COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2021
COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2021: revoked, on 26 November 2022, pursuant to section 34 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Extension of Act and Reduction of Powers) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 66).
Version as at 26 November 2022
COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2021
(SL 2021/350)
COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2021: revoked, on 26 November 2022, pursuant to section 34 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Extension of Act and Reduction of Powers) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 66).
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 1st day of November 2021
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
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.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
These regulations are made under section 33A of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020—
(a)
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
(b)
on the recommendation of the Minister for COVID-19 Response made after being satisfied that—
(i)
the prescribed charges relate to managed isolation or quarantine facility (MIQF) costs; and
(ii)
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
(iii)
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
(iv)
the prescribed charges do not limit or are justified limits on the rights and freedoms in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2021.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 14 November 2021.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Regulations 2020.
4 Regulation 7 amended (Amount of charges: general)
(1)
In regulation 7(1)(a), replace “$5,520”
with “$2,760”
.
(2)
In regulation 7(1)(b), replace “$3,100”
with “$1,610”
.
(3)
In regulation 7(2)(a)(i), replace “$2,990”
with “$1,495”
.
(4)
In regulation 7(2)(a)(ii), replace “$950”
with “$460”
.
(5)
In regulation 7(2)(b)(i), replace “$1,610”
with “$805”
.
(6)
In regulation 7(2)(b)(ii), replace “$475”
with “$230”
.
(7)
In regulation 7(4), replace “14 days”
with “7 days”
.
5 Regulation 7A amended (Amount of charges: other critical worker and any spouse, partner, or child of other critical worker)
(1)
In regulation 7A(2), replace “$5,520”
with “$2,760”
.
(2)
In regulation 7A(3)(a), replace “$2,990”
with “$1,495”
.
(3)
In regulation 7A(3)(b), replace “$1,610”
with “$805”
.
(4)
In regulation 7A(5), replace “14 days”
with “7 days”
.
6 Schedule 1 amended
In Schedule 1,—
(a)
insert the Part set out in the Schedule of these regulations as the last Part; and
(b)
make all necessary consequential amendments.
Schedule New Part 4 inserted into Schedule 1
Part 4 Provisions relating to COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2021
8 Interpretation
In this Part, amendment regulations means the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2021.
9 Effect of amendment regulations
If a person’s stay at an MIQF began before 14 November 2021, the person’s stay is not affected by the amendments made by the amendment regulations.
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 14 November 2021, amend the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Regulations 2020 (the principal regulations).
The principal regulations are made under the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020. They prescribe charges to recover the costs of a person’s stay in a managed isolation or quarantine facility (an MIQF).
The amendments adjust the fees charged for staying at an MIQF to account for a reduction in the required length of stay from 14 days to 7 days.
Date of notification in Gazette: 4 November 2021.
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2021 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 (Extension of Act and Reduction of Powers) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 66): section 34