COVID 19 Emergency Documents – Everything in One Place

Nassau, The Bahamas – To help you navigate through all of the documentation related to COVID 19 Emergency Powers, we compiled in one place, access to published documents. Documents are listed in chronological order and includes links to PDF copies for each publication. This list will be updated periodically to include the latest available information.

1. 17^th March, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) Regulations, 2020

2. 19^th March, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Amendment) No. 2) Regulations 2020

3. 20^th March, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 1) Order 2020 – Came into force 20^th Day of March – repealed by Emergency Order No. 2

4. 20^th March 2020:- Exempted Businesses and Undertakings No. 1 – Exempted:

a. A business licensed to provide security guard services

b. A life and health insurance broker and agency from 9am to 5 pm

c. Wholesale bakery 9 am to 5 pm

d. A hardware store, for the purposes of taking purchase orders from licensed contractors and delivery to the job site from 9am to 5pm

e. A credit union from 9am to 5pm

f. Arawak Port Development Company, New Providence

5. 20^th March 2020:– Exempted Businesses and Undertakings No. 2– Exempted:

a. The Bahamas Red Cross

b. Any water depot facility between 9am to 5pm

c. Freeport Container Port

d. Freeport Harbour Company

e. The Bridge Authority

f. Cloud Carib Limited

Provided that only essential workers necessary for the performance of the core functions are utilized while adhering at all times to the social distancing requirements specified in the Order

6. 24th March 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) Order 2020 – Came into force 24^th March 2020 and set to expire 31^st March 2020 – extended to April 8^th 2020 – repealed Emergency Order No. 1. A comprehensive summary of this Order is available via this link, In Summary, Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) Order 2020.

7. 25^th March 2020:- Exempted Businesses and Undertakings(No number provided)

a. Electronic and Technical Services

b. Farming, Horticulture, Agricultural and Fisheries

c. Professional Services

d. Travel Services- Rental Cars only

e. Other Services

f. Industrial Manufacturers

g. Personal Services

h. Diplomatic Cooperation

i. Security Services

8. 25^th March 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order, 2020

9. 26^th March 2020:- Extension of Deadline for Economic Substance Filing (Notice made by Ministry of Finance) – 3-month Extension for economic substance filing deadline

10. 26^th March 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order, 2020

a. Limits exercise to one’s yard or immediate neighbourhood

11. 27^th March 2020:- Exempted Businesses and Undertakings No. 3:

a. Exempts Laundromats

12. 30^th March 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) Regulations, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Special Provisions) Order, 2020:

a. Suspends need to get government licences/permits

b. Suspends need for seal

c. Suspends insurance premiums for health/life/medical

13. 30^th March 2020:– DPM Update on Fiscal Matters

14. 30^th March 2020:- Exempted Businesses and Undertakings No. 4

a. Money transmission businesses – where they don’t have to go through other premises

15. 30^th March 2020:- Exempted Businesses and Undertakings No. 5

a. Department of Road Traffic between 9am and 5pm

b. General insurance brokers between 9am and 5pm- to facilitate motor vehicles insuring and licensing

c. Pharmacies 9am to 3pm

16. 30^th March 2020:- Notice #4 – Office of the Chief Justice – RE: Extension of Emergency Orders

17. 31^st March 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 4) Order, 2020

a. Suspends routine medical and dental appointments unless medical emergency- and always adhering to social distancing protocols.

18. 1^st April 2020:– Security Commission guidance to Registrants and Licensees with Respect to Order 3(1) of the Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) Order, 2020

a. Allows Registrants under the Security Industry Act 2011, Investment Fund Administrators Licensed under the Investment Funds Act 2019 and Licenses under the Financial and Corporate Service Providers Act 2000 to:

“retain only critical and essential staff in office during working hours (as required) on an “as needed” basis, and for the conduct of urgent international business, subject to strict adherence to sanitation and social distancing requirements”

19. 3^rd April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Lockdown) Order, 2020

20. 3^rd April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order, 2020

21. 3^rd April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID19) (No.2) (Amendment) (No.6) Order 2020

22. 6^th April, 2020:- Press Conference Prime Minister

23. 6^th April, 2020:- New Providence – Food Shopping Schedule

24. 6^th April, 2020:-  Amended and Consolidated Exempted Businesses and Undertakings

25. 6^th April,2020:- COVID 19 Resolution

26. 7^th April, 2020:- Press Release – Grocery Shopping Hours Extended

27. 8^th April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Lockdown) (No.2) Order 2020

28. 8^th April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID19) (No.2) (Amendment)(No.7) Order 2020

29. 14^th April, 2020:- General Protocol For Boating During COVID 19

30. 15^th April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID19) (Lockdown) (No.3) Order, 2020

31. 15^th April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID19) (No.2) (Amendment) (No.8)Order, 2020

32. 16^th April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Lockdown) (No. 3) Amendment Order, 2020

33. 16^th April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 9) Order, 2020

34. 16^th April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2020

35. 20^th April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations

36. 21^st April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No.10) Order, 2020

37. 24^th April, 2020:-  Exempted Businesses and Undertakings (no Number given)

Further exemptions for:

• • Electronic and Technical Services
  • Farming, Horticulture, Agricultural and Fisheries
  • Professional Services including Attorneys

38. 27^th April, 2020:- Resolution Number 4

• • Approves the continuance of the Proclamation made on the 17th day of March, 2020 until the 30th day of May, 2020.
  • Affirms the continuance in effect of the Emergency Powers (COVID 19) Regulations, 2020 made on the 17th day of March, 2020 until the 30th day of May, 2020.
  • Affirms the continuance in effect of the Emergency Powers (COVID 19)(No. 2) Order, 2020 made on the 23rd day of March, 2020 until the 30th day of May, 2020.
  • Affirms the continuance in effect of the Emergency Powers (COVID 19)(Special Provisions) Order, 2020 made on the 30th day of March, 2020 until the 30th day of May, 2020.

39. 29^th April, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No.11) Order, 2020

40. 1^st May, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Lockdown) (No. 5) Order, 2020

41. 1^st May, 2020:- Court of Appeal Practice Direction 1 of 2020

42. 4^th May, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Special Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order, 2020

• • Details Government’s new rental assistance program
  • Details road traffic requirements for vehicles (requirement to license remains suspended but cars must be roadworthy).

43.  8^th May:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 3) Order, 2020

• • The No. 3 Order indicates we are in phase 1b of the country’s gradual opening.
  • Under No. 3 Order businesses with curbside pickup and delivery capabilities will be allowed to operate under specific protocols. The delivery and curbside protocols allow for very little or no person to person contact.
  • International travel restrictions on incoming persons have been relaxed. Under the No. 3 Order citizens, legal residents, and homeowners qualified for economic residency may return to New Providence or Grand Bahama. Before they can enter persons must: 1. register with their closest Bahamas consulate, 2. confirm to MOH they have tested negative for the virus (note they can choose to be tested upon arrival) and 3. The incoming flight must obtain prior approval from Civil Aviation before departing. Upon arrival those persons must self-quarantine for 14 days and are subject to MOH quarantine protocols.
  • The islands in the MICAL constituency, Rum Cay and Ragged Island have had no reported cases of the virus and have been allowed to resume normal commercial activity under physical distancing and mask protocols. Airports in those islands have been allowed to open for persons who are ordinarily resident in Nassau to return home.
  • We remain under a 24 hour curfew and must stay at home unless designated ‘essential’ or travelling to a place that has been approved to operate.
  • It appears the weekend Lockdown Order remains unaffected.
  • Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 3) Order, 2020 revokes Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 2) Order, 2020

44. 11^th May:- Supreme Court Registries  – Public Notice

• • Supreme Court Registries in New Providence and Grand Bahama are open to the public with restricted hours of operation and for appointments only.

45. 14^th May, 2020:- THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE Notice #6

46. 15^th May, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Lockdown) (No. 7) Order, 2020

47. 20^th May, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No.3) (Amendment) Order,2020

48. 21^st May, 2020: Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Special Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order, 2020

49. 22^nd May, 2020:- OPM Statement on Worship services, extension of business hours

50. 22^nd May, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No.3) (Amendment) (No.2) Order, 2020

51. 22^nd May, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Special Provisions) (Amendment) (No.4) Order, 2020

52. 22^nd May, 2020:- Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Lockdown) (No. 8) Order, 2020

53. 26^th May 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Special Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) Order, 2020

54. 29^th May 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Lockdown) (No. 9) Order, 2020

55. 29^th May 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 4) Order, 2020

56. 29^th May 2020 – Emergency Power (COVID 19) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order, 2020

57. 2^nd June 2020 – TRRC Reopening Plan Press Release

58. 2^nd June 2020 – Update No. 79 from the Ministry of Health

59. 4^th June 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Amendment) (Lockdown) (No. 10) Order, 2020

60. 9^th June 2020 – Emergency Powers (No. 4) (Amendment) (No. 2)

61. 24^th June 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (No. 5) Order, 2020

62. 29^th June 2020 – Proclamation of Emergency

63. 29^th June 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19) Pandemic Regulations

64. 30^thJune 2020 – Emergency Powers (Covid 19 Pandemic) Order, 2020 & Emergency Powers (Covid 19 Pandemic) (Special Provisions) Order, 2020

65. 8^th July 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19) Pandemic Beaches Order

66. 22^ndJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2020

67. 22^ndJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19) (Pandemic Beaches) (No.2) Order, 2020

68. 22^ndJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Grand Bahama Lockdown) Order, 2020

69. 22^ndJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (No.2) Order, 2020

70. 24^thJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Weekend Lockdown) Order, 2020

71. 27^thJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (No.3) Order, 2020

72. 27^thJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Grand Bahama Lockdown) (Amendment) Order, 2020

73. 29^thJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Grand Bahama Lockdown) (Amendment) (No.2) Order, 2020

74. 31^stJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Pandemic Tropical Storm) Order, 2020

75. 31^stJuly, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (No.3) (Amendment) Order, 2020

76. 4^thAugust, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Lockdown) Order, 2020

77. 4^thAugust, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (No. 3) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 2020

78. 6^th August, 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Lockdown) (Amendment) Order

79. 7^th August 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Lockdown) (Amendment) (No.2) Order, 2020

80. 11^th August, 2020 – EMERGENCY ORDER (COVID 19 PANDEMIC) (Lockdown) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order, 2020

81. 12^th August 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (No. 3) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order, 2020

82. 13^th August 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Lockdown) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order, 2020

83. 14^th August 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (No. 3) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order, 2020

84. 14^th August 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Lockdown) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order, 2020

85.19^th August 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Storm Preparedness) Order, 2020

86. 21^st August 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (Storm Preparedness) (Amendment)Order

87. 25^th August 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemics) (No. 4) Order, 2020

88. 30^th August 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (No. 5) Order, 2020

89. 1^st September 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (No. 5) (Amendment) Order, 2020

90. 9^th September 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID19 Pandemic) (No.5) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2020

91. 10^th September 2020 – Emergency Powers (COVID 19 Pandemic) (No. 6) Order 2020