prime Minister announced the measures at a press briefing on Monday evening (April 20, 2020). The draft order was the subject of discussion in Parliament late into the night on Tuesday (April 21, 2020) and was subsequently gazetted. The gazetted order is dated April 21, which does raise the question of whether it was gazetted that night before midnight, or whether it was actually gazetted the following day (April 22) and back-dated. And whether that matters or not…
This is a link to the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica’s (PBCJ) recording of that sitting of Parliament. Prime Minister Holness’ statement regarding Order No. 4 begins at about 4:16:30 in the video.
The new order detailing additional measures to deal with COVID-19 in Jamaica first announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on April 14, 2020 has now been gazetted.
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No_ 3) (Amendment) (No_2) Order 2020
I have not yet found it posted on a government website, but when I do, I will share the link.
One thing of interest…although the order was only gazetted in the late hours of April 16 (or early hours of April 17?), it is back dated to April 14. Is that an acceptable practice?
The press release from the Office of the Prime Minister issued last night indicates the timeline for the gazetting.
Also, this gazetted order is Amendment No. 2 of Order No. 3, which was dated April 8, 2020. Was there a previous amendment to Order No, 3? If so, what was it?
