There are two amendments to Disaster Risk Management No. 11 Order, one dated August 5, 2020 & the other dated August 18, 2020. Here are copies of the gazetted amendments:
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 11) (Amendment) Order 2020 – August 5 2020
The first of these amendments is posted on both the Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Prime Minister‘s website, but as of now the second amendment has not been posted.
The Gazette of the Disaster Risk Management (Emergency Measures) (No. 11) Order, 2020 is available. It contains measures announced by Prime Minster Holness in Parliament on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Many of the measures will expire on September 30, 2020, unless amended prior to that date.
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 11) Order, 2020 – July 31, 2020
Order No. 11 is posted on the websites of the Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Prime Minister.
House of Representatives Sitting on July 28, 2020.
The Prime Minster’s statement begins at approx 3:42:35 of the recording.
The Gazette of the Disaster Risk Management Order No. 10 was posted on the website of the Ministry of Justice today (July 20, 2020). It contains measures announced by Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie in Parliament on July 14, 2020. The Gazette is dated July 15, 2020, although it was not available when I called Jamaica Printing Services on July 17 to ask if I could obtain a copy.
Here is a copy of the Gazette:
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 10) Order, 2020
As of the time of posting my blog, the gazetted copy of the Order has been posted on the Ministry of Justice website, but not yet on the Office of the Prime Minister or Ministry of Health and Wellness websites.
The Gazette of the most recent Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) Order was posted on three government websites this afternoon (July 9, 2020). The Gazette of this Order – No. 9 – is dated July 1, 2020, although it wasn’t gazetted on or before July 1. This doesn’t surprise me anymore, as it seems to be common with the gazetting of these Orders, that they are given a date which is earlier than the date on which they are actually gazetted.
A copy of the Gazette is provided here:
The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No.9) Order – July 1 2020
I tweeted earlier this week about this ongoing, unsatisfactory situation regarding the delay in gazetting the Disaster Risk Management Orders.
These are the links to the document on the Ministry of Justice website, the Office of the Prime Minister’s website and the Ministry of Health & Wellness’ website.
An amendment to The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 4) Order, 2020 – April 21, 2020 has been gazetted. It is dated April 28, 2020 and a copy of it can be found below.
Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order, 2020
It was posted on the Office of the Prime Minister’s website yesterday and can be found at this link below.
Previous Orders & Amendments can be found in earlier blog posts.
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?
