Public sector workers who leave the island could be jailed under the Emergency Powers Regulations.

The latest measure was made law by the order of the Governor in Council on Friday, April 3.

It was signed by Chief Secretary Will Greenhow and will require Tynwald ratification by this Friday.

The prohibition order says: ’No person employed as a public sector employee may leave the island without the permission of a person authorised for that purpose by the station employer.

’A person who leaves the island in breach of paragraph (1) commits and offence and is liable in proceedings before the High Bailiff to a penalty not exceeding three months’ custody, a fine of level five or both.’

A level five fine is a financial penalty that does not exceed £10,000.

For the purpose of this new regulation, a public sector employee is defined as a person who is ’employed by or holds office within the public service commission, a department, statutory board, office of government or other public sector entity’.

Other new regulations Tynwald will need to ratify this week includes exemptions for the Road Vehicles carrying Dangerous Goods (Construction and Use) Regulations 2008.

Under this regulation, signed on April 2, the Department of Infrastructure can certify a person as ’vital to the island’s critical national infrastructure’.

This would mean that a person who does not have the required licence to drive a vehicle carrying dangerous goods can do so with the permission of DoI chief executive Nick Black.

According to the government website, it is a requirement of the 2008 regulations that every person must, when driving a dangerous goods vehicle, carry a certificate issued by the DoI or by a corresponding authority stating that the driver has participated in training courses, and has passed the required tests.

They must also carry documentation which enables him or her to be identified as the person to whom the certificate has been issued.

It adds: ’Initially each driver is required to attend a basic training course. Its main objectives are to make drivers aware of hazards arising in the carriage of dangerous goods and to give them basic information indispensable for minimising the likelihood of an incident taking place.

’And if it does, to enable them to take measures which may prove necessary for their own safety, for that of the public and the environment, and for limiting the effects of an incident.’