Measures for individuals under stay orders, etc.
4.—(1)  Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an individual who is subject to a movement control measure requiring the individual to not leave a place of accommodation commits an offence if the individual, without reasonable excuse —
(a)allows into, when the individual’s movement control measure has effect —
(i)the place of accommodation if not a room, any other individual who is not ordinarily resident in that place of accommodation and is not an approved entrant; or
(ii)the room which is the place of accommodation, any other individual who is not an approved occupant of that room;
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(b)comes into contact or proximity, when the individual’s movement control measure has effect, with —
(i)where the place of accommodation is not a room, another individual who is not ordinarily resident in that place of accommodation and is not an approved entrant; or
(ii)where the place of accommodation is a room, another individual who is not an approved occupant of a room;
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(c)fails or neglects to wear a surgical or other mask over the individual’s nose and mouth when the individual leaves the place of accommodation for any reason permitted in regulation 3(4);
(d)fails or neglects to inform the individual’s employer or the principal of the school in which the individual is enrolled as a student or teaches at (as the case may be) that the individual is subject to a movement control measure; or
(e)does not answer within a reasonable time any call or message sent by or under the authority of the Director or a Health Officer.
(2)  Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply where the other individual is delivering food or other essential goods to the place of accommodation.
(2A)  Without limiting paragraphs (2) and (3), for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) and (b), an individual is —
(a)an approved occupant of a room if —
(i)the individual is the subject of a movement control measure under regulation 3(1) or an order under section 15 or 17 of the Act relating to COVID-19 which is in effect (called the subject), and the room is specified as the individual’s place of accommodation under the movement control measure; or
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(ii)the individual is not the subject of any movement control measure but is approved by the Director or another specified person (specially or generally) to be an occupier of that room for the period the movement control measure is in effect;
(b)an approved entrant to a place of accommodation which is not a room if the individual is not the subject of any movement control measure but is approved by the Director or another specified person (specially or generally) to be an approved entrant to the place of accommodation for the period the movement control measure is in effect; or
(c)deemed ordinarily resident in any premises which is not a room for the period a movement control measure under regulation 3(1) or an order under section 15 or 17 of the Act relating to COVID-19 is in effect if the individual is the subject of the movement control measure, and the premises are specified as the individual’s place of accommodation under that movement control measure.
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(3)  Paragraph (1)(a) and (b) does not apply where the other individual —
(a)is providing services as are necessary for the individuals living in that place of accommodation to avoid any imminent danger or damage to life or property in that place of accommodation;
(b)is providing medical treatment or other medical therapy or care to an individual who has a physical or mental disability; or
(c)is a Health Officer or police officer.
(4)  An individual who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(5)  For the purposes of this regulation, an individual is subject to a movement control measure for so long as the individual is required to not leave a place of accommodation because of —
(a)an order made under regulation 3(1);
(b)regulation 3(2); or
(c)an order under section 15 or 17 of the Act relating to COVID-19.
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(6)  For the purposes of this regulation, an individual is in close proximity to another individual if there is a distance of less than 2 metres between the 2 individuals.
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