Residential Tenancy Act 1997
3BDeclaration of subsequent COVID-19 emergency periods
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3B Declaration of subsequent COVID-19 emergency periods
[Section 3B Inserted by No. 30 of 2020, s. 5, Applied:17 Nov 2020]
(1) The Minister may, by order, declare a period specified in the order to be a subsequent COVID-19 emergency period.
(2) The Minister may only declare a period to be a subsequent COVID-19 emergency period if the Minister is of the opinion that it is necessary to declare the period so as to reasonably mitigate any significant, widespread hardship that is caused, or is likely to be caused, to a significant number of tenants by the effect of –
(a) the presence in the State of the socially-dislocating disease; and
(b) the risk of its spread amongst persons in the State.
(3) A period specified in an order under subsection (1) to be a subsequent COVID-19 emergency period may not be a period of more than 90 days.
(4) The Minister may make as many orders under subsection (1) as the Minister thinks fit.