COVID-19 : NOVEL CORONAVIRUS
WEDNESDAY 19 JANUARY 2022
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.
Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 4 of 2021-2022)
Biosecurity (Emergency Requirements - Remote Communities) Determination (No. 1) 2022
Critical Worker Exemption from the Public Health (COVID-19 Self-Isolation) Order (No 4) 2021 (No 2)
Exemption Under the Public Health (COVID-19 General) Order (No 2) 2021
Exemption Under the Public Health (COVID-19 Self-Isolation) Order (No 4) 2021
Public Health (COVID-19 Self-Isolation) Order (No 4) Amendment (No 4) Order 2022
Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2022
COVID-19 Directions (No. 11) 2022: Amendment of COVID-19 Directions (No. 4) 2022 and Revocation of COVID-19 Directions (No. 18) 2021
COVID-19 Directions (No. 12) 2022: Directions to Lock Out Amoonguna
COVID-19 Directions (No. 13) 2022: Amendment of COVID-19 Directions (No. 4) 2022
COVID-19 Directions (No. 14) 2022: Amendment of COVID-19 Directions (No. 8) 2022
COVID-19 Directions (No. 15) 2022: COVID-19 Testing Procedure
COVID-19 Directions (No. 16) 2022: Directions for Reporting of Rapid Antigen Test Results
COVID-19 Directions (No. 17) 2022: Amendment of COVID-19 Directions (No. 10) 2022
COVID-19 Directions (No. 18) 2022: Amendment of COVID-19 Directions (No. 10) 2022
COVID-19 Directions (No. 19) 2022: Directions to Lock Out Alice Springs and Amoonguna
COVID-19 Directions (No. 21) 2022: Directions to Lock Down Yirrkala
Disability Accommodation Services Direction (No. 27)
Home Quarantine for Household Members of an Overseas Traveller Direction (No. 2)
Hospital Entry Direction (No. 8)
Mandatory Face Masks Direction (No. 3)
Quarantine for International Arrivals Direction (No. 19)
Residential Aged Care Direction (No. 12)
Use of Technology to Support Home Quarantine Direction (No.3)
Emergency Management (Arrivals - Associated Direction No 14) (COVID-19) Direction 2022
Emergency Management (Use of PCR Tests) (COVID-19) Direction 2022
Direction Under Section 16 (Quarantine - No. 8)
Extension of Pandemic Declaration (12 January 2022)
Occupational Health and Safety (COVID-19 Incident Notification) Revocation Regulations 2022
Pandemic (Additional Industry Obligations) Order 2022 (No. 3)
Pandemic COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination (General Workers) Order 2022 (No. 2)
Pandemic COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination (Specified Facilities) Order 2022 (No. 2)
Pandemic COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination (Specified Workers) Order 2022 (No. 2)
Pandemic (Detention) Order 2022 (No. 3)
Pandemic (Movement and Gathering) Order 2022 (No. 3)
Pandemic (Open Premises) Order 2022 (No. 3)
Pandemic (Quarantine Isolation and Testing) Order 2022 (No. 4)
Pandemic (Victorian Border Crossing) Order 2022 (No. 3)
Pandemic (Visitors to Hospitals and Care Facilities) Order 2022 (No. 2)
COVID Restrictions (Gatherings and Related Measures) Directions (No 7)
Extension of Declaration (No.3) of Public Health State of Emergency
COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border and Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order 2022
COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Amendment Order 2022
Exemption Under Clause 105 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Order 2021
FROM THE REGULATORS
Australian Government:
Comcare:
Department of Health:
Therapeutic Goods Administration:
Queensland Government:
Department for Energy and Mining:
SA Government:
SA Health:
Business Tasmania:
Tasmanian Government:
WorkSafe:
Victorian Government:
WorkSafe:
WA Government:
World Health Organisation:
That completes this edition of the COVID-19 update. The next update will be released on Thursday 27 January 2022.