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 EXTENSION 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 Extension 2020 (No. 1).

2.      Commencement

This instrument commences immediately after it is made.

3.      Extension of period of emergency (Act – section 119(4))

I extend the period during which the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration 2020 is in force by a period of 90 days.

Note:     The effect of this extension is that the public health emergency declared under the Public Health (Jervis Bay Territory) Emergency Declaration 2020 will remain in force for a period of 95 days, subject to any future extension or revocation.