Public Health Amendment Regulations 2020 (WA)

2864 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 11 September 2020

HEALTH

HE301

These regulations are the Public Health Amendment
Regulations 2020.

Public Health Act 2016

Public Health Amendment Regulations 2020

SL 2020/154

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.      Citation

11 September 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2865

2.     Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these

regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the
Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Response) Act 2020 section 14 comes into operation.

3. Regulations amended
These regulations amend the Public Health Regulations 2017.

4.      Regulations 13A and 13B inserted

At the end of Part 3 insert:

13A.	Fee prescribed for cost of hotel quarantine (Act s. 202H(1))
For the purposes of section 202H(1) of the Act, the prescribed fee is —

(a) for a person not in shared accommodation —

$180 per day (including meals);

(b) for persons in shared accommodation —

(i) for the first person — $180 per day

(including meals);

(ii) for each additional person over the age

of 6 years — $60 per day (including
meals).

13B.	Payment by instalments (Act s. 202L)
(1)	A person may apply to the Chief Health Officer in
writing to pay by instalments the fee payable under

section 202H(1).

(2)	On an application under subregulation (1), the Chief
Health Officer may by notice in writing allow the applicant to pay the fee in weekly, fortnightly or monthly instalments in accordance with this regulation.
(3)	If an instalment is not paid on or before the date
specified in the notice, the whole of the unpaid fee, together with interest, becomes due and payable.

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.