COVID-19 : NOVEL CORONAVIRUS
WEDNESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Please find below a selection of recent legislation changes relating to COVID-19 and communications for workplaces from key safety and environmental regulators in Australia and New Zealand.
This update is provided on a weekly basis.
LEGISLATION CHANGES
Please note: The legislation in this update was current at time of release. Legislation around COVID-19 is frequently updated and revoked. The URLs provided may no longer be maintained by the relevant legislative website, after the release date.
ASIC Corporations (Extension of Time to Hold AGM) Instrument 2021/770
Public Health (Lockdown Restrictions) Emergency Direction 2021 (No 8)
Road Transport (General) (COVID-19 Emergency Response - Taxi Industry) Application Order 2021 (No 1)
Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008 - Approval (8 September 2021)
Residential Tenancies Amendment (COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Response) Regulation (No 2) 2021
Extension of Operation of Declaration of Public Health Emergency
Border Restrictions Direction (No. 41)
Management of Secondary Contacts Direction (No. 2)
Planning Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2021
Public Health and Other Legislation (Further Extension of Expiring Provisions) Amendment Act 2021
Queensland COVID-19 Restricted Areas (No. 25)
Use of Technology to Support Home Quarantine Direction
Acts Interpretation (Audiovisual Meetings) Regulations 2021
COVID-19 Emergency Response (Section 16) (Real Property Act) Variation Regulations 2021
Emergency Management (Activities - Associated Direction No 13) (COVID-19) Direction 2021
Emergency Management (Cross Border Travel - Associated Direction No 51) (COVID-19) Direction 2021
Direction Under Section 16 - Mandatory Vaccination of Certain Workers - No. 3
Direction Under Section 16 - Mask Wearing at Events - No. 2
Direction Under Section 16 - Testing of Workers at Quarantine Sites - No. 3
Care Facilities Directions (No. 44)
COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Directions
Restricted Activity Directions (Regional Victoria) (No. 8)
Restricted Activity Directions (Restricted Areas) (No. 15)
Stay Safe Directions (Regional Victoria) (No. 8)
Stay at Home Directions (Restricted Areas) (No. 20)
Victorian Border Crossing Permit Directions (No. 31)
Workplace (Additional Industry Obligations) Directions (No 41)
Extension of Declaration (No. 2) of Public Health State of Emergency
Extension of State of Emergency Declaration
COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 11) Amendment Order 2021
COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 11) Amendment Order (No 2) 2021
Epidemic Preparedness (COVID-19) Notice 2020 Renewal Notice (No 3) 2021
Extension for Board Elections for By-elections of Parent and Staff Representatives
Extension for Board Elections for Student Representatives
FROM THE REGULATORS
Australian Government:
Therapeutic Goods Administration:
Department for Energy and Mining:
SA Government:
Victorian Building Authority:
Victorian Government:
NZ Government:
World Health Organisation:
That completes this edition of the COVID-19 update. The next update will be released on Wednesday 22 September 2021.