Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Exemption of Classes of Persons From Requirements of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Levels 3 and 2) Order 2020

Pursuant to clause 27 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Levels 3 and 2) Order 2020 (“Order”), I, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General, Ministry of Health, hereby declare that the following persons are exempted from clauses 8(1)(a) and 23 of the Order:

  1. Persons employed by George Weston Foods (GWF) who are required to travel in and out of Auckland to ensure ongoing production, supply, delivery and distribution of flour and associated products.

The persons subject to the exemptions in this notice are subject to the following conditions:

  1. Persons must travel as directly as is reasonably possible to and from their place of work;
  2. Persons may only travel out of an alert level 3 area if the following measures are taken to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 spread:
    1. Record their movements, including the place of work travelled to, to support contact tracing;
    2. ensure two metre distancing is maintained from other persons during work activity where practicable;
    3. ensure appropriate public health and hygiene measures are taken;
    4. where applicable, comply with the Health and Safety plan for the particular work activity.
  3. Persons must meet all Ministry for Primary Industries health and safety standards and guidance.

The exemption will begin at 11.59pm on 21 August 2020 and cease at the end of the Order.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of August 2020.

Dr ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD, Director-General of Health.