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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.