Public Health and Other Legislation (Extension of Expiring Provisions) Amendment Bill 2020 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Justice and Other Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Amendment Act 2020, the Mental Health Act 2016, the Public Health Act 2005 and the Public Health and Other Legislation (Public Health Emergency) Amendment Act 2020 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Health and Other Legislation (Extension of Expiring Provisions) Amendment Act 2020.

2 Commencement Part 4, division 3 commences on 1 October 2021.

Part 2 Amendment of Justice and Other Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Amendment Act 2020

3 Act amended This part amends the Justice and Other Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Amendment Act 2020. Note— The legislation ultimately amended is the Public Health Act 2005.

4 Amendment of s 2 (Commencement) Section 2(2), '19 March 2021'— omit, insert— 1 October 2021

5 Amendment of pt 16, div 3, hdg (Amendments commencing on 19 March 2021) Part 16, division 3, heading, '19 March 2021'— omit, insert— 1 October 2021

Part 3 Amendment of Mental Health Act 2016

6 Act amended This part amends the Mental Health Act 2016.

7 Amendment of s 800I (Power of chief psychiatrist to approve absences during COVID-19 emergency period) Section 800I(3)(b)— omit, insert— (b) 30 September 2021.

8 Amendment of s 800P (Expiry of chapter) Section 800P, from 'expires'— omit, insert— expires on 30 September 2021.

Part 4 Amendment of Public Health Act 2005

Division 1 Preliminary

9 Act amended This part amends the Public Health Act 2005.

Division 2 Amendments commencing on assent

10 Amendment of s 323 (Extending declared public health emergency) (1) Section 323(3) and (4)— omit, insert— (3) A regulation extending or further extending the period of a declared public health emergency— (a) must state the period, of not more than 90 days, by which the declared public health emergency is extended or further extended; and (b) expires at the end of the stated period unless the regulation is sooner repealed or it expires under section 324(3). (2) Section 323(5)— renumber as section 323(4).