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Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation Explanatory Note Paragraph 1 Explanatory Note

The object of this Regulation is to impose certain temporary measures in relation to catering business and certain premises in respect of the public health emergency concerning the disease specified in item 34AAA of Schedule 1 to the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 599).

2. The measures include—
 * (a) imposing requirements on persons responsible for carrying on a catering business to cease selling or supplying food or drink for consumption on the premises of the business and to close any premises on which food or drink is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises during a period specified by the Secretary for Food and Health (Secretary);
 * (b) empowering the Secretary to issue directions imposing requirements or restrictions, for a period specified by the Secretary, in relation to the mode of operation of a catering business and any activity carried on at the premises of the business, the closing of the premises, and the opening hours of the business on a day; and
 * (c) empowering the Secretary to issue directions imposing requirements or restrictions, for a period specified by the Secretary, in relation to the closing of any premises set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation (scheduled premises), the mode of operation of any business or activity carried on at any scheduled premises, and the opening hours of any scheduled premises on a day.