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Public and Environmental Health Act 2011
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57A Application of Division
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Division has effect for 2 years
immediately following the declaration of the public health
emergency in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic made under
section 48 on 18 March 2020 and published in Gazette No. S10 of
18 March 2020, as extended from time to time, being revoked or
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ceasing to have effect.
(2) This Division ceases to have effect if the Minister makes a further
declaration under section 48 in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(3) Nothing in this Division affects anything in, or anything done under,
Division 2.
(4) In the event of an inconsistency between a provision of or under
this Division and another provision this Act (other than Division 2),
the provision of or under this Division prevails to the extent of the
inconsistency.
(5) In the event of an inconsistency between a provision of or under
this Division and the Notifiable Diseases Act 1981, the provision of
or under that Act prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.