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Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration 2020

Authoritative Version
This instrument declares a public health emergency for the whole of the Jervis Bay Territory pursuant to section 119 of the Public Health Act 1997 (ACT), as in force in the Jervis Bay Territory under section 4A of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915. The nature of the emergency is the public health risk to the Jervis Bay Territory community posed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The emergency period is declared for a period of five days beginning from the day and time this instrument commences.
Administered by: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
General Comments: The period during which this declaration is in force is extended by a period of 90 days to 26 July 2020 (see the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Extension 2020 (No. 1)) and is further extended by 10 periods of 90 days (see the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 1) 2020 to 24 October 2020, the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 2) 2020 to 22 January 2021, the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 1) 2021 to 22 April 2021, the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 2) 2021 to 21 July 2021, the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 3) 2021 to 19 October 2021, the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 4) 2021 to 17 January 2022, the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 5) 2021 to 17 April 2022, the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 1) 2022 to 16 July 2022, the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 2) 2022 to 14 October 2022 and the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration Further Extension (No. 3) 2022 to 12 January 2023). The period during which this declaration is in force is not extended being beyond 12 January 2023.
Registered 23 Apr 2020
Date of repeal 01 Apr 2023
Repealed by Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) (Emergency Declaration) Repeal Instrument 2023

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Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration 2020

Public Health Act 1997 (ACT) (Jervis Bay Territory)

I, RACHEL BACON, Deputy Secretary, Regional and Territories Group, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, exercising powers vested in me under the direction, dated 16 April 2020, made by the Governor-General under subsection 4B(2) of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 (Cwlth):

MAKE, under section 119 of the Public Health Act 1997 (ACT), as in force in the Jervis Bay Territory under section 4A of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 (Cwlth), the DECLARATION set out in this instrument.

 

Dated          22 April 2020 at                           5pm

 

Rachel Bacon
Deputy Secretary
Regional and Territories Group
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

 

 

1.      Name of instrument

This instrument is the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration 2020.

 

2.      Commencement

This instrument comes into force immediately after it is made.

 

3.      Nature of the emergency – subsection 119(2)(a)

The public health risk to the Jervis Bay Territory community posed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

 

4.      Area of the emergency – subsection 119(2)(b)

The area of the public health emergency is for the whole of the Jervis Bay Territory.

 

5.      Period of the emergency – subsection 119(2)(c)

For a period of five days beginning from the day and time this instrument commences.

 

6.      Declaration

I DECLARE, pursuant to section 119 of the Public Health Act 1997 (ACT), as in force in the Jervis Bay Territory under section 4A of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 (Cwlth), being satisfied that it is justified in the circumstances, that a public health emergency exists.