8Exclusion periods

8 Exclusion periods

(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine the following exclusion periods for a financial year: (a) for amber zone 1—up to 20 periods of up to 7 days each; (b) for amber zone 2—up to 10 periods of up to 7 days each; (c) for the green zone—up to 8 periods of up to 7 days each. (2) An exclusion period for a zone may commence immediately after the end of a previous exclusion period for the zone. (3) If an exclusion period for a zone does not commence immediately after the end of a previous exclusion period for the zone, there must be a break of at least: (a) for amber zone 1 or amber zone 2—6 weeks between the periods; and (b) for the green zone—3 months between the periods. (4) An exclusion period may apply to a part of a zone and, if it does so: (a) the period has effect for the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c) as if it were a period for the zone; and (b) a reference in any other provision of this rule to an exclusion period for a zone is to be read as a reference to an exclusion period for that part of the zone.