Transportation

(1) For the purposes of preventing, controlling, containing and suppressing the spread of the infectious disease COVID-19– (a) every travelling on public transportation or private transportation shall wear a face mask or other face (nose and mouth) covering for the duration of the travel; (b) a person who is not wearing a face mask or other face (nose and mouth) covering, shall not be allowed by the operator or conductor of public transportation or private transportation to board the public transportation or private transportation; and (c) the operator and any conductor of public transportation or private transportation shall at all times during the travel, wear a face mask or other face (nose and mouth) covering. 28 (2) The provision of public transportation or private transportation is limited to seventy-five per centum of the seating capacity of the public or private transportation. (3) While social distancing of six feet shall not be observed on public transportation or private transportation, every operator of public transportation or private transportation shall make available hand sanitizer for use by every passenger. (4) Every person travelling on a public bus is required to purchase a ticket which will entitle the holder to queue up, observing a distance of six feet between persons, for orderly boarding of the bus. (5) Every operator of public transportation arriving at a terminal in Belize shall instruct the passengers to dis-embark and that operator shall oversee the sanitization of the of public transportation by personnel on site at the terminal. (6) Prior to boarding public transportation at a terminal, every passenger shall wash and sanitize hands at the facilities provided at the terminal, and where passengers are picked up elsewhere than at a terminal where proper sanitization of hands could not occur, every passenger boarding that public transportation shall sanitize his hands using hand sanitizer that is provided by the operator of the public transportation as required under subregulation (3). (7) It shall be a defence to any proceedings under these Regulations for an operator or conductor of public transportation or private transportation to show that he took all reasonable measures to ensure compliance with his obligation under this regulation. (8) Without prejudice to the foregoing, all passengers, public transportation providers and private transportation providers shall abide by guidelines issued by the Ministry responsible for 29 health, prior to boarding or disembarking from the public transportation or private transportation utilised. (9) For the purposes of this regulation, private transportation means transportation provided by tour operators. CAP. 150