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#COVID19 legislation in the #FalklandIslands just published
An order postponing Thursday's referendum on a single constituency for 6 months is quite straightforward, but the Infectious Disease Control (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 are a bit more substantial:
The regs (made under the Infectious Diseases Ordinance 2003) are not yet on legislation.gov.fk but are in a Gazette that has been emailed subscribers and are now in force with a 2 year sunset.
The powers under the regulations apply during a transmission control period, which will be started and ended by the Governor making and (hopefully, in the future) revoking a declaration that #COVID19 is a serious and imminent threat to public health in the #FalklandIslands ...
The Governor must also be satisfied that the powers provide an effective means of preventing significant further transmission of #COVID19 in the #FalklandIslands and he must take the advice of the Chief Medical Officer
The powers available include powers to carry out screening and testing, to detain for screening and testing and to impose restrictions on the movement and activity of individuals.
The regulations provide that anyone exercising a power must follow guidance from the Chief Medical Officer and medical advice given in individual cases.

There are requirements to review and a right of appeal.
The Explanatory Note points out that the powers are also subject to tests of necessity and proportionality - this is to comply with constitutional rights.

The maximum fine for breach is a £1000 fine.
Meanwhile, over 500 people at high risk (about 15% of the #Falklands population) are getting ready to.go isolation for 12 weeks from Wednesday on the assumption that #COVID19 has already reached here
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Representation and voting weight are the subject of a referendum in the #Falklands in just over 2 weeks time ... (cont'd)
... For the third time in just over 20 years, voters in the #Falklands are being asked if they want to change from having separate constituencies for the capital (Stanley) and the rest of the islands (Camp) to having a single constituency for the whole of the #FalklandIslands ...
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I had an unusual (for me) experience last week: I have sat on the press bench in the court the #Falklands many times, but, for only the second time in over 10 years, I was bobbing up and down at the lawyers’ table ...
... the reports afterwards by @roddycordeiro and @TraighanaSmith were fair and balanced (I haven’t seen @kyleknappett’s but have no doubt it was too) ...

... but there’s a (not critical of the people) but ...
... the media reports were inevitably compressed and could not possibly capture all of even a relatively short hearing, let alone all of the backstory or underlying issues ...
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