Pursuant to Regulations 10A and 10B of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Regulations 2020, the Minister for COVID-19 Response gives the following notice after complying with those regulations.

1. Title

This notice is the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges Waiver for Travel From New South Wales and Other Parts of Australia) Notice 2021.

2. Commencement

This notice comes into force at 12.01am on 27 August 2021.

3. Interpretation

(1) In this notice, —

chief executive means the chief executive of the Ministry for Business, Innovation, and Employment.

eligible person has the same meaning as in clause 5 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Exemptions and conditions for Quarantine Travel from Australia) Notice 2021.

MIQ charges means charges payable under the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Regulations 2020.

Regulations means the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Regulations 2020.

QFT flight has the same meaning as in clause 4A of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order (No 2) 2020.

QFT prerequisite has the same meaning as in clause 4 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order (No 2) 2020

QT flight has the same meaning as in clause 4 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Exemptions and Conditions for Quarantine Travel from Australia) Notice 2021.

4. Waiver of MIQ Charges for Specified Persons Under Regulation 10A

(1) MIQ charges that are payable by the class of persons set out in Regulation 10A(1) of the Regulations are waived for persons who meet the following conditions:

1. The person is an eligible person; and
2. The person arrived in New Zealand on a QT flight from the State of New South Wales, Australia on or after 12 July 2021.

5. Waiver of MIQ Charges for Specified Persons Under Regulation 10B

(1) MIQ charges that are payable by the class of persons set out in Regulation 10B(1) of the Regulations are waived for persons who meet the following conditions:

1. The person had last departed New Zealand after 5 April 2021 and prior to 23 July 2021; and
2. The person was eligible for a QFT flight from Australia between 23 July 2021 and 30 July 2021; and
3. The person could not travel on that QFT flight because they or one of their travel group did not meet one or more QFT prerequisites for the QFT flight; and
4. The person provides documentary evidence that is sufficient to satisfy the chief executive that they meet the conditions set out in clause 5(1)(a)—(b); and
5. The person provides a statutory declaration in accordance with the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957 to the chief executive that they meet the conditions set out in clause 5(1)(c).

(2) For the purposes of clause 5(1), conditions or pre-requisites can include:

1. The person did not have a negative pre-departure test that met requirements, or
2. The person had been in a location of interest, or
3. The person was a contact of a COVID-19 case, or
4. The person was symptomatic at the time of the flight.

Dated this 26th day of August 2021.

CHRIS HIPKINS, Minister for the Covid Response.