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covid-19 emergency response (expiry and rent) amendment bill 2020

South Australia

COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry and Rent) Amendment Bill 2020

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020


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Contents

Part 1—Preliminary


1Short title


2Amendment provisions


Part 2—Amendment of COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020


3Amendment of section 3—Interpretation


4Amendment of section 6—Expiry of Act


5Amendment of section 8—Provisions applying to residential tenancies



The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the COVID-19 Emergency Response (Expiry and Rent) Amendment Act 2020.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020

3—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation

Section 3, definition of relevant declaration—after " Emergency Management Act 2004


" insert:

or a declaration under section 87 of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011



4—Amendment of section 6—Expiry of Act

(1) Section 6(1)(b)—delete "paragraph (a)" and substitute:

this section

(2) Section 6(2)—delete paragraphs (a) and (b) and substitute:

(a) 28 days after the day on which all relevant declarations relating to the outbreak of the human disease named COVID-19 within South Australia have ceased; or

(b) 28 March 2021,

(3) Section 6(2a)—delete "and the regulations made under that section will expire on 30 September 2020" and substitute:

will expire on 28 March 2021

5—Amendment of section 8—Provisions applying to residential tenancies

Section 8(1)(b)—after "otherwise)" insert:

if the tenant is suffering financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

 


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