Pursuant to clause 26 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order (No 2) 2020 (“Order”), I, the Honourable Chris Hipkins, Minister for COVID-19 Response, having taken into account the advice of the Director-General of Health and being satisfied that:

• the exemption is necessary or desirable in order to promote the purposes of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 or purposes of the Order, and
• that the extent of this exemption is not broader than is reasonably necessary to address the matters that gave rise to the exemption,

declare that all aircrew who are ordinarily resident in New Zealand flying on Jetconnect Limited’s regularly scheduled international air services between Auckland and Los Angeles are exempt from clause 8(3) of the Order despite clauses 22 and 24 of the Order.

Once signed this exemption will be effective as soon as it is gazetted.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December 2021.

Hon CHRIS HIPKINS, Minister for COVID-19 Response.