Dated at Wellington this 6th day of April 2021.
Hon Chris Hipkins,
Minister for COVID-19 Response.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order, which comes into force at 11.59 pm on 9 April 2021, amends the following orders:
Part 1 of this order amends the Air Border Order so that confirmed allocation and managed isolation allocation system have the meanings given in the Isolation and Quarantine Order.
Part 2 of this order amends the Isolation and Quarantine Order to provide that the chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (the chief executive) is responsible for the operation of the managed isolation allocation system. Allocations to low-risk managed isolation or quarantine facilities may be issued online and offline. Online allocations are issued on the basis determined by the Minister for COVID-19 Response and that basis may prioritise between different classes of persons and reserve a specific proportion of allocations for a particular class of persons. Offline allocations may be issued by the chief executive to persons satisfying the application criteria decided by the Minister and published on MBIE’s Internet site. The chief executive may at any time amend or cancel an allocation.
This order must be approved by a resolution of the House of Representatives before the end of the relevant period described in section 16(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020. If that does not happen, the order is revoked at the end of that period.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 7 April 2021.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Health.