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HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2019 - SECT 43

Override by Parliament

43 Override by Parliament

(1) Parliament may expressly declare in an Act that the Act or another Act, or a provision of the Act or another Act, has effect despite being incompatible with 1 or more human rights or despite anything else in this Act.
(2) A declaration under subsection (1) is an
"override declaration" .
(3) If an override declaration is made in relation to an Act or a provision of an Act, the declaration extends to a statutory instrument made under the Act or provision.
(4) It is the intention of Parliament that an override declaration will only be made in exceptional circumstances.
Examples of exceptional circumstances—
war, a state of emergency, an exceptional crisis situation constituting a threat to public safety, health or order



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