COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act (No 2) 2020: repealed, on 26 November 2024, pursuant to section 3 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 (2020 No 12).

Note

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Health.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal Act
	Part 1 Amendment to Part 1 of principal Act
4	Section 5 amended (Interpretation)
	Part 2 Amendments to Part 2 of principal Act
5	Section 9 amended (Minister may make COVID-19 orders)
6	Section 14 amended (Form, publication, and duration of COVID-19 orders)
7	Section 33A amended (Regulations relating to cost recovery)
	Notes

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act (No 2) 2020.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

3 Principal Act

This Act amends the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 (the principal Act).

Part 1 Amendment to Part 1 of principal Act

4 Section 5 amended (Interpretation)

In section 5(1), replace the definition of Minister with:

Minister means the Minister who, under the authority of any warrant or with the authority of the Prime Minister, is responsible for the administration of this Act

Part 2 Amendments to Part 2 of principal Act

5 Section 9 amended (Minister may make COVID-19 orders)

Replace section 9(1)(c) with:

(c)

the Minister—

(i)

must have consulted the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, and the Minister of Health; and

(ii)

may have consulted any other Minister that the Minister (as defined in this Act) thinks fit; and

6 Section 14 amended (Form, publication, and duration of COVID-19 orders)

Replace section 14(3) with:

(3)

However, the Minister or Director-General (as the case may be) need not comply with the 48-hour time limit in subsection (2) if satisfied that—

(a)

the order should come into force urgently to prevent or contain the outbreak or spread of COVID-19 (but in that case must comply with subsection (2)(a) and (b) as soon as practicable); or

(b)

the effect of the order is only to remove or reduce requirements imposed by a COVID-19 order.

7 Section 33A amended (Regulations relating to cost recovery)

In section 33A(1), replace “the Minister of Health” with “the Minister (as defined in this Act)”.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act (No 2) 2020 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 (2020 No 12): section 3

COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act (No 2) 2020