EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT(TEMPORARY COVID-19
PROVISIONS) ACT — GAZETTAL
1041. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer the Minister to the Emergency Management Amendment
(Temporary COVID-19 Provisions) Act 2022, which received royal assent on 21 October
2022.
(1) Has this urgent act been gazetted; and, if not, why not?
(2) If not, when is it anticipated that it will be gazetted?
(3) Given that
there have been two editions of the Government Gazette since the bill
received royal assent, does the government still maintain that this is an
urgent piece of legislation?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) No. Part 1
of the Emergency Management Amendment (Temporary COVID-19 Provisions) Act 2022 commenced operation on royal assent on 21 October
2022. Part 2 of the reforms, which includes provisions for the temporary scheme for the management of
COVID-19, will commence by proclamation. The timing of its introduction
will coincide with the commencement of a package of consequential amendments to
subsidiary legislation across the ministerial portfolios of emergency services,
local government, and planning and transport.
(2) It is
anticipated that the commencement proclamation and package of consequential
amendments to subsidiary legislation will be published in the Government
Gazette in the week of 31 October 2022.
(3) Yes.