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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-441/
- Published: 2021-09-30T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-01T09:42:15.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: COVID-19, Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

#### Government proposes new Covid-19 powers in preparation for future pandemic restrictions

> \[…\] urgently introduced to Parliament by Covid-19 Response Minister **Chris Hipkins** on Wednesday evening.  
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> \[…\]The Covid-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill would tweak local government laws to allow for more flexibility in **delaying elections**, as well as **changing commercial property law** to prompt businesses and landlords to share the costs of Covid-19 restrictions.  
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> The second bill, the Covid-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill (No 2), **triples fines** for breaching Covid-19 orders from up to $4000 to $12000, and allows for the Government to set up **managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) rules under the law, instead of by Covid-19 orders** which are currently in place.

[Read the article in full here.](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126543699/government-proposes-new-covid19-powers-in-preparation-for-future-pandemic-restrictions?ref=goodoil.news) Comment on it on *The BFD.*