Pursuant section 5(3)(a) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020, I, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, set the following COVID-19 vaccination exemption criteria:

An exemption from the requirements of clause 13 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order 2021 (“Order”) may only be granted (in accordance with clause 58 of the Order) if I, as the Director-General of Health, am satisfied that the person has not satisfied the vaccination requirement at clause 13 of the Order because there is limited access to a COVID-19 vaccine in the place where the person has spent the six months before the date their journey to New Zealand began.

This notice will come into force at 11.59pm on 27 February 2022.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of February 2022.

Dr ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD, Director-General of Health.