Extending or further extending declared public health emergency
323 Extending or further extending declared public health emergency
A regulation may extend, or from time to time further extend, the period of a declared public health emergency.
A regulation made under this section commences on the day it is made whether or not it is notified on that day.
A regulation extending the period of a declared public health emergency expires 14 days after the public health emergency is declared unless it is sooner repealed or it expires under section 324(3).
A regulation further extending the period of a declared public health emergency—
must state the period, of not more than 7 days, by which the declared public health emergency is further extended; and
expires at the end of the stated period unless the regulation is sooner repealed or it expires under section 324(3).
Subsection (2) applies despite the Statutory Instruments Act 1992, section 32.
This provision refers to the regulations (A regulation
, the regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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