South Australia
COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry and Rent) Amendment Bill 2020
A Bill For
An Act to amend the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020
3	Amendment of section 3—Interpretation
4	Amendment of section 6—Expiry of Act
5	Amendment of section 8—Provisions applying to residential tenancies

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry and Rent) Amendment Act 2020.
2—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020
3—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation
Section 3, definition of relevant declaration—after "Emergency Management Act 2004" insert:
or a declaration under section 87 of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011
4—Amendment of section 6—Expiry of Act
	(1)	Section 6(1)(b)—delete "paragraph (a)" and substitute:
this section
	(2)	Section 6(2)—delete paragraphs (a) and (b) and substitute:
	(a)	28 days after the day on which all relevant declarations relating to the outbreak of the human disease named COVID‑19 within South Australia have ceased; or
	(b)	28 March 2021,
	(3)	Section 6(2a)—delete "and the regulations made under that section will expire on 30 September 2020" and substitute:
will expire on 28 March 2021
5—Amendment of section 8—Provisions applying to residential tenancies
Section 8(1)(b)—after "otherwise)" insert:
if the tenant is suffering financial hardship as a result of the COVID‑19 pandemic