Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
The earlier amendment regulations had the effect of—
requiring the calculation of the 6-month intervals in each case to exclude any days when the COVID-19 Notice is in force.
The changes made by the earlier amendment regulations are retained by these regulations for buildings that are designated as managed isolation or quarantine facilities. For these buildings, the usual requirements for trial evacuations and evacuation training programmes are suspended while the COVID-19 Notice is in force and the calculation of the 6-month intervals excludes any days when that notice is in force.
These regulations add a second factor to apply to buildings that are not designated as managed isolation or quarantine facilities. For these buildings, the usual requirements for trial evacuations and evacuation training programmes are suspended, and the calculation of the 6-month intervals excludes any days, when both—
the COVID-19 Notice is in force; and
physical distancing requirements are in place for the area in which the building is located.
For these temporary changes to the principal regulations,—
managed isolation or quarantine facility has the meaning given in section 5(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020
physical distancing requirements means any requirements imposed under an enactment for people to stay physically distant from other people to prevent the outbreak or spread of COVID-19.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 17 December 2020.
These regulations are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.