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2022/50 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022 This order is made by the Minister for COVID-19 Response under sections 11 and 15(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 in accordance with section 9 of that Act.
Contents 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Title Commencement Principal order Schedule 1 amended Schedule New Part 7 inserted into Schedule 1 of COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Order 2020 Page 1 1 1 1 2 Title Order This order is the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022.

Commencement This order comes into force at 11.59 pm on 2 March 2022.

Principal order This order amends the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quar‐ antine) Order 2020.
Schedule 1 amended In Schedule 1,— (a) insert the Part set out in the Schedule of this order as the last Part; and (b) make all necessary consequential amendments.
1 Schedule COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022 2022/50 Schedule New Part 7 inserted into Schedule 1 of COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Order 2020 cl 4 Part 7 Provisions relating to COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022 17 (1) (2) 18 Part 1D ceases to apply at 11.59 pm on 2 March 2022 This clause applies to a person who is subject to Part 1D of this order immedi‐ ately before 11.59 pm on 2 March 2022.
Part 1D of this order ceases to apply to the person at 11.59 pm on 2 March 2022.

Part 1 ceases to apply to certain people in managed isolation or quarantine at 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022 (1) This clause applies to a person if— (a) (b) the person is subject to Part 1 of this order immediately before 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022; but Part 1 of this order would not have applied to the person if they had arrived in New Zealand immediately at or after that time.
(2) Part 1 of this order ceases to apply to the person at 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022 unless the person is in an MIQF immediately before that time and the chief executive requires the person to remain in the MIQF under subclause (3).
(3) The chief executive— (a) may require the person to remain in an MIQF after 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022— (i) (ii) for the purpose of preventing, and limiting the risk of, the out‐ break or spread of COVID-19; and for as long as is reasonably necessary to enable a co-ordinated, orderly, and proportionate departure from the MIQF; but (b) must not require the person to remain in an MIQF for longer than— (i) (ii) 48 hours after 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022; or the period of isolation or quarantine that would otherwise have applied to the person under Part 1.
(4) A person who is required to remain in an MIQF under subclause (3) remains subject to Part 1 of this order until the earlier of the following: 2 2022/50 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022 Explanatory note (a) the time when the chief executive directs that they are no longer required to remain in the MIQF: (b) 11.59 pm on 6 March 2022.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of March 2022.

Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for COVID-19 Response.


Explanatory note This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order amends the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Order 2020 (the Isolation and Quarantine order).

It comes into force at 11.59 pm on 2 March 2022.


This order relates to amendments made to the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order 2021 by the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Amendment Order 2022 (the Air Border amendments).
The Air Border amendments— (a) (b) remove the requirement for arrivals from Australia and Tonga (and certain other persons) to self-isolate under Part 1D of the Isolation and Quarantine Order from 11.59 pm on 2 March 2022; and remove all remaining requirements for vaccinated overseas arrivals to be isola‐ ted or quarantined under Part 1 from 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022.
This order provides for the following transitional provisions for overseas arrivals who are already self-isolating under Part 1D or in managed isolation or quarantine under Part 1 when the Air Border amendments commence.
Transitional provision for people self-isolating under Part 1D New clause 17 of Schedule 1 of the Isolation and Quarantine Order provides that people who are self-isolating under Part 1D immediately before 11.59 pm on 2 March 2022 are no longer required to self-isolate on and after that time.
Transitional provision for certain people in managed isolation or quarantine New clause 18 of Schedule 1 of the Isolation and Quarantine Order provides that vac‐ cinated people who are in managed isolation or quarantine under Part 1 immediately before 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022 are no longer required to be isolated and quaran‐ tined on or after that time unless required to stay in a managed isolation or quarantine 3 Explanatory note COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order (No 2) 2022 2022/50 facility (an MIQF) for up to 48 extra hours by the chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (the chief executive).
The chief executive may require someone already in an MIQF to remain there for up to 48 extra hours only if it— • • is reasonably necessary to enable a co-ordinated, orderly, and proportionate departure from the MIQF; and does not extend their period of isolation or quarantine beyond what would otherwise have been required under Part 1 of the Isolation and Quarantine Order.
Approval by resolution required This order must be approved by resolution of the House of Representatives before the expiry of the period described in section 16(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

If this does not happen, the order is revoked on the expiry of that period.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 2 March 2022.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Health.
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