Title: COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) AmendmentBill 2021
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Last saved by: Miyake, Emma (AGD)
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Legislative Council—No 145
As received from the House of Assembly and read a first time, 26 August 2021

COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) Amendment Bill 2021
Contents

COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) Amendment Bill 2021

COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) Amendment Bill 2021
Part 1—Preliminary

COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) Amendment Bill 2021
Preliminary—Part 1

COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) Amendment Bill 2021
Part 2—Amendment of COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020

COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) Amendment Bill 2021
Amendment of COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020—Part 2

COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) Amendment Bill 2021
Schedule 1—Related amendment of Local Government Act 1999

COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) Amendment Bill 2021
Related amendment of Local Government Act 1999—Schedule 1

South Australia
COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry) (No 3) Amendment Bill 2021
A Bill For
An Act to amend the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 and to make a related amendment to the Local Government Act 1999.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020
3	Amendment of section 6—Expiry of Act
4	Amendment of Schedule 2—Temporary modification of particular State laws
Schedule 1—Related amendment of Local Government Act 1999
1	Amendment of section 302B—Public health emergency

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) (No 3) Amendment Act 2021.
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 6—Expiry of Act
Section 6(2)(b)—delete paragraph (b) and substitute:
	(b)	1 December 2021,
4—Amendment of Schedule 2—Temporary modification of particular State laws
Schedule 2, clause 1—after paragraph (e) insert:
	(ea)	after section 25 insert:
25A—Special provisions relating to directions under section 25
	(1)	The Transition Committee established by the State government in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic (or any other committee formed in substitution for that committee) must include a regional representative tasked with representing the interests of persons living in areas outside of metropolitan Adelaide.
	(2)	If a direction is issued under section 25 that affects any person's ability to enter South Australia from another State or Territory of Australia, applications for exemptions from that direction, or for any approval required before the person is permitted to travel into the State while the direction is in force, must be dealt with expeditiously and the Minister for Health must ensure that sufficient resources are available for that purpose such that most applications are able to be dealt with within 21 days after they have been received.
	(3)	The Minister must ensure that Members of Parliament are briefed on the effect of any directions or requirements of a kind referred to in section 25(3) within 7 days.

Schedule 1—Related amendment of Local Government Act 1999
1—Amendment of section 302B—Public health emergency
Section 302B(8) and (9)—delete subsections (8) and (9) and substitute:
	(8)	The Minister must ensure that a report on a review of the operation of this section is tabled in each House of Parliament before 31 December 2021.

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