COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020

11 Orders that can be made under this Act

(1)

The Minister or Director-General may in accordance with section 9 or 10 (as the case may be) make an order under this section for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(a)

to require persons to refrain from taking any specified actions that contribute or are likely to contribute to the risk of the outbreak or spread of COVID-19, or require persons to take any specified actions, or comply with any specified measures, that contribute or are likely to contribute to preventing the risk of the outbreak or spread of COVID-19, including (without limitation) requiring persons to do any of the following:

(i)

stay in any specified place or refrain from going to any specified place:

(ii)

refrain from associating with specified persons:

(iii)

stay physically distant from any persons in any specified way:

(iv)

refrain from travelling to or from any specified area:

(v)

refrain from carrying out specified activities (for example, business activities involving close personal contact) or require specified activities to be carried out only in any specified way or in compliance with specified measures:

(vi)

be isolated or quarantined in any specified place or in any specified way:

(vii)

refrain from participating in gatherings of any specified kind, in any specified place, or in specified circumstances:

(viii)

report for and undergo a medical examination or testing of any kind, and at any place or time, specified and in any specified way or specified circumstances:

(ix)

provide, in specified circumstances or in any specified way, any information necessary for the purpose of contact tracing:

(x)

satisfy any specified criteria before entering New Zealand from a place outside New Zealand, which may include being registered to enter an MIQF on arrival in New Zealand:

(b)

in relation to any places, premises, crafts, vehicles, animals, or other things, to require specified actions to be taken, require compliance with any specified measures, or impose specified prohibitions that contribute or are likely to contribute to preventing the risk of the outbreak or spread of COVID-19, including (without limitation) any of the following:

(i)

require things to be closed or only open if specified measures are complied with:

(ii)

prohibit things from entering any port or place, or permit the entry of things into any port or place only if specified measures are complied with:

(iii)

prohibit gatherings of any specified kind in any specified places or premises, or in any specified circumstances:

(iv)

require things to be isolated, quarantined, or disinfected in any specified way or specified circumstances:

(v)

require the testing of things in any specified way or specified circumstances.

(2)

An order made by the Minister may specify which breaches of an order made by the Minister or the Director-General are infringement offences for the purposes of section 26(3).

(3)

For the purpose of this section and section 12, things means any things mentioned in subsection (1)(b), including places, premises, ports, crafts, vehicles, and animals.

Section 11(1): amended, on 6 August 2020, by section 7(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 57).

Section 11(1)(a)(viii): replaced, on 6 August 2020, by section 7(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 57).

Section 11(1)(a)(x): inserted, on 6 August 2020, by section 7(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 57).