COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022

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  • COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022: revoked, at 11.59 pm on 26 September 2022, pursuant to clause 3(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Revocations) Order 2022 (SL 2022/254).

Version as at 26 September 2022

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COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022

(SL 2022/15)

COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022: revoked, at 11.59 pm on 26 September 2022, pursuant to clause 3(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Revocations) Order 2022 (SL 2022/254).

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 order is administered by the Ministry of Health.

This order is made by the Minister for COVID-19 Response under sections 11 and 15(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 in accordance with section 9 of that Act.

Order

1 Title

This order is the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force at 11.59 pm on 14 February 2022.

3 Principal order

This order amends the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.

4 Schedule 1 amended

(1)

In Schedule 1, heading to clause 15, replace “7” with “6”.

(2)

In Schedule 1, clause 15(1)(b), replace “7” with “6”.

(3)

In Schedule 1, after clause 15, insert the clause 15A set out in the Schedule of this order.

Schedule New clause 15A inserted into Part 8 of Schedule 1

cl 4

15A Transitional provision for affected persons who belong to a group in Part 7 of Schedule 2: booster dose

(1)

Subclause (2) applies to an affected person who—

(a)

is 18 years of age or older; and

(b)

belongs to a group specified in Part 7 of the table in Schedule 2; and

(c)

was vaccinated on or before the commencement of this clause; and

(d)

has not received a booster dose.

(2)

The affected person must be treated as a person who has received a booster dose (and may continue to carry out certain work) if,—

(a)

before 25 February 2022, they receive a booster dose; or

(b)

on or after 25 February 2022, they receive a booster dose before the close of the date that is 183 days after the date on which they were vaccinated.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of February 2022.

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 14 February 2022, amends the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 (the principal order).

The amendments adjust the period in which affected persons who are 18 years of age or older and belong to a group specified in Part 7 of Schedule 2 of the principal order must receive a booster dose of a specified COVID-19 vaccine to continue to carry out certain work.

Approval by resolution required

This order must be approved by resolution of the House of Representatives before the expiry of the period described in section 16(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020. If this does not happen, the order is revoked on the expiry of that period.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 14 February 2022.

Notes
1 General

This is a consolidation of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022 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 (Revocations) Order 2022 (SL 2022/254): clause 3(2)