PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 169
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 169
169 . Amendment of public health state of emergency declaration
(1) The Minister may
by written declaration amend a public health state of emergency declaration by
—
(a)
limiting or further limiting the powers that may be exercised during the
remainder of the period for which the declaration is in force;
(b)
removing or reducing, for the remainder of the period for which the
declaration is in force, any limitation previously imposed under paragraph (a)
or section 167(3)(b) or 170(3)(a);
(c)
reducing or expanding the area or areas of the State to which the declaration
applies during the remainder of the period for which the declaration is in
force.
(2) Section 167(2)
applies in relation to a declaration amending a public health state of
emergency declaration in the same way that it applies to the original public
health state of emergency declaration.
(3) A declaration
amending a public health state of emergency declaration has effect on and from
the time it is made.