COVID-19 : NOVEL CORONAVIRUS
WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH 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.
Child Care Subsidy Amendment (Coronavirus Response Measures No. 2) Minister's Rules 2021
Therapeutic Goods (Adverse Events Following Immunisation) (Information) Specification 2021
Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Spitting and Coughing) Regulation 2021
Public Health (COVID-19 Air Transportation Quarantine) Order (No 1) 2021
Public Health (COVID-19 Maritime Quarantine) Order 2021
Public Health (COVID-19 Restrictions on Gathering and Movement) Amendment Order 2021
Public Health (COVID-19 Spitting and Coughing) Order 2021
Extension of Operation of Declaration of Public Health Emergency
Emergency Management (Residential Aged Care Facilities No 33) (COVID-19) Direction 2021
Directions in Relation to Persons Arriving in Tasmania
Direction Under Section 16 - Arrival Requirements for Certain Travellers into Tasmania - No. 6
Direction Under Section 16 (Residential Aged Care Facilities - No. 11)
Regulation of Aircraft Movement
Care Facilities Directions (No 25)
Diagnosed Persons and Close Contacts Directions (No 18)
Extension of Declaration of a State of Emergency
Hospital Visitor Directions (No 22)
Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (State of Emergency Extension) Act 2021
Restricted Activity Directions (Victoria) (No 10)
Stay Safe Directions (Victoria) (No 17)
Victorian Border Crossing Permit Directions (No 7)
Workplace (Additional Industry Obligations) Directions (No 19)
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 6) 2021
FROM THE REGULATORS
CASA:
Department of Health:
SafeWork Australia:
Therapeutic Goods Administration:
Queensland Health:
Tasmanian Government:
NZ Government:
That completes this edition of the COVID-19 update. The next update will be released on Wednesday 24 March 2021.