COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order 2020

  • revoked
  • COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order 2020: revoked, at 11.59 pm on 8 June 2020, by clause 3 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order Revocation Order 2020 (LI 2020/112).

Reprint as at 8 June 2020

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order 2020

(LI 2020/84)

COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order 2020: revoked, at 11.59 pm on 8 June 2020, by clause 3 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order Revocation Order 2020 (LI 2020/112).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Health.

This order is made in accordance with sections 9 and 11 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 by the Minister of Health.

Order

1 Title

This order is the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order 2020.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force at 12.01 am on 14 May 2020.

Part 1 Preliminary provisions

3 Purpose

The purpose of this order is to prevent, and limit the risk of, the outbreak or spread of COVID-19 by putting in place obligations in relation to businesses and services, and gatherings.

4 Interpretation

(1)

In this order,—

businesses and services—

(a)

includes (except to the extent set out in paragraph (b))—

(i)

voluntary and not-for-profit services; and

(ii)

both public sector and private sector businesses and services; and

(iii)

businesses and services that provide space for other businesses and services to operate within, such as shopping malls and marketplaces; and

(iv)

businesses and services that provide facilities or venues for events or activities if people pay to attend the event or participate in the activities or pay to hire the facility or venue; and

(v)

the playing of sports professionally or semi-professionally; but

(b)

does not include—

(i)

voluntary or not-for-profit sporting, recreational, social, or cultural activities; or

(ii)

households carrying out family activities in their household unit; or

(iii)

faith-based gatherings; or

(iv)

community club activities (except activities that occur at the same time and place as services provided under a club licence under section 21 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012)

customer or client includes any non-paying customer or client

defined space—

(a)

means any single indoor space or outdoor space (see subclause (2)); and

(b)

if there is more than 1 space in any premises, means a space described in paragraph (a) for which there are systems and processes in operation that ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that persons using the space (other than workers) do not intermingle at a distance closer than 2 metres with other persons using, entering, or leaving the premises

keep records to enable contact tracing means collecting and maintaining the following information:

(a)

a person’s full name:

(b)
[Revoked]

(c)

an effective means of communicating with them (for example, an active phone number or email address):

(d)

the date on which, and the times at which, the person arrived and left the relevant place

organiser of a social gathering means a person who arranges or organises the social gathering

person in control, in relation to a defined space or premises,—

(a)

means a person who manages or controls the defined space or premises; and

(b)

includes—

(i)

any occupier of the defined space or premises; and

(ii)

if a facility or venue of a business or service is hired for an event or activity, that business or service

social gathering has the meaning given in clause 15

worker—

(a)

means, in the context of a business or service that is required to comply with clauses 10 to 13, any person who carries out work in any capacity for that business or service (whether paid or unpaid); and

(b)

to avoid doubt, includes professional and semi-professional sports players

workplace has the same meaning as in section 20 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

(2)

For the purpose of the definition of defined space in subclause (1),—

(a)

an indoor space or outdoor space is a single space if there are walls (whether permanent or temporary) that substantially divide that space from other spaces:

(b)

an outdoor space is also a single space if there is at least 2 metres between all people in that space and any other people (outside that space).

Clause 4(1) businesses and services paragraph (a)(iv): replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(1) businesses and services paragraph (b)(iii): inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(1) businesses and services paragraph (b)(iv): inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(1) defined space: inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(1) gathering of friends and whānau: revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(4) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(1) household unit: revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(4) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(1) keep records to enable contact tracing paragraph (b): revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(5) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(1) organiser of a social gathering: inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(1) person in control: inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(1) social gathering: inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 4(2): inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 4(6) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

5 Transitional, savings, and related provisions

The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.

6 Application of this order

(1)

This order applies to all areas of New Zealand.

(2)

If the Director-General of Health makes a section 11 order under the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 that applies only within the boundaries of a single territorial authority district, that order applies (rather than this order) to the extent of any inconsistency.

Part 2 Measures imposed by this order

Subpart 1—Application of requirements, and requirement to comply

7 Guide to requirements in this order

(1)

To the extent that people intermingle in the workplace of a business or service, clauses 8 and 10 to 13 govern the activities of those people.

(2)

In all other circumstances, people must—

(a)

stay, to the greatest extent practicable, 2 metres apart (see clause 15(1)(b)(i)); or

(b)

comply with the requirements relating to social gatherings in clauses 8, 16, and 17.

(3)

This clause is a guide only to the general scheme of the requirements that apply to people.

Clause 7(1): amended, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 5(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 7(2)(b): replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 5(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

8 People must comply with COVID-19 requirements

(1)

A person (person A) who enters a workplace of a business or service, uses its services, or carries out work for the business or service must comply with the requirements described in subclause (2) to the extent that they—

(a)

apply to the business or service in relation to person A; and

(b)

are notified to, or brought to the attention of, person A.

(2)

The requirements referred to in subclause (1) are the following (as applied by clause 9):

(a)

the physical distancing requirements in clauses 10(2)(a) and (b) and 11(2)(a):

(b)

the requirements in clauses 10(2)(e) and 11(2)(b) to keep records to enable contact tracing:

(c)

the requirement in clause 12(2)(b) to ensure that each customer or client is seated at a table except in limited circumstances.

(3)

A person—

(a)

must not participate in a social gathering that exceeds the number limit in clause 16(1); and

(b)

must, if participating in a social gathering, comply with the requirements in clause 17 to enable contact tracing records to be kept.

(4)

A breach of subclause (1) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

Clause 8: replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 6 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

9 Persons that carry on businesses and services must comply with general and specific requirements

(1)

Any reference in clauses 8 or 10 to 13 to a requirement applying to a business or service must be read as a requirement that applies, in accordance with this clause, to the person who is carrying on the business or service.

(2)

All businesses and services must comply, so far as is reasonably practicable, with—

(a)

the general requirements in clause 10 or 11 (or both), to the extent applicable; and

(b)

each of the specific additional requirements in clauses 12 and 13 to the extent that they apply to their activities.

(3)

More than 1 business or service may operate in the same, or a shared, premises (for example, a shopping mall, a marketplace, or a cafe that operates in an office building) provided that each of those businesses and services is able to comply with all of the requirements in clauses 10 to 13 to the extent that they apply to them or their activities.

(4)

However,—

(a)

if there is a gathering of friends and whānau in the workplace at any 1 time,—

(i)

those people need not comply with the physical distancing requirements in clause 10(2)(b) or 11(2)(a); and

(ii)

a business or service need not ensure that they do so:

(b)

if the facility or venue of a business or service is hired for a social gathering, the business or service must comply with clauses 16 and 17 in relation to the customers or clients (instead of clauses 10 to 13).

(5)

In this clause, gathering of friends and whānau means a group of customers or clients who confirm that they are, or whom it is otherwise reasonable to believe to be, a group of persons who all know each other and can identify each other for the purpose of contact tracing.

Clause 9: replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 6 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Subpart 2—Businesses and services

10 General requirements for all businesses and services

(1)

This clause applies to all businesses and services (except to the extent that clause 11 applies to them).

(2)

Businesses and services must—

(a)

ensure that all people who enter the workplace or use its services remain 2 metres away from each other and from the workers (to the greatest extent practicable), except—

(i)

to the extent that paragraph (b) applies; and

(ii)
[Revoked]

(b)

ensure that all workers who enter the workplace or carry out work for the business or service remain 1 metre away from each other (to the greatest extent practicable); and

(c)

mitigate the risks that arise to the extent that the physical distancing requirements in paragraphs (a) and (b) (or the specific physical distancing requirements in clauses 11 to 13 that apply instead) are not fully maintained; and

(d)
[Revoked]

(e)

keep records to enable contact tracing of all workers who enter the workplace or carry out work for the business or service.

(f)
[Revoked]

(3)

A breach of subclause (2) (as applied by clause 9) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

Clause 10(1): amended, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 7(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 10(2)(a)(ii): revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 7(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 10(2)(b): amended, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 7(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 10(2)(d): revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 7(4) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 10(2)(f): revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 7(4) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

11 General controlled access requirements

(1)

This clause—

(a)

applies to—

(i)

businesses and services to the extent that they largely have a consistent group of workers and usually have a fixed workplace, such as office workplaces and factories; and

(ii)

businesses and services to the extent that their customers or clients are members of the business or service, such as gyms; and

(iii)

public facilities that are located within a building or structure, such as swimming pools, libraries, and museums; and

(iv)

event facilities such as cinemas, theatres, stadiums, concert venues, conference venues, and casinos; and

(iva)

businesses and services to the extent to which clauses 12 and 13 apply to them (despite paragraph (b)); and

(v)

courts and tribunals; but

(b)

does not apply to retail businesses, such as shopping malls, supermarkets, marketplaces, takeaway-food stores, and retail stores.

(2)

The businesses and services and other entities to which this clause applies must—

(a)

ensure that all people who enter the workplace, use its services, or carry out work for the business or service remain at least 1 metre away from each other (to the greatest extent practicable); and

(b)

keep records to enable contact tracing of people who enter the workplace, use its services, or carry out work for the business or service; and

(c)

if they are an event facility of the kind described in subclause (1)(a)(iv), permit no more than 100 customers or clients to be in any 1 defined space in the workplace at any 1 time (not including workers); and

(d)

mitigate the risks that arise to the extent that the physical distancing requirements in paragraph (a) (or the specific physical distancing requirements in clauses 12 and 13 that apply instead) are not fully maintained.

(3)

A breach of subclause (2) (as applied by clause 9) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

Clause 11 heading: replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 8(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 11(1)(a)(iva): inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 8(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 11(2): replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 8(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

12 Specific food and drink requirements for businesses and services

(1)

This clause applies to the extent that customers or clients enter the workplace of a business or service and food or drink is sold or provided for consumption (or offered for consumption) to those customers or clients in that workplace, such as—

(a)

a restaurant or cafe; or

(b)

a soup kitchen or other place where food or drink is provided without charge.

(2)

Businesses and services must—

(a)

permit no more than 100 customers or clients to be in any 1 defined space in the workplace at any 1 time; and

(b)

ensure that each customer or client is seated at a table other than when—

(i)

entering, using a toilet or bathroom, paying, or departing; or

(ii)

ordering or collecting food and drink except in on-licence premises or club licence premises; and

(c)

ensure that adjacent tables are arranged so there is at least a 1-metre separation between the seated customers or clients at adjacent tables; and

(d)

ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that only 1 worker serves at any table; and

(e)

comply with clause 11(2)(a) in relation to those customers and clients when they are not seated at the table; and

(f)

otherwise comply with the requirements in clause 11(2) in relation to the activities to which this clause applies.

(3)

Nothing in this clause applies to—

(a)

accommodation services selling or providing food or drink for residents (including room service):

(b)

businesses or services providing food or drink to their workers:

(c)

vending machines that are located and used within a workplace:

(d)

cinemas or theatres selling food or drink to customers or clients when they are seated inside the cinema or theatre.

(4)

A breach of subclause (2) (as applied by clause 9) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

(5)

In this clause,—

club licence premises means premises in which activities are undertaken under a licence under section 21 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

on-licence has the same meaning as in sections 14 to 16 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

(5)

[Revoked]

Clause 12(2): replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 9(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 12(5): inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 9(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 12(5): revoked, at 8 am on 21 May 2020, by clause 5.

13 Specific proximity requirements for businesses and services

(1)

This clause applies to the extent that a business or service cannot operate without physical contact, or close proximity, between people, such as massage and hairdressing services, and professional or semi-professional sports.

(2)

Businesses and services must—

(a)

ensure that all people who enter the workplace or use its services remain at least 1 metre away from each other and from workers (to the greatest extent practicable), except to the extent that workers are required to have physical contact with, or close proximity to, people in order to carry out the activities of that business or service; and

(b)

otherwise comply with the requirements in clause 11(2) in relation to the activities to which this clause applies.

(3)

A breach of subclause (2) (as applied by clause 9) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

(4)

[Revoked]

Clause 13(1): amended, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 10(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 13(2)(a): replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 10(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 13(2)(b): replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 10(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 13(4): revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 10(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Subpart 3—Social gatherings

Subpart 3 heading: replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 11 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

14 Exclusion for residing in home or residence

Nothing in this subpart prevents people from residing together in their home or place of residence.

15 Social gathering defined

In this order, social gathering—

(a)

means a group of people who are intermingling; but

(b)

does not include—

(i)

activities where people remain at least 2 metres away from each other to the greatest extent practicable (for example, activities carried out by people who are at a playground, beach, or park):

(ii)

activities that are undertaken at a business or service in compliance with clauses 10 to 13; but

(c)

does include a gathering of people if—

(i)

the gathering is held at the facilities or venue of a business or service that has been hired for the gathering; but

(ii)

the gathering is not held for the purpose of a business or service.

Clause 15: replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 12 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

16 Number limits for social gatherings

(1)

A social gathering that exceeds 100 people in a defined space at any 1 time (the number limit) is prohibited.

(2)

An organiser of a social gathering must ensure that the social gathering does not exceed, and is not likely to exceed, the number limit.

(3)

A person in control of any premises, or of any defined space in any premises, in which a social gathering is held must ensure that the social gathering does not exceed, and is not likely to exceed, the number limit.

(4)

Workers who are providing services in relation to a social gathering are not to be counted as part of the number limit.

(5)

A breach of subclause (2) or (3) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

Clause 16: replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 13 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

17 Record-keeping requirements to enable contact tracing

(1)

A social gathering in which the requirements in subclause (2) are not met is prohibited.

(2)

The organiser of a social gathering, and the person in control of the defined space or premises in which a social gathering is held, must ensure that at least 1 of the following people keep records to enable contact tracing in relation to the social gathering:

(a)

the organiser of the social gathering:

(b)

the person in control of the defined space or premises where the gathering is held:

(c)

a participant in the social gathering.

(3)

Subclause (2) does not apply if every person at the social gathering knows, and can identify for the purposes of contact tracing, every other person who is a participant in the social gathering.

(4)

A breach of subclause (2) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

Clause 17: replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 13 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

18 Lower-risk gatherings
[Revoked]

Clause 18: revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 14 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

19 Authorised funeral or tangihanga gathering
[Revoked]

Clause 19: revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 14 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Subpart 4—Exclusions and exemptions

20 Exclusion for emergencies

Nothing in this order prevents any person from assisting in, or responding to, an emergency.

21 Specific exclusions from this order

(1)

Nothing in this order applies—

(a)

to the provision of health services:

(b)

to people using a service for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward that is contracted or funded by the Ministry of Education, local authorities, or Auckland Transport for the sole or primary purpose of transporting school children to and from school:

(c)

to people using public transport services:

(d)

to residential centres (including care and protection and youth justice residences), family homes, and group homes (including family group homes and community-based remand centres) that are approved or recognised for the time being by the Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki as a place of care or treatment for the purposes of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989:

(e)

within a corrections prison as defined in section 3(1) of the Corrections Act 2004 or any premises managed by or on behalf of the Department of Corrections:

(f)

to custodial or detention services managed by the New Zealand Police, the Department of Corrections, or the Ministry of Justice, or within a courthouse:

(fa)

to the administration of sentences and orders by the Department of Corrections, or on its behalf, in accordance with the Corrections Act 2004:

(g)

to people being transported for the purposes of the Department of Corrections and New Zealand Police fulfilling their purposes and performing their functions and duties:

(h)

to the New Zealand Defence Force:

(i)

to the New Zealand Police:

(j)

to Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

(2)

Nothing in this order applies to people who are at an education entity for the purposes of receiving or providing, or assisting in or supporting the receipt or provision of, education services, provided that the education entity has systems and processes in place to—

(a)

enable suitable contact tracing of people who enter the relevant workplaces, or deliver or use the relevant services; and

(b)

mitigate the risks that arise to the extent that the physical distancing requirements in this order that would otherwise apply to the workplace or service are not fully maintained.

(3)

Subclause (2) does not apply to—

(a)

inter-school activities; or

(b)

activities at (or connected with) an education entity that are attended by people who are otherwise not ordinarily at that education entity for the purposes of receiving or providing, or assisting in or supporting the receipt or provision of, education services.

(4)

In this clause,—

education entity has the same meaning as in section 476B of the Education Act 1989

health service has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

public transport service has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003, but includes air transport that is available to the public generally.

Clause 21(1)(d): replaced, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 15(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 21(1)(e): amended, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 15(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 21(1)(fa): inserted, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 15(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Clause 21(4) public transport service: amended, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 15(4) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

22 Exemptions from this order

(1)

The Minister may exempt any class of persons, businesses, or services from the application of any provision of this order or from the requirement to comply with any provision of this order if the Minister is satisfied that—

(a)

the exemption is necessary or desirable in order to promote the purposes of the Act or the purposes of this order; and

(b)

the extent of the exemption is not broader than is reasonably necessary to address the matters that gave rise to the exemption.

(2)

The Minister may impose conditions on the exemption as the Minister considers necessary.

(3)

The exemption must—

(a)

be published on a publicly accessible Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the New Zealand Government; and

(b)

be notified in the Gazette.

23 Authorisations from this order
[Revoked]

Clause 23: revoked, at 11.59 am on 29 May 2020, by clause 16 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97).

Part 3 Other matters

24 Revocation

The Health Act (COVID-19 Alert Level 3) Order 2020 (LI 2020/69) is revoked.

Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions

cl 5

Part 1 Provisions relating to this order as made

1 Revocation of on-licence requirements relating to businesses and services providing food or drink

Clause 12(2)(g) and (5) are revoked at 8 am on 21 May 2020.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of May 2020.

Hon Dr David Clark,
Minister of Health.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 13 May 2020.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order 2020 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order Revocation Order 2020 (LI 2020/112)

COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/97)

COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level 2) Order 2020 (LI 2020/84): clause 5