2021/417
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
At Wellington this 13th day of December 2021
Present:The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council
These regulations are made under sections 32F and 33A of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020—
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
on the recommendation of the Minister for COVID-19 Response made after being satisfied that—
the prescribed charges relate to managed isolation or quarantine facility (MIQF) costs; and
the prescribed charges recover from any class of persons no more than an estimate of the actual and reasonable MIQF costs incurred in relation to that class (including both direct and indirect costs); and
there is appropriate provision to grant relief from the payment of the prescribed charges in circumstances where payment of the charges would cause undue financial hardship; and
the prescribed charges do not limit or are justified limits on the rights and freedoms in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
These regulations are the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Regulations (No 5) 2021.
These regulations come into force on 15 December 2021.
These regulations amend the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Regulations 2020.
After regulation 10B, insert:
(1)
This regulation applies to any class of persons being resettled from Afghanistan who arrive in New Zealand and are required to stay at an MIQF.
(2)
The Minister may waive, in whole or in part, the payment of charges payable by that class of persons if the Minister is satisfied that the waiver is appropriate.
(3)
The Minister may impose conditions on the waiver as they consider necessary.
(4)
A waiver granted under this regulation is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).
Michael Webster,Clerk of the Executive Council.
These regulations, which come into force on 15 December 2021, amend the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Regulations 2020 (the principal regulations).
The principal regulations prescribe charges to recover the costs of a person’s stay in a managed isolation or quarantine facility (an MIQF).
These regulations give the Minister a new power to waive the charges for any class of persons being resettled from Afghanistan who arrive in New Zealand and are required to stay at an MIQF.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.
Date of notification in Gazette: 14 December 2021.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.