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Public urged to report businesses in breach of operating hours
It has also been clarified that there is no curfew imposed on public movement, but rather it is a business curfew.
Fines & jail time possible
On Monday March 23, 2020 during a live forum with His Excellency the Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert and Deputy Commissioner of Police Alwin James, Mr James said persons can also police businesses and call in to the 311 number should they find businesses breaching the opening hours restrictions.
"We are asking members of the community who are seeing violators of the business [curfew] to dial into our 311 number, report it, and officers will respond."
Mr James cautioned that non-compliant businesses could be fined $1000 or made to spend up to 12 months in jail and that their operating licence could also be affected.
No public curfew
Meanwhile, many have taken the restricted opening hours for businesses to mean that the Territory is under curfew between the hours of 8:00pm and 6:00pm but both the Deputy Commissioner and the Governor clarified the misinterpretation.
Mr James said, "This is not a curfew, persons are still permitted to move freely within the Territory, this is about the operating hours of businesses."
Further explaining, Mr James said business employees “for instance in supermarkets, their employees who are working, let’s say restocking shelves, they can still work and move from one area to another. It is not about restricting people's movement, it’s about the service hours of businesses."
Governor Jaspert said this decision is about minimising the risk of lots of persons being in the same place at the same time. He; however, charged businesses to think strongly about how they are applying social distancing and practices in their own businesses.
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19 Responses to “Public urged to report businesses in breach of operating hours”
If we want to keep this evil away we should ALL be at home and NOT out socializing AT ALL !
Furthermore , people who continue to socialize in public and put us all at risk should be shamed .
A bar in parham town in east end is not complying
let the police do some work let them drive around the villages and make sure all is well and safe we need to see police out & about in these times preferably the armed branch of the police department these are very serious time let’s send the message to those with criminal intent
I saw that mu....m market up east end opened way after 8 last nite
Today the hen has come home to roost. Two at a blow? Not surprised by the announcement being made by the Premier and the Governor.
We don't have adequate medical resources here to care for these cases if the problem escalates . You might have to request help from 'Cuba' if England can't come to our rescue.
God help us all. ⁰