This order, which comes into force at 11.59 pm on 15 September 2021, amends the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 11) 2021 (the principal order).

The amendments make the following changes to the principal order:

• clause 4 amends clause 4, which defines terms used in the principal order, to insert definitions of class 4 venue and gaming machine, refine the definition of people responsible, and clarify the definition of social gathering:

• clause 5 revokes clause 12(2)(a) of the principal order. The effect of the amendment is that persons on board a ferry service carrying passengers between the North Island and the South Island are covered by the requirement to wear a face covering:

• clause 6 amends clause 17(1) of the principal order to clarify the general restriction on travel into, out of, or through an alert level area:

• clause 7 amends clause 18 of the principal order, which sets out permitted purposes for travel between alert level areas, to clarify permitted travel and adjust a cross-reference in clause 18(7):

• clause 8 amends clause 19 of the principal order, which requires a person to carry evidence of their purpose of travel and the location of their destination if they are relying on a permission set out in Schedule 5 or clause 18, to revoke clause 19(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(i) (as a consequence of adjusting the permissions relating to caregivers), and to extend clause 19(1)(a)(ix) so that the requirement to carry evidence applies to persons caring for other animals (not just pets):

• clause 9 amends clause 21 of the principal order, which sets out permissions for essential personal movement within the alert level 4 area, to clarify the permissions in clause 21(b) and (m) and to insert new clause 21(na), which gives permission to collect a person for the purpose of accompanying them to their home or place of residence in New Zealand:

• clause 10 amends clause 23(5) of the principal order, which requires a person to wear a face covering if they are providing an alert level 4 business or service to another person in that other person’s home or place of residence. The amendment excludes persons providing childcare at a person’s home or place of residence from the requirement:

• clause 11 replaces clause 31(1)(d) of the principal order. The amendment clarifies the application of clauses 32 to 42 to gatherings held in a defined space or premises of a business or service that have been hired for a gathering:

• clause 12 amends clause 36 of the principal order, which sets out requirements on customers and clients at food and drink businesses and services in the alert level 2 area, to set out new requirements relating to the use of gaming machines:

• clause 13 inserts into the principal order new clause 46A(2), which provides that a failure to comply with the requirement to wear a face covering when working at a social gathering is an infringement offence:

• clause 14 replaces item 39 of Schedule 2 of the principal order to provide greater detail in respect of services provided at a person’s home:

• clause 15 consequentially amends Schedule 5 of the principal order, which sets out permitted activities for travel into, out of, or through an alert level area, to revoke items 4 and 5, and adjust items 11 and 19:

• clause 16 amends Schedule 6 of the principal order, which sets out face covering and workplace requirements in the alert level 2 area, to adjust item 15 so that all persons must wear a face covering in any part of the premises of a veterinary service or animal health and welfare service that is open to the public and item 20 to make ensuring compliance with new clause 36(5) an additional condition.

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.