COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Levels 3 and 2) Order (No 2) 2020

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2020/222

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Levels 3 and 2) Order (No 2) 2020

This order is made by the Minister of Health under section 11 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 in accordance with section 9 of that Act.

Contents

1Title
2Commencement
Part 1
Preliminary provisions
3Purpose
4Interpretation
5How requirements apply to businesses and services
6Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Part 2
Alert level requirements to prevent outbreak or spread of COVID-19 that apply in all areas
7Application of this Part
Physical distancing requirements
8Meaning of 2-metre and 1-metre physical distancing rules
9Physical distancing requirements for workplaces
Contact tracing requirements
10Display of QR codes and contact tracing
Restrictions on travel between alert level 3 area and other areas
11Restrictions on travel between alert level 3 area and other areas
12Permitted purposes for travel between alert level 3 area and other areas
Part 3
Alert level 3 requirements to prevent outbreak or spread of COVID-19 in alert level 3 area
13Application of this Part
Stay-at-home requirements
14Stay-at-home requirements
15Permissions for essential personal movement within alert level 3 area
Physical distancing requirements for individuals
16Physical distancing requirements for all individuals
Workplace requirements
17Closure of premises unless alert level 3 requirements operating
18Additional and adjusted alert level 3 requirements for businesses and services
Prohibition on gatherings in outdoor places
19Prohibition on gathering in outdoor places
Part 4
Alert level 2 requirements to prevent outbreak or spread of COVID-19 in other areas
20Application of this Part
21When workplace alert level 2 requirements do not apply (and social gathering rules apply instead)
Workplace requirements
22Individuals must comply with alert level 2 requirements for workplaces
23Adjusted alert level 2 requirements for category A businesses and services
24Adjusted alert level 2 requirements for education entities
25Adjusted alert level 2 requirements for public transport services
26Additional and adjusted alert level 2 requirements for controlled-access businesses and services
27Additional and adjusted alert level 2 requirements for food and drink businesses and services
28Adjusted alert level 2 requirements for close proximity businesses and services
Social gathering requirements
29Individuals must comply with requirements for social gatherings
30Number limits for social gatherings
31Record-keeping requirements to enable contact tracing
Part 5
Miscellaneous
Exemptions
32Exemption for emergencies
33Other exemptions from this order
34Power for Director-General to grant exemptions from this order
Revocation
35Revocation
Schedule 1
Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Schedule 2
Businesses and services
Schedule 3
Businesses or services for which inter-regional travel permitted for work purposes
Explanatory note
Administrative Information