Infectious and Notifiable Diseases Order 2020
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Infectious and Notifiable Diseases Order 2020
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 28th day of January 2020
Present:
The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council
This order is made under section 3(a) of the Health Act 1956 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Order
1 Title
This order is the Infectious and Notifiable Diseases Order 2020.
2 Commencement
This order comes into force on 30 January 2020.
3 Schedule 1 of Health Act 1956 amended
In the Health Act 1956, Schedule 1, Part 1, Section B, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
Novel coronavirus capable of causing severe respiratory illness
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order comes into force on 30 January 2020. It amends the Health Act 1956 by adding the novel coronavirus to the list of infectious diseases notifiable to a medical officer of health in Section B of Part 1 of Schedule 1 of that Act. The novel coronavirus is an infectious agent causing flu-like symptoms that first came to official notice in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
Date of notification in Gazette: 30 January 2020.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Health.
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Infectious and Notifiable Diseases Order 2020
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