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sec.323Extending or further extending declared public health emergency
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### sec.323 Extending or further extending declared public health emergency
A regulation may extend, or from time to time further extend, the period of a declared public health emergency.
A regulation made under this section commences on the day it is made whether or not it is notified on that day.
A regulation extending the period of a declared public health emergency expires 14 days after the public health emergency is declared unless it is sooner repealed or it expires under section 324 (3) .
A regulation further extending the period of a declared public health emergency—
must state the period, of not more than 7 days, by which the declared public health emergency is further extended; and
expires at the end of the stated period unless the regulation is sooner repealed or it expires under section 324 (3) .
Subsection (2) applies despite the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 , section 32 .
s 323 amd 2012 No. 25 s 195 sch ; 2013 No. 39 s 110 (3) sch 3 pt 3 ; 2020 No. 1 ss 4 – 5 ; 2021 No. 3 ss 10 , 13 ; 2022 No. 25 s 15 sch 1
(sec.323-ssec.1) A regulation may extend, or from time to time further extend, the period of a declared public health emergency.
(sec.323-ssec.2) A regulation made under this section commences on the day it is made whether or not it is notified on that day.
(sec.323-ssec.3) A regulation extending the period of a declared public health emergency expires 14 days after the public health emergency is declared unless it is sooner repealed or it expires under section 324 (3) .
(sec.323-ssec.4) A regulation further extending the period of a declared public health emergency— must state the period, of not more than 7 days, by which the declared public health emergency is further extended; and expires at the end of the stated period unless the regulation is sooner repealed or it expires under section 324 (3) .
(sec.323-ssec.5) Subsection (2) applies despite the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 , section 32 .
- (a) must state the period, of not more than 7 days, by which the declared public health emergency is 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- (b) expires at the end of the stated period unless the regulation is sooner repealed or it expires under section 324 (3) .