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Reprint as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 (LI 2021/227) COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021: revoked, at 11.59 pm on 7 September 2021, by clause 52 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 11) 2021 (LI 2021/237).
This order is made by the Minister for COVID-19 Response under sections 11 and 15 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 in accordance with section 9 of that Act.
Contents Title Commencement Part 1 Preliminary provisions Purpose Interpretation How requirements apply to businesses and services Alert level 4 area: description and map Transitional, savings, and related provisions Application of order to different alert level areas Part 2 Alert level requirements to prevent outbreak or spread of COVID-19 that apply at all alert levels 9 10 Display of QR codes in workplaces Display of QR codes on public transport services QR codes Page 4 4 4 4 10 10 10 11 11 11 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.
1 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Contact records at workplaces Workplaces to have systems and processes to enable keeping of contact records Face covering requirements on public transport services Face covering requirements on public transport services Face covering requirements on domestic air transport services Exemptions from face covering requirements Physical distancing requirements Meaning of 1-metre and 2-metre physical distancing rules Restrictions on travel between alert level areas Restrictions on travel between alert level 4 area and alert level 3 area Permitted purposes for travel between alert level 4 area and alert level 3 area Part 3 Alert level 4 requirements to prevent outbreak or spread of COVID-19 Stay-at-home requirements in alert level 4 area Stay-at-home requirements in alert level 4 area Permissions for essential personal movement within alert level 4 area Physical distancing and face covering requirements for individuals in alert level 4 area Physical distancing requirements for all individuals in alert level 4 area Additional face covering requirements for individuals in alert level 4 area Exemptions from additional face covering requirements in clause 21 Workplace requirements in alert level 4 area Closure of premises in alert level 4 area Businesses and services in alert level 4 area to have systems and processes for physical distancing requirements Businesses and services in alert level 4 area to have
 systems and processes to minimise travel Certain business and services in alert level 4 area to have systems and processes for contact record rule Adjusted alert level 4 requirements for businesses and services Prohibition on gatherings in outdoor places in alert level 4 area Prohibition on gatherings in outdoor places in alert level 4 area Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health
 Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 4 Alert level 3 requirements to prevent outbreak or spread of COVID-19 Stay-at-home requirements in alert level 3 area Stay-at-home requirements in alert level 3 area Permissions for essential personal movement within alert level 3 area Physical distancing and face covering requirements for individuals in alert level 3 area Physical distancing requirements for all individuals in alert level 3 area Additional face covering requirements for individuals in alert level 3 area Exemptions from additional face covering requirements in clause 32 Workplace requirements in alert level 3 area Closure of premises unless alert level 3 requirements operating Businesses and services in alert level 3 area to have systems and processes for physical distancing requirements Businesses and services in alert level 3 area to have systems and processes to minimise travel Certain business and services in alert level 3 area to have systems and processes for contact record rule Adjusted alert level 3 requirements for businesses and services Prohibition on gatherings in outdoor places in alert level 3 area Prohibition on gatherings in outdoor places in alert level 3 area Controlled gatherings in alert level 3 area People responsible for controlled gatherings in alert level 3 area must comply with contact record requirements Individuals must comply with contact record requirements for controlled gatherings in alert level 3 area Part 5
 Miscellaneous Exemption for emergencies Other exemptions from this order Power for Director-General to grant exemptions from this order Revocation Revocation Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions cl 1 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Schedule 2 Alert level 4 businesses and services Schedule 3 Alert level
 3 requirements for businesses and services Schedule 4 Description of alert level 4 area Schedule 5 Map of alert level 4 area Order 42 52 58 60 1 Title This order is the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Require‐ ments) Order (No 10) 2021.
2 (1) Commencement This order comes into force at 11.59 pm on 31 August 2021.

(2) However, the following clauses come into force at 11.59 pm on 7 September 2021: (a) (b) (c) clause 26 (which relates to the contact record rule as it applies to busi‐ nesses and services in the alert level 4 area): clause 37 (which relates to the contact record rule as it applies to busi‐ nesses and services in the alert level 3 area): clause 43(b)(ii) (which relates to the clauses referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b)).
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 and to otherwise support the purposes of the Act.
Interpretation In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,— 1-metre physical distancing rule means the rule described in clause 15(1) 2-metre physical distancing rule means the rule described in clause 15(2) 4 (1) 4 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 1 cl 4 accommodation service— (a) means accommodation provided by a business or service in which mul‐ tiple groups of 1 or more residents share facilities (such as a kitchen, bathroom, or laundry) or common areas (such as a lounge or recreation space), for example,— (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) a hotel: tertiary student accommodation: a boarding house: a backpacker hostel: seasonal worker accommodation; but (b) excludes a school hostel accommodation service bubble arrangement means an arrangement— (a) (b) between not more than 10 residents of the same accommodation service; and in which the residents who are aged 18 years or over and have full cap‐ acity have agreed— (i) (ii) to comply with this order as if they were 1 home or place of resi‐ dence for the length of their stay at the accommodation service; and to not be part of any other arrangement of the kind described in paragraphs (a) and (b)(i) Act means the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 alert level 3 area means the whole of New Zealand except the alert level 4 area alert level 3 requirements, in relation to a business or service, means the requirements that apply to that business or service in Part 2 and clauses 34
 to 38 alert level 4 area has the meaning given by clause 6 alert level 4 business or service means a business or service listed in Schedule 2 alert level 4 requirements, in relation to a business or service, means the requirements that apply to that business or service in Part 2 and clauses 23 to 27 businesses and services includes— (a) (b) voluntary and not-for-profit services; and both public sector and private sector businesses and services; and 5 Part 1 cl 4 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level
 Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (c) (d) businesses and services that provide space for other businesses and ser‐ vices to operate within (for example, shopping malls and marketplaces); and businesses and services that provide facilities or venues for events or activities if people pay to attend an event or participate in an activity or pay to hire a facility or venue; and (e) the playing of sports professionally or semi-professionally category A social service means a service described in item 3 of Schedule 3 contact details, in relation to a person, means— (a) (b) the name of the person; and a telephone number that may be used to easily contact the person contact record means a record of a person entering a workplace or attending a gathering that contains— (a) (b) (c) the name of the person; and the date on which and time at which the person entered the workplace or attended the gathering; and if the record is being provided to another person, a telephone number that may be used to easily contact the person who is entering the work‐ place or attending the gathering contact record rule has the meaning given by clause 26(1) or 37(1) (as applic‐ able) controlled gathering has the meaning given by clause 40(5) customers and clients— (a) (b) includes any non-paying customer or client; but in relation to an education entity, excludes students attending the educa‐ tion entity 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, so far as is reasonably 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 district has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 2002 education entity has the same
 meaning as in section 10(8) of the Education and Training Act 2020 6 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 1 cl 4 exempt business or service means a business or service that is exempt from this order under clause 43 extended bubble arrangement means an agreement by all of the residents (who are aged 18 years or over and have full capacity) of 2 or more homes or places of residence within the alert level 3 area to comply with this order as if they were 1 home or place of residence for the purpose of keeping connections with family or whānau, enabling caregiving, or supporting persons living alone or otherwise isolated face covering means a covering of any type that covers the nose and mouth of a person fellow resident, in relation to any person (person A),— (a) means— (i) (ii) (iii) a person who resides at the same home or place of residence (other than an accommodation service) as person A; or a person who resides at another home or place of residence in relation to which person A has a shared bubble arrangement or an extended bubble arrangement; or a person who resides at another home or place of residence if per‐ son A has a shared caregiving arrangement or shared custody arrangement with, or in respect of, that other person; or (iv) if person A is residing at an accommodation service,— (A) (B) (C) a person who is in the same accommodation service bubble arrangement as person A; or a person who resides at the accommodation service with person A and with whom person A has the same principal home or place of residence; or a person under the age of 18 years who resides with per‐ son A at the accommodation service and for whom per‐ son A is providing a category A social service; but (b) excludes another person who resides at a school hostel with person A gathering— (a) means people who are intermingling in a group; but (b) excludes people who remain at least 2 metres away from each other
 so far as is reasonably practicable health service has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Health Practi‐ tioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 high-risk person means a person who— (a) (b) has been diagnosed as having COVID-19; or has 1 or more COVID-19 symptoms; or 7 Part 1 cl 4 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (c) (d) is being or has been tested for COVID-19 and is awaiting a test result; or has been in close contact with someone with suspected, probable, or confirmed COVID-19 in the previous 14 days home or place of residence— (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) includes a campervan, caravan, or other vehicle or temporary structure (for example, a tent) that is a place of residence; and in the case of a building (other than an accommodation service or a school hostel), includes the land that is part of the property on which the building is situated (other than any common areas); and includes any prison, hospital, or other facility or place in which a person is detained or compulsorily placed under any enactment; and in the case of a block of flats or other building (other than an accommo‐ dation service) that has more than 1 home or place of residence, excludes the other homes or places of residence; and in the case of an accommodation service or a school hostel, includes all of the homes or places of residence, shared facilities (such as a kitchen, bathroom, or laundry), common areas (such
 as a lounge or recreation space), and land that is part of the property on which the building is situ‐ ated Isolation and Quarantine Order means the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Order 2020 managers of a private school has the same meaning as in section 10(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020 Maritime Border Order means the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Maritime Border) Order (No 2) 2020 people responsible, in relation to a controlled gathering, means— (a) (b) the
 organiser of the controlled gathering; and the person in control of the defined space or premises in which the con‐ trolled gathering is held person in control,— (a) in relation to a defined space or premises (other than a vehicle in use as part of a public transport service),— (i) means a person who manages or controls the defined space or premises; and (ii) includes— (A) (B) any occupier of the defined space or premises; and if a facility or venue of a business or service is hired for an event or activity, that business or service; and (b) in relation to a public transport service,— 8 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 1 cl 4 (i) (ii) means a person who carries on the business of operating the pub‐ lic transport service; but excludes a person who drives or operates a vehicle in use as part of that service (unless the driver or operator is also a person described in subparagraph (i)) premises includes any commercial premises, private premises, or vehicle public transport service— (a) means a service for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward that is available to the public generally; but (b) (c) excludes a service for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward that is hired for the purposes of a business or service; and always includes a service of the kind described in paragraph (a) that is provided by means of a small passenger service vehicle QR code means a unique identifying code issued by the New Zealand Govern‐ ment for the purpose of enabling contact tracing rail vehicle has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Railways Act 2005 region has the same meaning in section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 2002 school board has the same meaning as in section 7(1)(d) of the Crown Entities Act 2004 school hostel has the same meaning as hostel in section 10(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020 school transport service means the carriage of passengers for hire or
 reward that is contracted or funded by the Ministry of Education, local authorities, school boards, managers of a private school, or Auckland Transport for the sole or primary purpose of transporting children to and from school shared bubble arrangement means an agreement by all of the residents (who are aged 18 years or over and have full capacity) of no more than 2 homes or places of residence within the same or adjacent districts to quarantine in accordance with this order as if they were 1 home or place of residence shared caregiver, in relation to a child, means a person who, under an agree‐ ment, or a parenting order or an interim parenting order made under the Care of Children Act 2004, has the role of providing the day-to-day care of the child ship has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994 small passenger service vehicle has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Land Transport Act 1998 transport station has the same meaning as in section 591(6) of the Local Gov‐ ernment Act 1974 9 Part 1 cl 5 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 vehicle includes a vessel, rail vehicle, ship, aircraft, motorcycle, or bicycle venue business means a business that provides a venue for gatherings (whether as the main or an ancillary part of the business) vulnerable person means a person who is at significant risk of serious illness if the person contracts COVID-19 worker means, in relation to a business or service, any person who carries out work in any capacity for that business or service (whether paid or unpaid) workplace— (a) means premises where work is being carried out, or is customarily car‐ ried out, for a business or service; and (b) includes premises where a worker goes, or is likely to be, while at work.
(2) For the purpose of the definition of defined space in subclause (1),— (a) (b) 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: an outdoor space is also a single space if there is at least 2 metres that separates all people in that space from other people who are outside that space.
5 How requirements apply to businesses and services (1) A reference in this order to a requirement applying to a business or service applies that requirement to the person who carries on that business or service.

(2) A requirement that applies in relation to a particular activity is a requirement that applies to a business or service to the extent that the activity is carried out by the business or service.
(3) 6 (1) If more than 1 business or service operates in the same, or shared, premises (for example, a shopping mall, a marketplace, or a cafe that operates in an office building), each of those businesses and services must comply with all of the requirements in this order to the extent that they apply to that business or ser‐ vice or its activities.

Alert level 4 area: description and map The area described in Schedule 4 is the alert level 4 area.
(2) An indicative map of the alert level 4 area is set out in Schedule 5.

(3) If there is any inconsistency between the description under subclause (1) and the map, the description prevails.

7 Transitional, savings, and related provisions The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.
10 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 2 cl 10 8 (1) Application of order to different alert level areas Part 3 applies— (a) (b) (c) to the alert level 4 area; and to any property if a part of it is in the alert level 4 area; and to any other place if necessary for the purpose of enforcing the require‐ ments in a place referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
(2) Part 4 applies to all areas of New Zealand except to the extent that Part 3 applies.

(3) The rest of this order applies to the whole of New Zealand.

Part 2 Alert level requirements to prevent outbreak or spread of COVID-19 that apply at all alert levels QR codes 9 Display of QR codes in workplaces (1) A person in control of a workplace must ensure that a copy of a QR code for the workplace is displayed in a prominent place at or near the main entrance of the workplace.
(2) However, subclause (1)— (a) (b) does not apply if the workplace is a vehicle; and applies to the workplace of a business or service that is in a dwelling house only if— (i) customers or clients of the business or service customarily enter the dwelling house; or (ii) workers of the business or service customarily enter the dwelling house (and those workers are not residents of the dwelling house or providing a category A social service).
(3) A breach of subclause (1) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.

10 Display of QR codes on public transport services (1) A person in control of a public transport service must ensure that a copy of a QR code is displayed in a prominent place on or inside any vehicle that is in use as part of that service.
(2) However, subclause (1) does not apply in relation to a public transport service if 1 or both of the following apply: (a) all persons using the service are required to supply their contact details in order to use the service: 11 Part 2 cl 11 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (b) the service is a school transport service.

(3) A breach of subclause (1) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
Contact records at workplaces 11 Workplaces to have systems and processes to enable keeping of contact records (1) In addition to the requirement in clause 9(1), a person in control of a workplace must have other record-keeping systems and processes in place to enable a con‐ tact record to be kept of,— (a) (b) in the case of a specified workplace, all workers of that workplace enter‐ ing the workplace: in the case of any other workplace, all persons aged 12 years or older entering that workplace.
(2) If the person in control of the workplace collects a contact record for the sole purpose of enabling contact tracing, the person must— (a) (b) keep the record for a period of 60 days; and then dispose of the record.

(3) Subclauses (1) and (2) do not apply if the workplace is excluded from the application of clause 9(1).
(4) For the purposes of subclause (1)(a), specified workplace means— (a) (b) (c) a transport station; or a supermarket; or a petrol station, including any business operating out of the petrol sta‐ tion.

(5) A breach of subclause (1) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
(6) For additional contact record requirements for some businesses and services, see— (a) (b) clause 26 and Schedule 2 for alert level 4 requirements: clause 37 and Schedule 3 for alert level 3 requirements.

Face covering requirements on public transport services 12 (1) Face covering requirements on public transport services Every person must wear a face covering while on board a vehicle that is in use as part of a public transport service.
(2) However, subclause (1) does not apply— 12 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 2 cl 14 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) to a ferry service carrying passengers between the North Island and the South Island; or to a ship that has no enclosed space for passengers; or to air transport; or to a school transport service; or in the circumstances set out in clause 14.
(3) A breach of subclause (1) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.

13 (1) Face covering requirements on domestic air transport services Every person must wear a face covering while on board a vehicle that is in use as part of a domestic air transport service.

(2) However, subclause (1) does not apply in the circumstances set out in clause 14.
(3) In this clause, domestic air transport service means a public transport service that is transporting persons by air transport between places that are both in New Zealand.

(4) A breach of subclause (1) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
14 Exemptions from face covering requirements Clauses 12(1) and 13(1) do not apply to a person if— (a) there is an emergency; or (b) wearing a face covering is not safe in all of the circumstances; or (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) the person is in a defined space or an enclosed space that is separate from the passenger area; or the person is communicating with a person who is deaf or hard of hear‐ ing and visibility of the mouth is essential for communication; or the person is asked to remove the face covering to ascertain identity; or removal of, or not wearing, the face covering is otherwise required or authorised by law; or the person is under the age of 12 years; or the person has a physical or mental illness or condition or disability that makes wearing a face covering unsuitable; or the person needs to remove the face covering to take medicine; or the person needs to remove the face covering to eat or drink (if eating or drinking is permitted by the conditions of carriage on the relevant ser‐ vice).
13 Part 2 cl 15 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Physical distancing requirements 15 Meaning of 1-metre and 2-metre physical distancing rules (1) In this order, the 1-metre physical distancing rule— (a) (b) requires that a person remain at least 1 metre away from any other per‐ son; but applies only if the 1-metre physical distancing rule (rather than the 2- metre physical distancing rule) applies to each person referred to in para‐ graph (a) (for example, both persons are workers); and (c) does not apply to a person in relation to their fellow residents.
(2) In this order, the 2-metre physical distancing rule— (a) (b) requires that a person remain 2 metres away from any other person; but does not apply to a person in relation to their fellow residents.
Restrictions on travel between alert level areas 16 Restrictions on travel between alert level 4 area and alert level 3 area (1) A person may go into the alert level 4 area from the alert level 3 area, or go out of the alert level 4 area into the alert level 3 area, only if— (a) (b) that travel is for 1 or more of the purposes permitted under clause 17; and the person, so far as is reasonably practicable, travels directly without stopping while in the other alert level area (except for the permitted pur‐ pose of the travel under clause 17 or a permitted airport transfer).
(2) For the purposes of subclause (1)(b), a permitted airport transfer is a stop by a person at an airport for the purpose of transferring to an aircraft to go to another place in New Zealand or outside New Zealand if— (a) (b) the person does not leave the airport except to board a departing flight or to stay in temporary accommodation; and the person’s departing flight is scheduled to depart within 24 hours after the person enters the airport.
(3) For the purposes of subclause (1), a person does not go into or out of an alert level area just because— (a) (b) the person is travelling along a road that forms part of the boundary of the alert level 4 area; or the person’s property is divided by the boundary of the alert level 4 area (or a road that forms part of the boundary) and the person is accessing a part of their property (see also clause 8(1)(b), which relates to the appli‐ cation of Part 3 to a property that is partly within the alert level 4 area).
14 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 2 cl 17 17 (1) Permitted purposes for travel between alert level 4 area and alert level 3 area Permissions for travel into, out of, or through alert level 4 area For the purposes of clause 16, a person is permitted to go into, out of, or through the alert level 4 area for 1 or more of the following purposes (and to return to their home or place of residence afterwards): Working for certain businesses or services (a) to do either of the following in relation to a business or service (and, if necessary, stay in no more than 1 place as temporary accommodation): (i) (ii) go to or carry out work for the businesses or service if it is of a kind listed in Schedule 2 (regardless of whether the business or service is in the alert level 4 area): do necessary work of the kind described in clause 23(2) or 34(2) at premises of the business or service that are in the same or an adjacent district: if the person is referred to in clause 43(p) to (s), to go to work (and, if necessary, stay in no more than 1 place as temporary accommodation): Shared bubble arrangements and shared caregiver arrangements to visit or stay at another home or place of residence under a shared bub‐ ble arrangement if— (i) (ii) one person lives alone in one, or both, of those residences or all persons in one of those residences are vulnerable persons; and the residents of the home or place of residence in the alert level 3 area are not
 part of an extended bubble arrangement: (b) (c) (d) if the person is a child, to go to the home or place of residence of a shared caregiver (and then visit or stay), provided that— (i) (ii) the child and shared caregiver are part of a shared bubble arrange‐ ment; and the residents of the home or place of residence in the alert level 3 area are not part of an extended bubble arrangement: if the person is a fellow resident of a child referred to in paragraph (d), to accompany the child going to, or returning
 from, the home or place of residence of the shared caregiver or to collect a child for that purpose: Care of children and others to provide urgent care for a child, or to provide care or support to a per‐ son in a critical or terminal condition, if no other appropriate person is able to provide that care or support in the alert level area in which it is needed: (e) (f) 15 Part 2 cl 17 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Accessing health services with appointment (g) to attend— (i) a scheduled appointment to receive their first or second injection of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine if the appointment is in the same or an adjoining district: (ii) a scheduled appointment with another health service: Accessing judicial institutions if required or permitted (h) to attend a court, tribunal, New Zealand Parole Board hearing, or other judicial institution that they are required or permitted to attend by that institution: Leaving or relocating home on court order, etc (i) to leave or change their home or place of residence as required by— (i) (ii) a court order; or anyone exercising a power under any enactment to— (A) (B) (C) order the person to be detained; or order the person to change their place of detention; or determine the person’s place of residence: Example of power A direction of the New Zealand Parole Board or a probation officer.
(j) (ja) to leave or change a home or a place of residence after a period of requirement, detention, or determination described in paragraph (i): to collect a person referred to in paragraph (i) or (j) for the purpose of accompanying them to their home or place of residence (or intended principal home or place of residence) in New Zealand: Leaving or relocating home from hospital, etc (k) to leave or change a home or a place of residence that is a hospital, another residential health service, or residential care: Leaving New Zealand (l) if leaving New Zealand for another jurisdiction, to go to— (i) (ii) an airport or a port from which the person will leave New Zea‐ land; or any managed isolation or quarantine facility immediately before leaving New Zealand: Emergencies (m) if necessary, to preserve their own or any other person’s life or safety: 16 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 2 cl 17 Going home after isolation or quarantine (or arrival) in New Zealand (n) to go to the person’s principal home or place of residence (or intended principal home or place of residence) in New Zealand following— (i) (ii) the completion of their period of isolation or quarantine under the Isolation and Quarantine Order or the Maritime Border Order; or their arrival in New Zealand, if the Isolation and Quarantine Order and Maritime Border Order do not apply to the person on their arrival: (o) to collect a person referred to in paragraph (n) for the purpose of accom‐ panying them to their principal home or place of residence (or intended principal home or place of residence) in New Zealand: Going home to alert level 4 area from alert level 3 area (p) to go to the person’s principal home or place of residence, but only if they are travelling from the alert level 3 area into the alert level 4 area: Caring for pets or other animals (q) without limiting paragraph (a), to provide care, or enable care to be pro‐ vided, for pets or other animals, but only if—
 (i) (ii) a breach of the Animal Welfare Act 1999 could result if the care were not provided; and the travel between alert level areas is necessary to provide the care or enable it to be provided: Accompanying others (r) to accompany any person travelling for a purpose referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (q), but only if it is reasonably necessary for them to accompany that person.
(2) A person must carry evidence of the purpose of their travel and the location of their destination if— (a) they rely on a permission under any of the following provisions: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) subclause (1)(a) or (b) (working for certain businesses or ser‐ vices): subclause (1)(g) (accessing health services with appointment): subclause (1)(h) (accessing judicial institutions if required or per‐ mitted): subclause (1)(i) or (j) (leaving or relocating home on court order, etc): subclause (1)(k) (leaving or relocating home from hospital, etc): subclause (1)(l) (leaving New Zealand): 17 Part 3 cl 18 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (vii) subclause (1)(n) (going home after isolation or quarantine (or arrival) in New Zealand): (viii) subclause (1)(p) (going home to alert level 4 area from alert level 3 area); or (b) they rely on the permission under subclause (1) to return to their home or place of residence after going into, or out of, the alert level 4 area for another permitted purpose.
Additional permissions for travel through alert level 4 area (3) For the purposes of clause 16, a person may go into, through, and out of the alert level 4 area (in 1 trip) for the purpose of going to, or returning from, work or going to the person’s principal home or place of residence if— (a) (b) (c) neither the place of departure nor the destination is in the alert level 4 area; and it is necessary to travel through the alert level 4 area for that purpose; and the person carries evidence of the purpose of their travel and the location of their destination.
(4) Subclause (3) does not limit subclause (1).

Evidence required by subclause (2) or (3) (5) The evidence required by subclause (2) or (3) may (but need not) be or include a document issued by the New Zealand Government for the purposes of this clause.

Permissions do not apply to travel within alert level 4 area (6) The permissions in this clause do not apply to travel that takes place only within the alert level 4 area or the alert level 3 area (see clauses 19 and 30).
Clause 17(1)(d): replaced, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 4(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).

Clause 17(1)(ja): inserted, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 4(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).
Part 3 Alert level 4 requirements to prevent outbreak or spread of COVID-19 Stay-at-home requirements in alert level 4 area 18 Stay-at-home requirements in alert level 4 area (1) All persons in the alert level 4 area must— (a) remain at their current home or place of residence, except for essential personal movement permitted under clause 19; and 18 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 3 cl 19 (b) if their home or place of residence is mobile, keep that home or place of residence in the same general location, except to the extent that they would be permitted (if it were not mobile) under clause 19 to leave the home or place of residence as essential personal movement.
(2) A breach of subclause (1)(a) or (b) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
19 Permissions for essential personal movement within alert level 4 area A person is permitted to leave their home or place of residence to do any of the following as essential personal movement (and then return to their home or place of residence afterwards) within the alert level 4 area: Accessing businesses or services (a) to access any alert level 4 business or service or exempt business or ser‐ vice if— (i) (ii) the access is for their own needs or on behalf of a fellow resident, a vulnerable person, or a high-risk person; and the business or service is within the same district or is the nearest business or service of that kind; and (iii) the business or service is— (A) (B) Working an exempt business or service; or an alert level 4 business or service of a kind that Schedule 2 indicates is permitted to have customers and clients in the workplace: (b) to do either of the following (which may include travel between regions within the alert level 4 area): (i) (ii) to provide an alert level 4 business or service operating in compli‐ ance with the alert level 4 requirements: to work for an exempt business or service if they are a worker referred to in clause 43(p) to (s): (c) to do necessary work at any premises under clause 23(2) if the premises are within the same or an adjacent district within the alert level 4 area: Limited recreation purposes (d) to undertake exercise or other recreation if— (i) (ii) it is done in an outdoor place appropriate for that kind of exercise or recreation that is readily accessible (including by using their vehicle) from their home or place of residence; and it is done in compliance with the requirements that relate to phys‐ ical distancing (see clause 20) and the prohibition against gather‐ ing in outdoor places (see clause 28); and 19 Part 3 cl 19 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (iii) it does not involve swimming, surfing, scuba-diving, water-based activities involving boating, sailing boats, motorised
 craft, or motorised equipment, hunting in motorised vehicles, tramping, or flying manned aircraft; and (iv) it does not involve any other activities that expose the participant to danger or may require search and rescue services: Limited customary purposes (e) to exercise Māori customary rights to fishing and food gathering if— (i) (ii) (iii) it is done in an outdoor place that is readily accessible (including by using their vehicle) from their home or place of residence; and it is done in compliance with the requirements that relate to phys‐ ical distancing (see clause 20) and the prohibition against gather‐ ing in outdoor places (see clause 28); and it does not involve swimming, surfing, scuba-diving, water-based activities involving boating, sailing boats, motorised craft, or motorised equipment, hunting in motorised vehicles, tramping, or flying manned aircraft; and (iv) it does not involve any other activities that expose the participant to danger or may require search and rescue services: Shared bubble arrangements and shared caregiver arrangements (f) to visit or stay at another home or place of residence under a shared bub‐ ble arrangement if— (g) (h) (i) (i) (ii) one person lives alone in one, or both, of those residences; or all persons in one of those residences are vulnerable persons: if the person is a child leaving the home or place of residence of a shared caregiver, to visit or stay at the home or place of residence of another shared caregiver provided that the residents of the homes or places of residence of the shared caregivers are part of the same shared bubble arrangement: Care of children and others to provide urgent care for a child or to provide care or support to a per‐ son in a critical or terminal condition: to provide childcare for a worker who is described in paragraph (b) or (c), or who is exempt from clause 18 pursuant to an exemption granted by the Director-General under clause 44, if— (i) the worker has to leave their home or place of
 residence to work and has no one in their shared bubble arrangement who is able to provide childcare; and (ii) the person who provides the childcare— 20 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 3 cl 19 (A) (B) is the only person outside the worker’s home, place of resi‐ dence, or shared bubble arrangement who provides the worker with childcare; and does not provide childcare to any other person and acts as if they were in a shared bubble arrangement with the worker: to convey children to, or from, the home or place of residence of a per‐ son providing childcare if the conveying person is the worker, or the childcare provider, described in paragraph (i): Accessing health services to access a health service, including to receive their first or second injec‐ tion of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: Accessing judicial institutions to attend a court, tribunal, New Zealand Parole Board hearing, or other judicial institution that they are required or permitted to attend by that institution: Leaving or relocating home on court order, etc (j) (k) (l) (m) to leave or change their home or place of residence as required by— (i) (ii) a court order; or anyone exercising a power under any enactment to— (A) (B) (C) order the person to be detained; or order the person to change their place of detention; or determine the person’s place of residence: Example of power A direction of the New Zealand Parole Board or a probation officer.
(n) (o) to leave or change a home or a place of residence after a period of requirement, detention, or determination described in paragraph (m): Leaving or relocating home from hospital, etc to leave or change a home or a place of residence that is a hospital, another residential health service, or residential care: Leaving New Zealand (p) if leaving New Zealand for another jurisdiction, to go to— (i) (ii) an airport or a port from which the person will leave New Zea‐ land; or any managed isolation and quarantine facility immediately before leaving New Zealand: Emergencies (q) if necessary, to preserve their own or any other person’s life or safety: 21 Part 3 cl 20 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Relocating home or place of residence (r) to change their home or place of residence if necessary to use a tempor‐ ary or emergency home or place of residence (for example, for care while sick or to seek refuge in women’s refuge accommodation): Going home after isolation or quarantine (or arrival) (s) to go to the person’s home or place of residence (or intended home or place of residence) following— (i) (ii) the completion of their period of isolation or quarantine under the Isolation and Quarantine Order or the Maritime Border Order; or if the Isolation and Quarantine Order and Maritime Border Order do not apply to the person, their arrival in New Zealand: (t) to collect a person referred to in paragraph (s) for the purpose of accom‐
 panying them to their home or place of residence (or intended home or place of residence): Caring for pets or other animals (u) to care for pets or other animals that they own or are in charge of if— (i) (ii) it is necessary to do so; and the pets or other animals are within the same or an adjacent dis‐ trict within the alert level 4 area: Travelling between alert level areas if permitted by clause 17 (v) to travel, in accordance with clause 16(1), for 1 or more of the purposes permitted by clause 17: Assisting fellow resident (w) to assist a fellow resident to carry out essential personal movement or to accompany a fellow resident carrying out essential personal movement, but only to the extent permitted for that fellow resident under this clause.
Clause 19(g): replaced, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 5(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).

Clause 19(i): replaced, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 5(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).
Clause 19(k): replaced, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 5(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).

Physical distancing and face covering requirements for individuals in alert level 4 area 20 Physical distancing requirements for all individuals in alert level 4 area (1) All persons in the alert level 4 area must comply with the 2-metre physical dis‐ tancing rule so far as is reasonably practicable.
(2) Subclause (1) is subject to subclauses (3), (4), and (5).
22 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 3 cl 21 (3) The following people must comply with the 1-metre physical distancing rule (rather than the 2-metre physical distancing rule) so far as is reasonably prac‐ ticable: (a) (b) all workers of an alert level 4 business or service while they are in the workplace of, or working for, the business or service: all other persons who enter the workplace, or use the services, of an alert level 4 business or service if Schedule 2 indicates that the 1-metre phys‐ ical distancing rule applies to a business or service of that kind.
(4) All persons who enter a workplace of, use the services of, or work for a public transport service provided by means of air transport or a small passenger ser‐ vice vehicle must maintain physical distancing so far as is reasonably practic‐ able.

(5) A breach of subclause (1) or (3) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
21 (1) Additional face covering requirements for individuals in alert level 4 area Every person must wear a face covering when on the premises of the following businesses or services in the alert level 4 area: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) supermarkets: dairies: petrol stations, including any stores operating as part of the petrol sta‐ tion: licensing trusts: pharmacies: food banks: self-service laundries: hardware and do-it-yourself stores: public areas of courts and tribunals, except that— (i) (ii) a judicial officer may exercise discretion regarding the use of face coverings in the room where the hearing is held: this does not affect the exclusion from the closure of premises in clause 23(2)(b): public areas, including customer service counters, of social and commu‐ nity based services provided to support persons to maintain critical well- being or as crisis support for people who are unsafe or homeless.
(2) Every person must wear a face covering at arrival and departure points for pub‐ lic transport services (for example, bus stops, train stations, and airports).

23 Part 3 cl 22 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (3) For a health service other than a pharmacy, every person who is not a patient or worker of the health service must wear a face covering when on the premises of the health service.
(4) However, subclauses (1) to (3) do not apply in the circumstances set out in clause 22.

(5) A breach of any of subclauses (1) to (3) is an infringement offence for the pur‐ poses of section 26(3) of the Act.
22 Exemptions from additional face covering requirements in clause 21 Clause 21 does not apply to a person if— (a) there is an emergency; or (b) wearing a face covering is not safe in all of the circumstances; or (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) the person is communicating with a person who is deaf or hard of hear‐ ing and visibility of the mouth is essential for communication; or the person is asked to remove the face covering to ascertain identity; or removal of, or not wearing, the face covering is otherwise required or authorised by law; or the person is under the age of 12 years; or the person has a physical or mental illness or condition or disability that makes wearing a face covering unsuitable; or the person needs to remove the face covering to take medicine; or the person needs to remove the face covering to eat or drink.
Workplace requirements in alert level 4 area 23 Closure of premises in alert level 4 area (1) A person in control of premises in the alert level 4 area must close those prem‐ ises unless— (a) (b) the person is carrying on an alert level 4 business or service; and the alert level 4 business or service is operating in compliance with the alert level 4 requirements.
(2) However,— (a) this clause does not prevent a person from undertaking any necessary work in any premises for either of the following purposes: (i) minimum basic operations required to— (A) maintain the condition or value of, or clean, the premises, or any plant, equipment, or goods in the premises: (B) (C) care for animals: receive stock or freight (including livestock): 24 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 3 cl 25 (D) enable workers to work, or to continue to work, remotely from their homes or places of residence: (ii) to prepare the premises for reopening (and to meet public health guidance); and (b) this clause does not apply to any premises referred to in section 12(2)(c) or (d) of the Act.
(2A) If a person is undertaking any necessary work in the premises of a business or service in reliance on subclause (2), the business or service must comply with clauses 24 and 25.

(3) A breach of subclause (1) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.

Clause 23(2A): inserted, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 6 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).
24 Businesses and services in alert level 4 area to have systems and processes for physical distancing requirements (1) An alert level 4 business or service must have systems and processes in place to— (a) maintain compliance so far as is reasonably practicable with the 1-metre physical distancing rule (rather than the 2-metre physical distancing rule) for all workers in a workplace of, or while working for, the busi‐ ness or service; and (b) maintain compliance so far as is reasonably practicable with the 2-metre physical distancing rule for any other persons entering a workplace, or using the services, of the business or service; and (c) mitigate, so far as is reasonably practicable, the risks of spreading COVID-19 that arise to the extent that physical distancing is not fully maintained (for example, through regular cleaning of surfaces or the installation of plastic barriers).
Subclause (1)(a) and (b) applies except to the extent adjusted by clause 27.

Businesses and services in alert level 4 area to have systems and processes to minimise travel An alert level 4 business or service must have systems and processes in place to, so far as is reasonably practicable,— (a) minimise travel of its workers between districts or alert level areas; and (b) mitigate the risks of spreading COVID-19 that arise to the extent that its workers travel between districts or alert level areas.
(2) 25 25 Part 3 cl 26 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 26 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Certain business and services in alert level 4 area to have systems and processes for contact record rule In this clause, contact record rule, in relation to a business or service, means that the person in control of a workplace of a business or service must have systems and processes in place to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that each person aged 12 years or older who enters the workplace— (a) (b) scans the QR code for the workplace or otherwise makes their own con‐ tact record; or provides a contact record that the person in control of the workplace col‐ lects.
The person in control of a workplace of a business or service must comply with the contact record rule if Schedule 2 indicates that the rule applies to a business or service of that kind.
The person in control of a workplace of any of the following businesses and services must comply with the contact record rule, but only in relation to people other than workers of the business or service: (a) (b) a court or tribunal: a social or community-based service with a public area, including a cus‐ tomer service counter: (c) a health service (including a pharmacy).

In subclause (3), worker includes a judicial officer of the court or tribunal.
This clause does not apply to a workplace that is excluded from the application of clause 9(1).

See clause 11(2) for requirements for the retention and disposal of contact records that are collected for the sole purpose of enabling contact tracing.
27 Adjusted alert level 4 requirements for businesses and services The alert level 4 requirements are adjusted for an alert level 4 business or ser‐ vice as follows: (a) (b) unless Schedule 2 indicates that a business or service of that kind may have customers and clients in the workplace, the business or service must have systems and processes in place to ensure so far as is reason‐ ably practicable that— (i) (ii) no customers or clients enter the workplace; and there is no close personal contact with or between customers or clients: if Schedule 2 indicates that the 1-metre physical distancing rule applies to a business or service of that kind, the business or service must have systems and processes in place to maintain compliance so far as is reasonably practicable with the 1-metre physical distancing rule (rather 26 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 4 cl 29 than the 2-metre physical distancing rule) for all persons entering the workplace of, using the services of, or working for the business or ser‐ vice: (c) for a public transport service provided by means of air transport or a small passenger service vehicle, the business or service must have sys‐ tems and processes in place to maintain physical distancing so far as is reasonably practicable for all persons entering the workplace of, using the services of, or working for the business or service: (d) the business or service must comply with all conditions (if any) set out for a business or service of that kind in Schedule 2.
Prohibition on gatherings in outdoor places in alert level 4 area 28 Prohibition on gatherings in outdoor places in alert level 4 area (1) A person must not attend a gathering in any outdoor place in an alert level 4 area.

(2) A person must not organise a gathering in any outdoor place in an alert level 4 area.

(3) This clause does not apply to— (a) (b) a gathering of fellow residents; or any premises referred to in section 12(2)(d) of the Act.
(4) A breach of subclause (2) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
Part 4 Alert level 3 requirements to prevent outbreak or spread of COVID-19 Stay-at-home requirements in alert level 3 area 29 Stay-at-home requirements in alert level 3 area (1) All persons in the alert level 3 area must— (a) (b) remain at their current home or place of residence, except for essential personal movement permitted under clause 30; and if their home or place of residence is mobile, keep that home or place of residence in the same general location, except to the extent that they would be permitted (if it were not mobile) under clause 30 to leave the home or place of residence as essential personal movement.
(2) A breach of subclause (1)(a) or (b) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
27 Part 4 cl 30 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 30 Permissions for essential personal movement within alert level 3 area A person is permitted to leave their home or place of residence to do any of the following as essential personal movement (and then return to their home or place of residence afterwards) within the alert level 3 area: Accessing businesses or services (1) to access any business or service if— (a) (b) the access is for their own needs or on behalf of a fellow resident, a vulnerable person, or a high-risk person; and the business or service is within the same region or is the nearest business or service of that kind; and (c) the business or service is— (i) (ii) (iii) an exempt business or service; or a business or service of a kind that Schedule 3 indicates is permitted to have customers and clients in the workplace; or in any other case, a business or service that is operating in compliance with the additional condition in item 23 of Schedule 3: Attending education entities (2) to attend any education entity if— (a) (b) permitted to do so by the education entity in compliance with the alert level 3 requirements; and the education entity is within the same or an adjacent region within the alert level 3 area: Working (3) (4) to provide a business or service operating in compliance with the alert level 3 requirements (or to do necessary work at any premises under clause 34(2)) if the business or service is within the same or an adjacent region within the alert level 3 area (which may include, if necessary, to stay in no more than 1 place as temporary accommodation): to do either of the following (which may include travel between regions within the alert level 3 area and, if necessary, staying in no more than 1 place as temporary accommodation): (a) (b) to provide a business or service of a kind that is listed in Schedule 2 (even though the business or service is not subject to alert level 4 requirements in the alert level
 3 area); or to work for an exempt business or service if they are a worker referred to in clause 43(p) to (s): (5) to work at an education entity if the education entity is— 28 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 4 cl 30 (a) operating in compliance with the alert level 3 requirements; and (b) within the same or an adjacent region within the alert level 3 area: Limited recreation purposes (6) to undertake exercise or other recreation if— (a) (b) (c) (d) it is done in an outdoor place appropriate for that kind of exercise or recreation that is readily accessible (including by using their vehicle) from their home or place of residence; and it is done in compliance with the requirements that relate to phys‐ ical distancing (see clause 31) and the prohibition against gather‐ ing in outdoor places (see clause 39); and it does not involve scuba-diving, water-based activities involving boating, sailing boats, motorised craft, or motorised equipment, hunting in motorised vehicles, or flying manned aircraft; and it does not involve any other activities that expose the participant to danger or may require search and rescue services: Limited customary purposes (7) to exercise Māori customary rights to fishing and food gathering if— (a) (b) (c) (d) it is done in an outdoor place that is readily accessible (including by using their vehicle) from their home or place of residence; and it is done in compliance with the requirements that relate to phys‐ ical distancing (see clause 31) and the prohibition against gather‐ ing in outdoor places (see clause 39); and it does not involve scuba-diving, water-based activities involving boating, sailing boats, motorised craft, or motorised equipment, hunting in motorised vehicles, or flying manned aircraft; and it does not involve any other activities that expose the participant to danger or may require search and rescue services: Extended bubble arrangements
 and shared caregiver arrangements (8) to visit or stay at another home or place of residence if— (a) (b) the residents of those homes or places of residence are part of an extended bubble arrangement; and both homes or places of residence are within the same or adjacent regions within the alert level 3 area: (9) if the person is a child leaving the home or place of residence of a shared caregiver, to visit or stay at the home or place of residence of another shared caregiver provided that the residents of the homes or places of residence of the shared caregivers are part of the same extended bubble arrangement: 29 Part 4 cl 30 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Care of children and others and visiting residential disability care (10) (11) to provide urgent care for a child or to provide care or support to a per‐ son in a critical or terminal condition: to visit people in residential disability care (as defined in section 4(1) of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001) if permitted to do so by the care provider: Accessing health services (12) to access a health service, including to receive their first or second injec‐ tion of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: Accessing judicial institutions (13) to attend a court, tribunal, New Zealand Parole Board hearing, or other judicial institution that they are required or permitted to attend by that institution: Leaving or relocating home on court order, etc (14) to leave or change their home or place of residence as required by— (a) (b) a court order; or anyone exercising a power under any enactment to— (i) (ii) order the person to be detained; or order the person to change their place of detention; or (iii) determine the person’s place of residence: Example of power A direction of the New Zealand Parole Board or a probation officer.
(15) to leave or change a home or a place of residence after a period of requirement, detention, or determination described in paragraph (14): Leaving or relocating home from hospital, etc (16) to leave or change a home or a place of residence that is a hospital, another residential health service, or residential care: Leaving New Zealand (17) if leaving New Zealand for another jurisdiction, to go to— (a) (b) an airport or a port from which the person will leave New Zea‐ land; or any managed isolation and quarantine facility immediately before leaving New Zealand: Emergencies (18) if necessary, to preserve their own or any other person’s life or safety: 30 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 4 cl 30 Relocating home or business premises (19) (20) to relocate their home or place of residence or business premises on a permanent or long-term basis, or leave their home or place of residence to arrange or carry out the relocation (including to inspect the property or a potential property): to change their home or place of residence if necessary to use a tempor‐ ary or emergency home or place of residence (for example, for care while sick or to seek refuge in women’s refuge accommodation): Going home after isolation or quarantine (or arrival) (21) to go to the person’s home or place of residence (or intended home or place of residence) following— (a) (b) the completion of their period of isolation or quarantine under the Isolation and Quarantine Order or the Maritime Border Order; or if the Isolation and Quarantine Order and Maritime Border Order do not apply to the person, their arrival in New Zealand: (22) to collect a person referred to in paragraph (21) for the purpose of accompanying them to their home or place of residence (or intended home or place of residence): Controlled gatherings (23) to attend— (a) (b) a controlled gathering within the same or an adjacent region within the alert level 3 area; or a controlled gathering within
 another region within the alert level 3 area if it is a funeral service or tangihanga: Accompanying tūpāpaku or deceased persons (24) to collect or accompany a tūpāpaku or deceased person, but only if the total number of people collecting or accompanying the tūpāpaku or deceased person (including the person operating the vehicle) is no more than 10 (which is the number of people permitted at any one time at a controlled gathering): Caring for pets or other animals (25) to care for pets or other animals that they own or are in charge of if— (a) (b) it is necessary to do so; and the pets or other animals are within the same or an adjacent region within the alert level 3 area: Travelling between alert level areas if permitted by clause 17 (26) to travel, in accordance with clause 16(1), for 1 or more of the purposes permitted by clause 17: 31 Part 4 cl 31 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Assisting fellow resident (27) to assist a fellow resident to carry out essential personal movement or to accompany a fellow resident carrying out essential personal movement, but only to the extent permitted for that fellow resident under this clause.
Clause 30(3): replaced, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 7(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).

Clause 30(9): replaced, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 7(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).
Clause 30(12): replaced, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 7(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).

Physical distancing and face covering requirements for individuals in alert level 3 area 31 Physical distancing requirements for all individuals in alert level 3 area (1) All persons in the alert level 3 area must comply with the 2-metre physical dis‐ (2) (3) tancing rule so far as is reasonably practicable.
Subclause (1) is subject to subclauses (3), (4), and (5).
The following people must comply with the 1-metre physical distancing rule (rather than the 2-metre physical distancing rule) so far as is reasonably prac‐ ticable: (a) (b) all workers of a business or service while they are in the workplace of, or working for, the business or service: all other persons who enter the workplace, or use the services, of a busi‐ ness or service if Schedule 3 indicates that the 1-metre physical distanc‐ ing rule applies to a business or service of that kind.
(4) All persons who enter a workplace of, use the services of, or work for a public transport service provided by means of air transport or a small passenger ser‐ vice vehicle must maintain physical distancing so far as is reasonably practic‐ able.

(5) The 2-metre physical distancing rule and the 1-metre physical distancing rule do not apply to a school transport service.

(6) A breach of subclause (1) or (3) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
Additional face covering requirements for individuals in alert level 3 area Every person must wear a face covering when on the premises of the following businesses or services in the alert level 3 area: (a) (b) (c) supermarkets: dairies: petrol stations, including any stores operating as part of the petrol sta‐ tion: 32 (1) 32 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 4 cl 33 (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) licensing trusts: pharmacies: food banks: self-service laundries: hardware and do-it-yourself stores: public areas of courts and tribunals, except that— (i) (ii) a judicial officer may exercise discretion regarding the use of face coverings in the room where the hearing is held: this does not affect the exclusion from the closure of premises in clause 34(2)(b): public areas of category A social services, including customer service counters: retail butchers, fishmongers, and greengrocers: shopping malls (but see item 15 of Schedule 3 for the limited purposes for which shopping malls may allow access): banks: public areas of premises operated by New Zealand Post Limited, includ‐ ing customer service counters (but see item 17 of Schedule 3 for the limited purposes for which New Zealand Post Limited may allow access).
(2) (3) Every person must wear a face covering at arrival and departure points for pub‐ lic transport services (for example, bus stops, train stations, and airports).

For a health service other than a pharmacy, every person who is not a patient or worker of the health service must wear a face covering when on the premises of the health service.

(4) A worker delivering goods to a dwelling house must wear a face covering for any part of the trip during which they are not in or on their vehicle.
(5) However, subclauses (1) to (4) do not apply in the circumstances set out in clause 33.

(6) A breach of any of subclauses (1) to (4) is an infringement offence for the pur‐ poses of section 26(3) of the Act.
33 Exemptions from additional face covering requirements in clause 32 Clause 32 does not apply to a person if— (a) there is an emergency; or (b) wearing a face covering is not safe in all of the circumstances; or (c) the person is communicating with a person who is deaf or hard of hear‐ ing and visibility of the mouth is essential for communication; or 33 Part 4 cl 34 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) the person is asked to remove the face covering to ascertain identity; or removal of, or not wearing, the face covering is otherwise required or authorised by law; or the person is under the age of 12 years; or the person has a physical or mental illness or condition or disability that makes wearing a face covering unsuitable; or the person needs to remove the face covering to take medicine; or the person needs to remove the face covering to eat or drink.
Workplace requirements in alert level 3 area 34 Closure of premises unless alert level 3 requirements operating (1) A person in control of premises in the alert level 3 area must close those prem‐ ises unless the person is carrying on a business or service that is operating in compliance with the alert level 3 requirements.
(2) However,— (a) this clause does not prevent a person from undertaking any necessary work in any premises for either of the following purposes: (i) minimum basic operations required to— (A) maintain the condition or value of, or clean, the premises or any plant, equipment, or goods in the premises: (B) (C) (D) care for animals: receive stock or freight (including livestock): enable workers to work, or to continue to work, remotely from their homes or places of residence: (ii) to prepare the premises for reopening (and to meet public health guidance); and (b) this clause does not apply to any premises referred to in section 12(2)(c) or (d) of the Act; and (c) this clause and clause 35 do not apply to a school transport service.
(3) A breach of subclause (1) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
35 Businesses and services in alert level 3 area to have systems and processes for physical distancing requirements (1) A business or service in the alert level 3 area must have systems and processes in place to— (a) maintain compliance so far as is reasonably practicable with the 1-metre physical distancing rule (rather than the 2-metre physical distancing 34 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 4 cl 37 rule) for all workers in a workplace of, or while working for, the busi‐ ness or service; and (b) maintain compliance so far as is reasonably practicable with the 2-metre physical distancing rule for any other persons entering a workplace, or using the services, of the business or service; and (c) mitigate, so far as is reasonably practicable, the risks of spreading COVID-19 that arise to the extent that physical distancing is not fully maintained (for example, through regular cleaning of surfaces or the installation of plastic barriers).
Subclause (1)(a) and (b) applies except to the extent adjusted by clause 38.

Businesses and services in alert level 3 area to have systems and processes to minimise travel A business or service in the alert level 3 area must have systems and processes in place to, so far as is reasonably practicable,— (a) minimise travel of its workers between regions or alert level areas; and (b) mitigate the risks of spreading COVID-19 that arise to the extent that its workers travel between regions or alert level areas.
Certain business and services in alert level 3 area to have systems and processes for contact record rule In this clause, contact record rule, in relation to a business or service, means that the person in control of a workplace of a business or service must have systems and processes in place to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that each person aged 12 years or older who enters the workplace— (a) (b) scans the QR code for the workplace or otherwise makes their own con‐ tact record; or provides a contact record that the person in control of the workplace col‐ lects.
The person in control of a workplace of a business or service in the alert level 3 area must comply with the contact record rule if Schedule 3 indicates that the rule applies to a business or service of that kind.
The person in control of a workplace of any of the following businesses and services in the alert level 3 area must comply with the contact record rule, but only in relation to people other than workers of the business or service: (a) (b) a court or tribunal: a category A social service with a public area, including a customer ser‐ vice counter: (2) 36 37 (1) (2) (3) (c) a health service (including a pharmacy).

(4) In subclause (3), worker includes a judicial officer of the court or tribunal.
35 Part 4 cl 38 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (5) (6) This clause does not apply to a workplace that is excluded from the application of clause 9(1).

See clause 11(2) for requirements for the retention and disposal of contact records that are collected for the sole purpose of enabling contact tracing.
38 Adjusted alert level 3 requirements for businesses and services The alert level 3 requirements are adjusted for a business or service as follows: (a) (b) (c) unless Schedule 3 indicates that a business or service of that kind may have customers and clients in the workplace, the business or service must have systems and processes in place to ensure so far as is reason‐ ably practicable that— (i) (ii) no customers or clients enter the workplace; and there is no close personal contact with or between customers or clients: if Schedule 3 indicates that the 1-metre physical distancing rule applies to a business or service of that kind, the business or service must have systems and processes in place to maintain compliance so far as is reasonably practicable with the 1-metre physical distancing rule (rather than the 2-metre physical distancing rule) for all persons entering the workplace of, using the services of, or working for the business or ser‐ vice: for a public transport service provided by means of air transport or a small passenger service vehicle, the business or service must have sys‐ tems and processes in place to maintain physical distancing so far as is reasonably practicable for all persons entering the workplace of, using the services of, or working for the business or service: (d) the business or service must comply with all conditions (if any) set for a business or service of that kind in Schedule 3.
Prohibition on gatherings in outdoor places in alert level 3 area 39 Prohibition on gatherings in outdoor places in alert level 3 area (1) A person must not attend a gathering in any outdoor place in an alert level 3 area.

(2) A person must not organise a gathering in any outdoor place in an alert level 3 area.
(3) This clause does not apply to— (a) (b) a gathering of fellow residents; or a gathering organised by a venue business operating in compliance with the alert level 3 requirements; or (c) a controlled gathering (see clause 40); or 36 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 4 cl 41 (d) any premises referred to in section 12(2)(d) of the Act.
(4) A breach of subclause (2) is an infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.

Controlled gatherings in alert level 3 area 40 People responsible for controlled gatherings in alert level 3 area must comply with contact record requirements (1) A controlled gathering is permitted in an alert level 3 area, but only if the requirements in subclause (2) are met.
(2) The people responsible for a controlled gathering in an alert level 3 area must ensure that there are systems and processes in place to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, each person aged 12 years or older who attends the controlled gathering— (a) (b) scans the QR code for the controlled gathering or otherwise makes their own contact record; or provides a contact record that is kept by one of the people responsible for or attending the controlled gathering.
Subclause (2) does not apply if every person aged 12 years or older at the con‐ trolled gathering knows, and can identify for the purposes of contact tracing, every other person aged 12 years or older who is attending the controlled gath‐ ering.

Subclauses (1) and (2) do not apply to a controlled gathering organised by a venue business operating in compliance with the alert level 3 requirements (see clause 37 and Schedule 3 in relation to the contact record requirements for venue businesses).
(3) (4) (5) In this clause, controlled gathering means a gathering that meets all of the fol‐ lowing requirements: (a) there are no more than 10 people at any one time at the gathering (including any celebrant, organiser, or other assistant); and (b) the gathering is for one of the following purposes: (i) (ii) a funeral service: a tangihanga: (iii) a wedding or civil union service; and (c) the gathering is one at which no food or drink is served.
41 Individuals must comply with contact record requirements for controlled gatherings in alert level 3 area If clause 40(2) applies to a controlled gathering, a person who attends the con‐ trolled gathering must— 37 Part 5 cl 42 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (a) scan the QR code for the controlled gathering or otherwise make their own contact record; or (b) provide a contact record referred to in that clause.
Part 5 Miscellaneous 42 Exemption for emergencies Nothing in this order prevents any person from assisting in, or responding to, an emergency.
43 Other exemptions from this order Nothing in this order applies— (a) to border services (including law enforcement activities related to border services) provided by Immigration New Zealand, the New Zealand Cus‐ toms Service, Maritime New Zealand, or the Ministry for Primary Indus‐ tries: (b) to the provision of health services, except in relation to— (i) (ii) pharmacies: contact record requirements for other health services under,— (A) (B) for the alert level 4 area, clauses 9, 11, and 26: for the alert level 3 area, clauses 9, 11, and 37: (c) 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: (d) 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: (e) (f) (g) to custodial or detention services managed by the New Zealand Police, the Department of Corrections, or the Ministry of Justice, or within a courthouse: to the administration of sentences and orders by the Department of Cor‐ rections or on its behalf: to people being transported for the purposes of the Department of Cor‐ rections and New Zealand Police fulfilling their purposes and perform‐ ing their functions and duties: (h) to the New Zealand
 Parole Board: 38 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Part 5 cl 44 (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p) (q) (qa) (r) (s) to the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service: to the Government Communications Security Bureau: to the New Zealand Defence Force: to the New Zealand Police: to Fire and Emergency New Zealand: to civil defence emergency management services provided by the National Emergency Management Agency and Civil Defence Emer‐ gency
 Management Groups: to managed isolation or quarantine services for COVID-19 or to people while they are required to be in isolation or quarantine in accordance with either of the following: (i) (ii) the Isolation and Quarantine Order: the Maritime Border Order: to workers carrying out any business or service referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (o): to Parliament: to parliamentary staff or officers of Parliament, in relation to parliamen‐ tary business: to Ministers of the Crown and ministerial staff, in relation to Govern‐ ment business: to people who are enforcement officers carrying out their functions and exercising their powers under the Act.
Clause 43(q): replaced, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 8 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).

Clause 43(qa): inserted, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 8 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).
44 (1) Power for Director-General to grant exemptions from this order The Director-General may exempt any class of persons, businesses, services, or goods (or any person, business, service, or goods) from the application of any provision of this order or from the requirement to comply with any provision of this order in accordance with this clause.
(2) The Director-General may grant an exemption if satisfied that— (a) (b) the exemption is necessary or desirable in order to promote the purposes of the Act or the purposes of this order; and the extent of the exemption is not broader than is reasonably necessary to address the matters that gave rise to the exemption.
(3) In determining whether the condition in subclause (2)(a) is satisfied for an exemption from clause 16 (restrictions on travel between alert level areas), the Director-General must take into account— 39 Part 5 cl 45 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 (a) (b) the extent to which the travel is reasonably necessary, including whether it could reasonably be delayed; and the economic, social, or health benefits associated with the purpose of the travel; and (c) the public health risk associated with the travel and its purpose.
(4) The Director-General may impose conditions on the exemption as the Director- General considers necessary.

(5) An exemption for any specified person, business, service, or goods must be notified in writing to— (a) (b) the applicant; and in the case of an exemption for any specified person, business, or ser‐ vice, the exempt person or business.
(6) An exemption for any class of persons, businesses, services, or goods 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.

(7) However, the Director-General need not comply with subclause (6) before an exemption, or an amendment to an exemption, comes into force if satisfied that the exemption or amendment should come into force urgently.
(8) In that case,— (a) (b) the effect of the exemption (or, in the case of an amendment to an exemption, the effect of the amendment) must be publicly announced before it comes into force; and the Director-General must comply with subclause (6) as soon as practic‐ able after the exemption or amendment comes into force.

45 Revocation Revocation The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 9) 2021 (LI 2021/210) is revoked.
40 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions cl 7 Part 1 Provisions relating to this order as made 1 2 Interpretation In this Part, commencement means the date on and time at which this order commences.
Application of physical distancing requirements in accommodation services where space is limited on commencement (1) This clause applies if, on commencement,— (a) (b) (c) people who are not fellow residents of each other are residing in the same room of an accommodation service; and the number of those people is more than 10 (which is the maximum number of people who may form an accommodation service bubble arrangement); and the room is not large enough to enable compliance with the physical dis‐ tancing requirements while those people are in the room.
The physical distancing requirements do not apply to the extent needed to allow those people to continue residing in that room of the accommodation ser‐ vice.

In this clause, physical distancing requirements means the requirements that apply to those people while they are in the accommodation service and— (a) (b) are described in clauses 20 and 24, if the accommodation service is in the alert level 4 area; or are described in clauses 31 and 35, if the accommodation service is in the alert level 3 area.
(2) (3) 3 Existing exemptions continued An exemption granted by the Director-General under clause 24 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 9) 2021 that is in force immediately before commencement continues in force on and after commencement as if it had been granted under clause 44 of this order, and is subject to the same conditions (if any) as applied before commencement.
41 Schedule 2 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 0 3 , 7 2 , ) 2 ( 6 2 , ) 3 ( 0 2 , 9 1 , ) 1 ( 7 1 , ) 1 ( 4 s l c 7 2 d n a , 6 2 , 42 : : s e s i m e r p n o n o i t p m u s n o c r e f f o r o • • : : s e s i m e r p n o n o i t p m u s n o c r e f f o r o • • n
( e r t e m - 1 ) e r t e m - ✓ ✓ ✓ , s n o i t a t s l o r t e P s t e
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— t p m e x E e e s — t p m e x E 3 4 e s u a l c 3 4 e s u a l c ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ) s e i c a m r a h p n a h t r e h t o ( - , s e r o t s f l e s r u o y - t i - s
( s e c i v r e s y r e v i l e d d o o f d e k o o C 1 1 : : s e i r e k a b • • • — r o f s e c i v r e s y r e v i l e d d o o F 0 1 r o , d r a o B h t l a e H t c i r t s i D a , ) ) s l e e h W n o s l a e M , e l p m a x e r o f ( r o f y r a s s e c e n e r a t a h t ) - ( s t c u d o r p 2 1 43 Schedule 2 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 ( e r t e m - 1 ) e r t e m - , r a e w t o o f , g n i h t o l c y r a s s e c e n : , s r e t a e h , s r o t a r e g i r f e r m u u c a v , s r e y r d d n a s e n i h c a m , e l p m a x e r o f ( s e c n a i l p p a : ) s r e i f i d i m u h e d d n a , s n a f , s r e n a e l c , g n i n a e l c , g n
 i k o o c d e r i u q e r y l t n e g r u : t n e m p i u q e y r d n u a l d n a r o f ( , E P P , n o i t a c i d e m , e l p m a x e : ) s r e s i t i n a s d n a h d n a , s r e s i r u t s i o m , s o o p m a h s , s p a o s , , e l p m a x e r o f ( : ) s t i k
a s t r a p e v i t o m o t u a d n a : ) s t i k : , e l p m a x e r o f ( s e c i v e d , t n e m p i u q e r e t u p m o c , s e n o h p • • • • • • • d n a , e m o h m o r f y d u t s r o k r o w o t , — g n i d u l c n i , , 6 2 , 44 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Schedule — s s e l n u , ; , e l p m a x e r o f ( ) l e t o h a n i e c i v r e s m o o r f o • • ✓ ✓ : y
s k s i r e t a i d e m m i s s e r d d a o t : • • : , m e t i s i h t n I e c n a n e t n i a m d n a , n o i t c u r t s n o c , : g n i w o l l o
r i u q e r s e c i v r e s 4 1 : g n i w o l l o f 45 ( e r t e m - 1 ) e r t e m - , 6 2 , , t n e m p i u q e t e n r e t n I d n a s m e d o m : ) s o i d a r d n a , : • • e c i v r e s r o s s e n i s u B r e b m u N Schedule 2 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 ( e r t e m - 1 ) e r t e m - , 6 2 , 46 e s u a l c e e S ) a ( ) 3 ( 6 2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ f o s d e e n t n e r r u c e h t r o f e d i v o r p o t : y
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E s e i t i t n e n o i t a c u d E 8 1 e s u a l c e e S ) c ( ) 3 ( 7 3 e e s — t p m e x E e e s — t p m e x E 3 4 e s u a l c 3 4 e s u a l c ) s e i c a m r a h p n a h t r e h t o ( s e c i v r e s h t l a e H ) c ( 8 3 e s u a l c e e S ✓ ✓ ✓ ( s e c i v r e s ) 55 Schedule 3 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 .
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b s n w a l t e u q o r c • • • • , 7 3 , 56 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10)
 2021 Schedule 3 r e d r O ) s t n e m e r i u q e R l e v e L t r e l A ( e s n o p s e R h t l a e H c i l b u P I 9 1 - D V O C e h t f o ) 1 ( 0 1 e s u a l c y b , 1 2 0 2 r e b m e t p e S 2 n o m p 9 5 .
1 1 t a , d e d n e m a : 3 m e t i 3 e l u d e h c S . )

6 3 2 / 1 2 0 2 I L ( 1 2 0 2 r e d r O t n e m d n e m A ) 0 1 o N ( r e d r O ) s t n e m e r i u q e R l e v e L t r e l A ( e s n o p s e R h t l a e H c i l b u P I 9 1 - D V O C e h t f o ) 2 ( 0 1 e s u a l c y b , 1 2 0 2 r e b m e t p e S 2 n o m p 9 5 .

1 1 t a , d e c a l p e r : 5 m e t i 3 e l u d e h c S . )
6 3 2 / 1 2 0 2 I L ( 1 2 0 2 r e d r O t n e m d n e m A ) 0 1 o N ( r e d r O ) s t n e m e r i u q e R l e v e L t r e l A ( e s n o p s e R h t l a e H c i l b u P I 9 1 - D V O C e h t f o ) 3 ( 0 1 e s u a l c y b , 1 2 0 2 r e b m e t p e S 2 n o m p 9 5 .

1 1 t a , d e t r e s n i : A 2 2 m e t i 3 e l u d e h c S . )
6 3 2 / 1 2 0 2 I L ( 1 2 0 2 r e d r O t n e m d n e m A ) 0 1 o N ( r e d r O ) s t n e m e r i u q e R l e v e L t r e l A ( e s n o p s e R h t l a e H c i l b u P I 9 1 - D V O C e h t f o ) 4 ( 0 1 e s u a l c y b , 1 2 0 2 r e b m e t p e S 2 n o m p 9 5 .

1 1 t a , d e d n e m a : 3 2 m e t i 3 e l u d e h c S . )
6 3 2 / 1 2 0 2 I L ( 1 2 0 2 r e d r O t n e m d n e m A ) 0 1 o N ( 57 Schedule 4 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Schedule 4 Description of alert level 4 area cl 6(1) Alert level 4 area means— [Revoked] the area within the boundaries of Auckland as shown on LGC-Ak-R1; and the area (bounded by the middle of the roads listed below)— (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) commencing on the mean high-water mark of the west coast of the North Island at the southernmost point of the south-west corner of the area described in paragraph (b) (the boundaries of Auckland); then proceeding in a generally south-easterly direction along the mean high- water mark (and across the mouth of the Waikato River) to the Kaawa Stream; then proceeding in a generally north-easterly direction along the north bank of the Kaawa Stream to the intersection with Port Waikato-Waikaretu Road; then proceeding south along Port Waikato-Waikaretu Road to the intersection with Baker Road; then proceeding north-east along Baker Road to the intersection with Waira‐ marama-Onewhero Road; then proceeding south-east along Wairamarama-Onewhero Road to the inter‐ section with Bothwell Loop Road; then (vii) proceeding north-east along Bothwell Loop Road to the intersection with Waikaretu Valley Road; then (viii) proceeding east along Waikaretu Valley Road to the intersection with State Highway 22; then (ix) (x) (xi) proceeding north-east along State Highway 22 to the intersection with
 Glen Murray Road; then proceeding south-east along Glen Murray Road to the intersection with Churchill Road; then proceeding north along Churchill Road until it crosses Opuatia Stream; then (xii) proceeding in a generally north-easterly direction along the north bank of the Opuatia Stream to the Waikato River; then (xiii) proceeding in a generally northerly direction along the west bank of the Waikato River to the intersection with Mercer Ferry Road; then (xiv) proceeding north-east along Mercer Ferry Road
 to the intersection with Koheroa Road; then (a) (b) (c) 58 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Schedule 4 (xv) proceeding north-east along Koheroa Road to the intersection with Man‐ gatawhiri Road; then (xvi) proceeding north-west along Mangatawhiri Road to the intersection with Lyons Road; then (xvii) proceeding north-east along Lyons Road to the intersection with Papar‐ imu Road; then (xviii) proceeding north-west along Paparimu Road to the intersection with the area described in paragraph (b) (the boundaries of Auckland); then (xix) proceeding in a generally westerly direction along the southern boundary of the boundaries of Auckland to the point of commencement described in subparagraph (i).
Schedule 4 paragraph (a): revoked, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 11 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).
59 Schedule 5 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Schedule 5 Map of alert level 4 area Schedule 5: replaced, at 11.59 pm on 2 September 2021, by clause 12 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236).

cl 6(2) Dated at Wellington this 30th day of August 2021.
60 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Schedule 5 Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for COVID-19 Response.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 30 August 2021.


61 Notes COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 Reprinted as at 7 September 2021 Reprints notes 1 General This is a reprint of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) 2021 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.

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A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official elec‐ tronic version also has official status.
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4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 11) 2021 (LI 2021/237): clause 52 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 10) Amendment Order 2021 (LI 2021/236) Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2021 62