COVID-19 | BEAT: What You Need To Know

Abstract

This briefing summarises the recent BEAT COVID measures announced by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar ('HMGoG'), which have now been legislated for under the Appropriation (Business Employee Assistance Terms COVID-19) Regulations 2020 (the 'Regulations'). The legislation comes after guidelines issued on 25 March 2020.

The Chief Minister, acting in his capacity as the Minister with responsibility for finance and in the first exercise of the powers recently conferred on him by s.8(1) Appropriation Act 2019 has been able to make the Regulations after having consulted with the Leader of the Opposition. They follow recently enacted legislation and other parallel regulations made in response to the global pandemic brought about by Coronavirus ('COVID-19' or 'SARS-CoV-2'), designed to protect the elderly population and the general public through a set of lockdown measures.