Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

2.   Interpretation

In this Act —

“certified accommodation provider” means a hotel, boarding house or other place of accommodation that is issued with a COVID-19 Compliance Certificate;

“certified tourism transport” means a motor vehicle, vessel or aircraft used solely as transit for a visitor or local who is booked at a certified accommodation provider that is issued with a COVID-19 Compliance Certificate;

“Chief Medical Officer” means a person appointed by the Public Service Commission to be the Chief Medical Officer;

“child” means a person under the age of 18 years;

“Command Centre” (Deleted by Act 11 of 2021)

“COVID-19” means Coronavirus Disease 2019;

“COVID-19 Compliance Certificate” means a COVID-19 Compliance Certificate issued under section 31;

“destination management company” —

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   (a)     means a company based in Saint Lucia that provides local tourism, representative and agency services to overseas tour operators, travel agencies, cruise companies, firms, other organizations and individuals;

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   (b)     includes meeting and greeting visitors on arrival into Saint Lucia, transfer of visitors to and from ports of entry, the sourcing of supplies for cruise ships, yachters and other marine vessels; accommodation tours and excursion, meetings, conferences and exhibitions and other dinning and guests' recreation and entertainment;

“diving” means a recreational water-based activity utilizing a submersible remotely operated vehicle;

“Electronic Application Portal” means the web-based application that allows a person who intends to travel to Saint Lucia to access the electronic application under section 36;

“electronic monitoring device” includes a device which operates on a global positioning system or radio frequency;

“fixed penalty” means a fixed penalty under section 63E; (Inserted by Act 11 of 2021)

“health information” —

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   (a)     means information relating to the medical history of a person;

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   (b)     includes information obtained under sections 36 and 45;

“infected place” means a country other than a country specified under the Schedule 1; (Amended by Act 11 of 2021)

“isolation”, in relation to a person who shows signs and symptoms of COVID-19, means the separation of that symptomatic person from another person in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with COVID-19 at an isolation station;

“isolation station” includes a hospital, house or part of a house or place in which a patient or contact is isolated;

“Minister” means the Minister responsible for health unless otherwise stated;

“Ministry” means the Ministry responsible for health unless otherwise stated;

“National COVID-19 Management Center” means the National COVID-19 Management Center established under section 4; (Inserted by Act 11 of 2021)

“pleasure craft” means a vessel which, at the time of its arrival at a place in Saint Lucia from abroad, is being used for private recreational purposes only;

“processing” in relation to health information, means obtaining, recording or storing health information or carrying out an operation on the health information including —

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   (a)     organization, adaptation or alteration of the health information;

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   (b)     retrieval, consultation or use of the health information;

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   (c)     disclosure of the health information by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available; or

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   (d)     alignment, combination, blocking, erasure or destruction of the health information;

“public omnibus” has the meaning assigned under section 2 of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act;

“quarantine” in relation to a person who does not show signs and symptoms of COVID-19 but who may have been exposed to COVID-19, means the separation of that person from another person in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with COVID-19 —

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   (a)     in the person's home;

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   (b)     at a quarantine facility;

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   (c)     at a certified accommodation provider; or

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   (d)     at a place approved by the Chief Medical Officer;

“quarantine facility” means a quarantine facility declared under section 9;

“regulatory authority” means a person that is responsible for registering, licensing or authorizing a business, establishment, office, motor vehicle, vessel or aircraft;

“Royal Saint Lucia Police Force” means the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force established under section 3 of the Police Act;

“statutory purpose” means the preservation of the public health, maintenance of public order and the securing and regulating of the pricing, supply and distribution of food, water, fuel, light and power and other necessaries;

“taxi” means a motor vehicle designed to carry not more than 45 persons, that with its driver is operated for hire but does not include a public omnibus that holds a valid taxi permit under section 55 of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act;

“test for COVID-19” means a test for COVID-19 approved under section 10;

“ticketable offence” means an offence designated as a ticketable offence under section 63E; (Inserted by Act 11 of 2021)

“tour guide” means a person who guides visitors in the language of the visitors choice and interprets the cultural, nature and man-made heritage of an area;

“tourism service” includes —

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   (a)     an accommodation provider including amenities and activities provided at the premises of the accommodation provider;

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   (b)     a tourism transport;

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   (c)     a tourism site and attraction;

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   (d)     a destination management company;

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   (e)     a diving operation; or

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   (f)     a tour guide;

“tourism transport” —

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   (a)     means a motor vehicle, vessel or aircraft used to transport a visitor or local;

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   (b)     includes a tourism taxi or taxi;

“tourism taxi” means a public service vehicle including tourism tour bus, safari jeep or jungle vehicle and other such vehicle other than a commuter bus with seating capacity of not less than 4 passengers and not more than 45 passengers, used primarily for transporting visitors, and meets the minimum standards of the Tourism Taxi sub sector that holds a valid tourism taxi permit under section 55 of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act.