National Emergency Declaration Regulations 2020 (Cth)

National Emergency Declaration Regulations 2020

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 17 December 2020

David Hurley Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Christian Porter Attorney‑General and the Minister for Industrial Relations

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions Part 2—Modification of administrative requirements during a national emergency 5 Laws that cannot be modified during a national emergency

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the National Emergency Declaration Regulations 2020.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 19 December 2020

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority This instrument is made under the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020.

4 Definitions In this instrument: Act means the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020.

Part 2—Modification of administrative requirements during a national emergency